Emmanuel Catholic Church - Dayton, OH - 3/35 Felgemaker

Emmanuel Catholic Church - 3/35 Felgemaker

Emmanuel Catholic Church
Dayton, OH
3/35 Felgemaker
Opus 476 - 1887/2015

Photos of the Swell Division

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	Accessing the Swell requires a climb up this ladder and, while holding on to the ladder, opening the latch and swinging the door open. Needless to say it requires a little dexterity and strength to get in!
	The Swell Division pipework sits elevated in the middle of the organ against the back wall of the church. The Swell generally has softer sounding pipes which are commonly used to accompany choral singing. There are 12 ranks of pipes under wind for a total of 744 pipes, as well as two digital ranks in the Swell. This photo shows the majority of the pipework. From left to right: Mixture, Doublette, Viox Celeste, Octave, Salicional, Stopped Diapason, Open Diapason.
	Here's a closer view of the ranks in the Swell. The lighter colored pieces of metal around the tops of the pipes are used to tune the pipes. In the center of the photo are pipes which have been Haskelled which is essentially a pipe within a pipe. Also barely in view behind the Haskelled pipes is the very top of a stopper in the Stopped Diapason rank. Most pipes in this photo are Felgemaker pipes.
	Looking from the other side of the Swell reveals this view of the pipes. Some of the pipes from the Open Diapason rank are visible against the wall. The Swell expression shutters allow the organist to vary the sound of the pipes in the Swell box.
	A closer look at some of the pipes against the wall reveals that we have pipes within the same rank from two different builders. The two pipes on the right that have "GT. Open Dia" and the pipe's pitch hand-written on the pipe are Felgemaker, while the pipe on the left has stamped markings. It also has the number 3412 written on it, possibly indicating an opus number from another organ.
	Here's a close up of another pipe against the wall. Note that the stamp is different than that of the stamped pipe in the photo above and also has the number 7497 on it. Again this could be the opus number or job number of another organ.
	Looking in from the door to the Swell gives this perspective. The pipes on the left are from the Trumpet rank. The hoods on the top gives the sound a little direction.
	Here's another view of the trumpet rank. Note that the longest pipes are against the side wall. The two longest pipes have been mitered so that they fit in the Swell box.
	Looking the other direction this gives some perspective of the trumpet pipes with the rest of the pipes. The white wall is the back wall of the church. The door in the center is how one accesses the Swell box.
	Along the back wall of the chamber are the bottom 12 pipes of the Lieblich Gedeckt rank. These pipes actually sit in the window frame of a now blocked out window in the church. The pipes in front are of the Koppel Flute rank, and the 12 tiny pipes in front are of the Trumpet rank. The chests used to support additional pipes but these have since been removed. three reed ranks. The Lieblich Gedeckt pipes have 2581 stamped on them. It is believed this is the opus number of an Estey organ built in the 1920s.