Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling
Opus 1619, 1943
Originally Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling (Opus 1590, 1935)
First Unitarian Church
Euclid Avenue & E 82nd Street
Cleveland, OH, US
49 Ranks - 2,563 Pipes
Instrument ID: 37831 ● Builder ID: 6451 ● Location ID: 33359
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions35 Stops36 RegistersStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland and Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland have reunified to form a new congregation. The new congregation, UUCC, is located at 21600 Shaker Blvd in Shaker Heights, Ohio. -- Jan 2019 UUA Blog post
Database Manager on February 10th, 2019:
From the March 1944 issue of THE DIAPASON: The Swell and Pedal are placed within the tower; the Great stops are in the opening of the arch; the Ruckpositiv is placed in the front center of the choir gallery; The swell division is enclosed; the Chimes are enclosed separately, with additional space provided for future additions to the instrument.
Database Manager on June 5th, 2016:
Updated through online information from Jim Thompson.
Cross-reference to OHS Database ID 22076 Maryville College Wilson Chapel (Tennessee) notes that the Maryville Holtkamp Job 1673 was a rebuild of Holtkamp Job 1619 for First Unitarian Church, Cleveland, Ohio.
First Unitarian eventually moved in the mid-1950s from their 82nd and Euclid location to Shaker Heights (noted in the church's history page). [Cross reference OHS Database ID 37237 for First Unitarian, Shaker Heights Holtkamp Job 1741 (1960).http://www.firstunitariancleveland.org/pages/music-programs.htm ]
Database Manager on June 5th, 2016:
Updated through online information from Jim Thompson.
Cross-reference to OHS Database ID 22076 Maryville College Wilson Chapel (Tennessee) notes that the Maryville Holtkamp Job 1673 was a rebuild of Holtkamp Job 1619 for First Unitarian Church, Cleveland, Ohio.
First Unitarian eventually moved in the mid-1950s from their 82nd and Euclid location to Shaker Heights (noted in the church's history page). [Cross reference OHS Database ID 37237 for First Unitarian, Shaker Heights Holtkamp Job 1741 (1960).http://www.firstunitariancleveland.org/pages/music-programs.htm ]
Database Manager on December 20th, 2008:
Identified through information published in John Ferguson's Walter Holtkamp: American Organ Builder (DMA treatise, Eastman School of Music, 1976). Although neither Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling nor their successor Holtkamp Organ Co. assigned Opus numbers to their instruments, this organ was identified in factory documents as Job number 1619. That number appears here as the Opus number of this instrument.
Related Instrument Entries: Holtkamp Organ Co. (Opus Job No. 1673, 1957)
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