Columbus, OH
2/26 Peebles-Herzog
2007
Great Division
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Most of the pipes in the Great Division are on the right side of the church as you face the rear. The exception is the 8' Principal rank which makes up the facade for this organ. Note that the pipes in the middle are shinier possibly indicating that these are newer pipes and not from the original rank. |
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Here's the view from behind the facade of pipes. This gives a better view of the differences between the shiny pipes in the middle and the dull gray pipes on either side. The hoses at the bottom are the wind supply pipes for the rank. |
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The blue lights which illuminate the window in the rear of the church create a striking effect of the 8' Principal rank. |
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Tucked away just below the facade are the smallest pipes of the 8' Principal rank. A close inspection of the top of the pipes reveals the imperfect circular construction. Also note the lettering stamped on the pipes. |
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Again just below the facade and to the left of the small pipes shown above are the rest of the 8' Principal pipes. Note the maze of wind supply hoses for the facade pipes in back! |
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This rank of pipes also has writing to indicate where it was originally installed. This is the same information written on the pipe rack in the Swell Division thus connecting it to the installation of Estey Organ Opus 2541 in 1926. |
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Here's a good view of the area directly behind the center wall and facade. The Subbass pipes are on the right, facade and smaller Principal pipes on the left. The Swell Division can be seen behind the shades in the back of the space. Note the air supply pipe on the floor leading to the Swell Division. |
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The 16' Subbass pipes sit in the center of the building between the Swell and Great Divisions directly behind the facade of pipes. Looks like these blocks of wood have been abused over the years, but looks are deceiving in this case as structurally they are sound. |
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A closer look at the lower part of the 16' Subbass pipes reveals that these are stamped with opus number 2541. According to the Estey Pipe Organ opus list, these pipes are from the 1926 Estey organ at First Baptist Church which is where this organ was last removed from. So there are pieces of at least three different Estey organs in this organ, and likely at least 5 of the 26 ranks are of Estey origin. Also note the size of the mouth of the pipe on the far right side in back. |
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Subbass pipes are just that - intended to make a sound lower than the bass pipes. They make a soft rumble which gives the listener the feeling of air being moved through the space. Despite their lack of "loudness" they many times are given their own wind chest due to the large amount of air needed when they are played. Often they are used on the last note of softer pieces but can add to louder pieces. Here we see the two smallest pipes (F and G) on the left, and on the right are two of the larger pipes (D# and C#). |
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With the exception of the pipes in the facade and immediately behind it, this photo pretty much shows the entire Great Division of the organ. Note the chimes on the far right side of the photo. |
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On the far right wall is the 8' Trumpet rank. Though these will make a fair amount of noise, they are not as loud as the Horizontal Trumpet rank which can be significantly louder. |
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On the back center wall towards the right are the pipes for the 16' Trumpet rank (pipes with the strings and mitering at the bottom). Judging by their clean look they likely are brand new pipes. |
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Here's a better view of the largest pipes of the 8' Principal rank (against the wall), and the 16' Trumpet rank (in front of the Principal rank). The Principal pipes also look like they are brand new. |
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Here's a close up of the largest trumpet pipe. Note the rank designator (16), name (trum), and pitch (CCC). The diamond shaped logo on the left is of the builder A.R. Schopp's Sons of Alliance, OH who manufactured these pipes. It is likely that many of the new pipes for this instrument came from this builder with Peebles-Herzog simply doing the final installation. |
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The Great Division has a four rank Mixture of 1 1/3' pitch. In this view we can see that the first four rows of pipes from left to right in the Great Division are the mixture rank. Rows five and six are the 2' Super Octave rank. |
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Here's an "artsy" photo of the pipes in the Great Division with the Mixture pipes squarely in the front. Note the number and pitch marked on many of the pipes. The numbers are a puzzle to me since there doesn't seem to be a clear pattern to them. |
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The next two rows of pipes behind the Mixture are the 2' Super Octave rank. Identifying these pipes is easy since they have "S. OCT." stamped on the pipes. |
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A closer look at a Super Octave pipe reveals another opus number! Opus 6514 corresponds to the huge M.P. Moller organ at Broad Street Presbyterian Church in Columbus, OH built in 1937. Schantz rebuilt the instrument in 1986 and apparently some of the pipes found their way into Peebles-Herzog's hands. |
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This photo shows
several ranks of
pipes. In
front at the bottom right are some of the 2' Super Octave pipes. The
two rows of pipes in front of the wood pipes is the 8' Dulciana rank. The wood pipes are an oddity. They likely are of the 8' Hohlflote rank, however a close inspection reveals that they have the name "ROHR" stamped on them indicating these are Rohrflote pipes. Their construction definitely points to being of this type (note the slit in the middle of the black stopper on the top of the pipe) but it is possible they have been modified in a way not visible here. The spec. sheet from Peebles-Herzog says "Hohlflote" so that's what we're calling them! These obviously are older pipes and possibly could have been from one of the other builders other than Estey (Muller, Schantz, or A.W. Brandt). |
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Now on the back side
of the
pipes, behind the
wood pipes is the 4' Traverse Flute rank. Though not seen in these
photos (and barely discernible in the photo above), these pipes have a
hole in the middle of them. The construction of these pipes lends itself to being of the Traverse Flute rank, but there is some evidence which suggests that the wood pipes are the Traverse Flute, and the metal pipes are the Hohlflote. Finally, the two rows of pipes on the far left is the 4' Octave rank. |
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Mounted on the wall
next to the
8' Principal
rank are the chimes. I've never been a big fan of the chimes, but Music
Director Mark Voris demonstrated how they can add a whole other texture
and sound to the organ. After hearing his demonstration I was sold! The large pipes on the left are of the 8' Dulciana rank. |
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Here we see a couple of the wind chests for the Great Division, as well as some of the wind supply lines. The main air supply from the blower is on the the right towards the back. |
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Here we see the main wiring board for the Great Division. More than likely the organ was completely rewired when it was refurbished by Peebles-Herzog. |
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For this organ, the blower got it's own cabinet! The big box on the bottom houses the blower, with the box on top likely being a pressure equalization wind chest of some kind. Note the large air supply line on the left. |
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Here we can see the specs for the blower. This was built by the same company who built the blower for the St. Andrew Catholic Church Austin organ, however this blower (like the organ) is smaller than the St. Andrew blower. |