As a person attending the summer organ camps at Oberlin, that very much looks like it was originally one of the practice room consoles. Oberlin is roughly 30 minute drive from Cleveland where the Holtkamp factory was so I wouldn't be suprised
Very nice presentation!! From what I understand of the Holtkamp was that it's from a Methodist Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The console dates to the early 1980's. Whether it was at Oberlin or not, that I'm not sure. Here's a little insight into the history of the organs at St. Hedwig: The earliest organ to date is a two-manual Kimball from 1900. In 1947 or 1948, Schaeffer came in and made the organ 3 manuals. How was this done? From what I understand, Schaeffer made the Kimball chest the Choir Division of the previous Schaeffer, and the Great, Swell, and Pedal divisions were built around that time. In the 1980's, the organ was expanded by the longtime organist, Bob Schmidt. Throughout the years, the Schaeffer suffered greatly, and then the Holtkamp was installed in 2010. I think some ranks from the Schaeffer and possibly Kimball organs were used in the Holtkamp, unless those are totally new to the organ. The Holtkamp is a wonderful instrument. Thank you for the presentation.
Interesting, Holtkamp doesn't usually put all the stop tabs in a straight row. That was one of the complaints I had on the Wicks I used to play. If I wanted to add certain stops via hand registration, I had to make an awkward reach to one side or the other. With the two-manual Holtkamp consoles that I'm used to seeing, the tabs for the swell are offset in a separate row so that the tabs for the great and pedal can be closer together for ease of use when hand registering.
Hallo Brent, Grüße aus St.Pius X Lohr-Lindig Germany. Unsere Krieger Orgel möchte auch in den States bekannt werden. Viele Grüße aus Lohr M Markus Inderwies
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I was baptized in this church in 1956 and am glad to see it has a fine instrument! I need to get to Milwaukee for a test drive on of these days.
A colorful instrument in a fantastic acoustic. It's always fascinating to hear an organist improvise. Many thanks to Sheri Masiakowski for the music.
Another great instrument. Thanks to the organist, Sheri, for demonstrating the organ. She did a wonderful job!
Holtkamp is awesome.
Ms. Masiakowski plays beautifully!
Sheri is a treasure. I hope she is appreciated.
She certainly is! 😊
As a person attending the summer organ camps at Oberlin, that very much looks like it was originally one of the practice room consoles. Oberlin is roughly 30 minute drive from Cleveland where the Holtkamp factory was so I wouldn't be suprised
What a fun organ.
Sheri uses a bite switch to turn pages on her tablet! Well done!! I could never get that blasted thing to work for me!!
Very nice presentation!! From what I understand of the Holtkamp was that it's from a Methodist Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The console dates to the early 1980's. Whether it was at Oberlin or not, that I'm not sure. Here's a little insight into the history of the organs at St. Hedwig: The earliest organ to date is a two-manual Kimball from 1900. In 1947 or 1948, Schaeffer came in and made the organ 3 manuals. How was this done? From what I understand, Schaeffer made the Kimball chest the Choir Division of the previous Schaeffer, and the Great, Swell, and Pedal divisions were built around that time. In the 1980's, the organ was expanded by the longtime organist, Bob Schmidt. Throughout the years, the Schaeffer suffered greatly, and then the Holtkamp was installed in 2010. I think some ranks from the Schaeffer and possibly Kimball organs were used in the Holtkamp, unless those are totally new to the organ. The Holtkamp is a wonderful instrument. Thank you for the presentation.
Nice organ
I could be wrong, but if memory serves, the former organ was a Kimball.
Interesting, Holtkamp doesn't usually put all the stop tabs in a straight row. That was one of the complaints I had on the Wicks I used to play. If I wanted to add certain stops via hand registration, I had to make an awkward reach to one side or the other. With the two-manual Holtkamp consoles that I'm used to seeing, the tabs for the swell are offset in a separate row so that the tabs for the great and pedal can be closer together for ease of use when hand registering.
No strings in the Swell?
Hallo Brent,
Grüße aus St.Pius X Lohr-Lindig Germany.
Unsere Krieger Orgel möchte auch in den States bekannt werden.
Viele Grüße aus Lohr
M
Markus Inderwies
The case looks a lot like the Holtkamp at Peabody Conservatory, so I was guessing that it was new.
42 ranks (approx.)