Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

John Brombaugh & Associates (Opus 33, 1995)

Location:

Lawrence University
Appleton, WI 54912 US
Memorial Chapel
Organ ID: 7473

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 48 ranks. 2,496 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 36 stops. 42 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 36
  • Registers: 42
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Suspended tracker.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on October 29, 2010:

Updated through online information from Bret Van Nuland.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on November 17, 2008:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is beautifully encased at the front of the room with a 7-sectional facade. The main case holds the Great and Pedal divisions. The expressive Swell is placed behind the case. The Positiv is uniquely positioned as a "Rückpositiv" but elevated above the keydesk and forward of the Great. It was a 5-sectional facade. Three stops from the Great are borrowed to the Pedal by transmission. And the Pedal 8' Octave has notes 1-12 in common with the Great 8' Octave. The Pedal 32' Contra Posaune (of wood) is mechanically unified to play at 32, 16, & 8. The organ was dedicated by Professor George Damp on May 5, 1995. Source: L.U. website.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1996.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

SS combination action. Kellner 1/5-comma temperament. Case modelled after Bernard Smith organ at Christ Church, Oxford, England.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from Lawrence University
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ Case: Photograph by Ryan D. Hulshizer. Taken on 2006-01-19

Keydesk: Photograph by Ryan D. Hulshizer. Taken on 2006-01-06

Positiv Organ Case: Photograph by Ryan D. Hulshizer. Taken on 2006-02-06

Organ Case: Photograph by Jake Cihla. Taken on 2018-04-07

Console: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2010-11-14

Organ and case: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2010-11-14

Chapel Exterior: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2010-11-14