Fratelli Ruffatti
1967
St. Paul United Methodist Church
2000 Douglass Blvd.
Louisville, KY, US
55 Ranks
Instrument ID: 40862 ● Builder ID: 7052 ● Location ID: 36038
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions40 Stops50 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Jeff Scofield on October 30th, 2021:
From the October 1966 issue of THE DIAPASON: "St. Paul Methodist Church, Louisville, Ky. has contracted with Fratelli Ruffatti, Padua, Italy for a three-manual organ of 55 ranks and 40 stops. The new instrument will be installed in the present organ chambers after structural changes have been made to expose the chambers and improve the acoustics of the chancel area. Pipes of the pedal 16 ft. principal and 8 ft. octave lind the great 8 ft. principal will form the facade of the new installation, and an antiphonal fanfare trompette will be built in the gallery. A movable console will be placed in the chancel area. "
From the October 1966 issue of THE DIAPASON: "St. Paul Methodist Church, Louisville, Ky. has contracted with Fratelli Ruffatti, Padua, Italy for a three-manual organ of 55 ranks and 40 stops. The new instrument will be installed in the present organ chambers after structural changes have been made to expose the chambers and improve the acoustics of the chancel area. Pipes of the pedal 16 ft. principal and 8 ft. octave lind the great 8 ft. principal will form the facade of the new installation, and an antiphonal fanfare trompette will be built in the gallery. A movable console will be placed in the chancel area. "
Database Manager on May 10th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- A 3-manual, 47-rank Noack tracker organ was installed in 2000 (Opus 137).
Database Manager on May 12th, 2009:
Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was housed behind an asymmetrical facade at the front of the church. The console stops were rocking tablets on angled, terraced jambs. The organ was removed in 2000 by Ruffatti and shipped back to Padua, Italy to be rebuilt for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri where it was reinstalled with a new Rodgers console in 2003. Disposition of the original Ruffatti console is unknown.
Related Instrument Entries: Fratelli Ruffatti (2003)
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