St. Brendan Catholic Church - Hilliard, OH - 2/8 Humpe organ - Photos of the Pipes

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St. Brendan Catholic Church - 2/8 Humpe

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

Photos of the Pipes

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	The Great Division is certainly not great in its size. As can be seen things are crammed in against the swell box. Ranks visible are in back the 8' Dulciana, 4' Octave, 2-2/3' Twelfth and 2' Principal.
	This is a better view of some the larger Great Division pipes. The black bands around the 8' Dulciana pipes are tuning sleeves.
	Here we see the smallest pipes in the organ. Most of these are thinner than a pencil and are high enough to cause your pet's ears to perk up. Looks like the cleaning crew needs to do some dusting!
	Here we can see an end profile of the four ranks of pipes in the Great Division. Each grouping has 61 pipes which equates to the number of keys on the manuals or keyboards.
	Under the Great Division is the blower (box on floor on left) and a wind reservoir to provide air for the pipes above. The two black pipes leading to the right provide air to some of the basses and the Swell Division.
	This is a view of the organ from the altar area. The pipes in front of the Swell Division are the 8' Diapason rank on the Great Division. The organ's proximity to the outer wall of the church makes it susceptible to extreme temperature changes thus the organ tends to go out of tune more easily.
	Here's a closer view of the 8' Diapason rank. Ideally a builder would not want to put pipes directly in front of the Swell box, but due to space limitations it was the only location option.
	The mouth of the pipe is where the sound comes from. In the case of these pipes, the mouths have shields on either side to help direct the sound forward.
	Here is the view under the Swell Box. The device in the middle is the reservoir which provides wind for the Swell Division pipes. Behind it are pipes for the Trompette and Bourdon ranks.
	This is a closer view of the boots of the largest pipes in the Trompette rank (foreground) which give the illusion of holding the Bourdon rank behind it behind bars.
	In the back are the lowest pipes of the Bourdon rank. The pitch of the pipe can be found written on the bottom, with the lowest, CCC, on the right. These appear to be pipes from another organ.
	An oddity is the AA pitch pipe of the Bourdon rank, which had to be mitered in order to fit in the box. In spite of its quirky appearance, this does not alter the sound of the pipe.
	Here is the full view of the instrument with the console on the left and the pipes on the right. The instrument's size is scaled for a small room, however it is able to provide enough sound for the large room because of the stone walls and terrazzo floors which do not dampen the sound.

St. Brendan Catholic Church - 2/8 Humpe

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