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DISPOSITION: Great - Manual I Bourdon 16 Præstant I-II (discant from fis) 8 - Rohrflöte 8 Octave 4 Spitzflöte 4 Quinte 2 2/3 Nasard 2 2/3 Octave 2 Gemshorn 2 Tierce 1 3/5 Mixture IV Scharff III Trumpet 8 Positive - Manual II Gedackt 8 Præstant 4 Flute 4 Octave 2 Larigot 1 1/3 Sesquialtera II Scharff IV Dulcian 8 Pedal Præstant (pipes C -A copper) 16 Octave 8 - Octave 4 Nachthorn 2 Mixture VI Posaune 16 Trumpet 8 Couplers, etc Great - Pedal Positive - Pedal Positive - Great Tremulant - Some pipes common with another stop Mechanical key action, partially suspended; electric stop action; detached keydesk Metal flue pipes of tin/lead or copper alloys, some hammered; all adjusted for vocale sound Cone tuning for small flue pipes; soldered hats for stopped metal pipes; reeds easily tunable by organist Solid wood slider windchests and wind system with large wedge bellows; wind stabilized, but flexible Windpressure: 80 mm water column Werckmeister III Temperament, first example of a large-scaled pipe organ in the USA with a "well-temperament." Simple classically styled freestanding casework of fumed solid white oak at rear of nave, with bass pipes of Pedal Præstant 16 standing in separate "tromps" tower against wall at rear right of organ. This organ has 28 stops on 43 ranks, with ca. 2058 pipes. Dedication on 15 June 1970, played by David S. Boe, prof of organ at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and organist of the church. This instrument is first large organ built by John Brombaugh & Co., founded in June 1968 at location in country southwest of Germantown, Ohio, builder's hometown. Other Brombaugh Organs | Brombaugh main | Central Lutheran |
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