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Facade

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:56:17 GMT

Facade

Holtkamp badge

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:55:12 GMT

Holtkamp badge

This is from the Holtkamp rebuild of the console and the control system to control the organ

Rieger badge

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:50:46 GMT

Rieger badge

couplers

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:49:27 GMT

couplers

Great and Positiv

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:47:22 GMT

Great and Positiv

Swell and Pedal

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:45:29 GMT

Swell and Pedal

This shot shows the "swell" or schwellwerk

Pedal division of the Rieger at Christ Episcopal Church in Shaker

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:40:44 GMT

Pedal division of the Rieger at Christ Episcopal Church in Shaker

You can see here the stops of the pedal division of the Rieger at Christ church.

Christ Church Rieger

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:37:10 GMT

Christ Church Rieger

The console is a Rieger console recently rebuilt by Holtkamp because the computer brains for the stop action died, and when Holtkamp replaced the CPU brains, they also did away with the "arcade button" stop controls, replacing them with typical Holtkamp tabs, thus basically rendering the console a Holtkamp console.

The actions are as follws, Mechanical key action electric stop action.

The mess is not mine, the console is exactly as I found it, except for the open notebook on the music rack, that is mine, the rest of what you see is the organist's mess.

Pedals, studs and shoes

Austin766 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:11:08 GMT

Pedals, studs and shoes

Pedals, studs and expression shoes for the Rieger at Christ Church in Shaker Heights

Gallery Console Church of the Covenant

Austin766 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:46:56 GMT

Gallery Console Church of the Covenant

1959 AEolian Skinner gallery organ/console, Church of the Covenant, Cleve. OH.

1996 Holtkamp console for Church of the Covenant Skinner

Austin766 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:50:13 GMT

1996 Holtkamp console for Church of the Covenant Skinner

This is the console for the Skinner/Aeolian Skinner at Church of the Coveneant, the console is Holtkamp, the pistons for the combo action look exactly the same as those on the 1952 Holtkamp I have regular access to. this is a non traditional Holtkamp console, it is a very traditional console, but not for Holtkamp, a firm famed for their consoles which look, well, sort of strange.

gallery shot

Austin766 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:28:13 GMT

gallery shot

pedals and studs with shoes

Austin766 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:24:08 GMT

pedals and studs with shoes

builder's plate

Austin766 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:19:33 GMT

builder's plate

Right stop jamb

Austin766 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:15:49 GMT

Right stop jamb

This stop jamb contains the Great, the Choir, the antiphonal, the positiv and the hauptwerk, it is one of the organist's best friends, so long as he is not afraid of color, well if he's afraid of color, then perhaps he ought not play this instrument.

Coupler rail (the thing with all those switches)

Austin766 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:11:35 GMT

Coupler rail (the thing with all those switches)

It's....a coupler rail

Solo (some solo you can't read 'em)

Austin766 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:09:26 GMT

Solo (some solo you can't read 'em)

The solo division of the First Baptist organ

Southfield Console First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland

Austin766 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:00:10 GMT

Southfield Console First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland

This is the "cockpit" of the 91 rank Austin-Schlicker-Southfield. The church, while officially called First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland is known to locals simply as First Baptist. Purdy, ain't it.

Pedal and Swell divisions

Austin766 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:05:48 GMT

Pedal and Swell divisions

The two leftmost divisions of the organ at First Baptist Church of Cleveland, the organ is the Skerritt-Cumming Memorial Organ

console

Austin766 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:14:34 GMT

console

This console is rather strange, it displays no builder's plate, not Holtkamp, not Hillgreen-Lane, Nothing! It is a very handsome console, but it tells nothing of the organ's history.