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Holy Family Catholic Church
Columbus, OH
2/25 Schantz
1981

Photos of the Console

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Console The console for this pipe organ sits in the center of the choir loft. This photo gives an idea of its key and stop layout. The organist's "rear view mirror" can be seen in the upper left hand corner of the photo. Whether the presence of "Grumpy" on the console makes the organist play better is not known.
console stops
 On the left side of the console are the stop knobs for the Pedal and Swell Divisions. The names of the stops are a combination of English, French and German origin. Note the Scharf IV stop which is a type of mixture. The Swell Division is the only one with a tremulant. 
Stop knobs
 On the right side of the console are the stops for the Great Division. The Fourniture IV is not something you would find in your living room, but rather another type of mixture stop which adds brilliance to the sound. Note the blank knob available for future expansion of the organ.
Manuals Across the middle are the manuals or keyboards for the pipe organ. The buttons under the keys are thumb pistons for presetting registrations. This allows the organist to change the organ's sound with just a touch of the button. The six buttons on the left are "generals" and can control stops on any part of the organ, while the five buttons in the center under each manual are "divisionals" and only control stops for each respective division.
Couplers Here's a closer look at the coupler tabs across the top of the console. Couplers allow divisions of the organ to be played from the same manual. Note that you cannot couple the Pedal Division to the Great or Swell, but the opposite can be done. This means the only way to play the Pedal is to play the pedals!
lights Indicator lights are located on the right side. Crescendo indicates that the crescendo pedal has been pressed (but not how much), full organ, often represented as "sforzando" (and sometimes as "tutti"), indicates that the full organ thumb piston or toe stud has been pressed. This draws all principal stops on the organ (loud!). Wind indicates that the organ's blower is operating.

toe studs Pedals Toe studs
Down below are the toe studs for the console. On the left are the six "generals" toe studs which correspond to the six buttons on the upper manual. On the right are four "divisional" toe studs for the Pedal Division, two couplers, and the toe stud for full organ or "sforzando". In the center are the expression pedals for the Swell Division and the crescendo pedal.

builder's plate The Schantz Organ Company builder's plate makes a bold statement leaving no question who built the instrument or when it was made. Located in Orrville, Ohio, Schantz is still alive and well as can be seen from the information on their web page at http://www.schantzorgan.com/.


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