A. B. Felgemaker Co.
1898
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church / Sacred Heart Music Center
201 West Fourth Street
Duluth, MN, US
26 Ranks - 1,497 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: A. B. Felgemaker Co.
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal23 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Trundle(s)✓ Coupler Trundle(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated by J. A. Hefner
The organ can be heard in this preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BixSq955ycQ
Database Manager on October 22nd, 2008:
Updated through information posted to PIPORG-L October 21, 2008: -- A most satisfying Felgemaker organ from 1898 remains in Duluth, Minnesota's former Sacred Heart Cathedral, now the non-profit Sacred Heart Music Center. ... Its 22 stops enhance the elegant old space with a rich, characterful splendor. The 8' & 4' principals alone are a vibrant ensemble, and the full principal pleno is quite grand and very brilliant. The GT trumpet is brassy and fun, the Melodia as compelling as any C-C harmonic flute (though its own 4' F-H is marvelous), the Dulciana is full-bodied yet gentle (the Aeolina is the whisper-voice). Every stop has personality, and it all works together." "This is a tracker-pneumatic action, lovingly refurbished in 1960 by Norbert Berschdorf, who did some additional repairs and cleaning in 1979. In recent years, the organ has been maintained by Daniel Jaeckel. This organ will hold its own (in character and quality of sound) with any, old or new."
Database Manager on August 22nd, 2007:
Updated through online information from Roy St. George.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1986.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Was Sacred Heart R. C. Cathedral. On Wm. Lindberg list as Op. 664. Building sold to Sacred Heart-John Chebal Memorial Assn. to be used as cultural center. Stoplist in Hendrickson paper on MN organs. Historic Organs Recital 4 Oct 1987.
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