St. Brendan Catholic Church - Hilliard, OH - 2/8 Humpe organ

St. Brendan Catholic Church
Hilliard, OH
2/8 Humpe - 1981

Photos of the Console

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	The console for this organ sits on a platform and can be moved to either side of the organ. Originally it was fixed in place. The large hole on the left front is where a control for the church's lights used to be installed. The tabs in the middle are couplers the organ's divisions.
	The organ's simplicity is illustrated in this photo. Only two toe studs are available for the organist. The two expression pedals are marked for the Swell box and for the crescendo.
	Like many classical organs, this organ has stop knobs instead of stop tabs. This is a view of the knobs on the left side of the console. Despite the look of having lots of resources, most of these stops are harmonic stops which involve using one or more ranks to create sound.
	Here is a view of the stop knobs on the right side of the console. Again we have more stops than we do ranks. The organ was prepared with an Antiphonal Division as it was in the plans at one time to add such a division.
	The Humpe Organ Company is a small operation in northeastern Ohio. Much of their work tends to focus on pipe organ additions and rebuilds of equipment.
	St. Brendan Music Director Pete McClernon manipulates the manuals in a demonstration of the organ and his talent. Pete self taught himself how to play the organ "on a harmonium". He claims he can't play the pedal, but his demonstration proved otherwise!