The Holtkamp Organ
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The organ in the Concert Hall of the Frank Moody Music
Building was created by the Holtkamp Organ Company of
Cleveland, Ohio, at the instigation of Warren Hutton,
then Professor of Music and University Organist. The
instrument was funded entirely by private donors.
There are sixty-five and one-half independent stops
and eighty-six ranks of pipes. There are some five thousand
pipes in the instrument. The key action is mechanical
(tracker action), and the stop action is electric. There
is mechanical intermanual coupling, but there is also
additional, electrical coupling for Swell to Great,
Positiv to Great, and Swell to Positiv. These three
special couplers are designated with an "E,"
so there is a "Swell to Great E" coupler as
well as the usual "Swell to Great" coupler.
Walter Holtkamp, the builder, described the physical
organization as follows: "The Solo, an enclosed
division, is located directly above the console. Above
the Solo is the Great and at the top of the central
section we placed the Swell. Flanking the Great and
Solo is the Pedal. Above the Pedal, on each side, is
the Positiv."
The instrument was installed in 1988 and featured in
that year's September issue of The American Organist.
Here is the specification:
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