Votteler-Hettche Co.
1904
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Sanctuary; front, left
1st Avenue North and 5th Street North
Grand Forks, ND, US
11 Ranks
Instrument ID: 73872 ● Builder ID: 6450 ● Location ID: 62649
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| Great (I)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason | |
| 8' | Melodia | |
| 8' | Dulciana | |
| 4' | Principal | |
| 4' | Flute D'Amour | |
| 8' | Swell to Great |
| Swell (II)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | |
| 8' | Violin Diapason | |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason | |
| 8' | Aeoline | |
| 4' | Flute Harmonique | |
| 8' | Oboe Gamba |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Sub Bass | |
| 8' | Great to Pedal | |
| 8' | Swell to Pedal |
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2 Manuals 30 Note PedalMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Andrew Henderson on October 21st, 2025:
From Grand Forks Herald (December 16, 1904): "The installation of the new pipe organ at St. Paul's Church has been completed and an opportunity will be given the people of the city to hear it at two grand concerts to be given the Thursday and Friday after Christmas. The organ was made by the Votteler-Hettche Organ Co., of Cleveland, O. It is a two-manual instrument with thirty-note pedal bass ... As the organ was especially built for this church it was possible to fit the voicing of the whole instrument to the tonal needs of the room. This was so carefully done that while the volume is ample for all conditions of power there is never any suggestion of noise or blare, even when the room is being used. The number of diapasons in the organ makes it unusually fitted for choir work. The Oboe Gamba is a comparatively recent invention. It gives a tone of great brilliance, but still free from the blatant effect so often found in reed stops. Another noticeable feature is the peculiar delicacy of the Aeolina [sic], which is so arranged that it can be brought down to a mere whisper."
From Grand Forks Herald (December 16, 1904): "The installation of the new pipe organ at St. Paul's Church has been completed and an opportunity will be given the people of the city to hear it at two grand concerts to be given the Thursday and Friday after Christmas. The organ was made by the Votteler-Hettche Organ Co., of Cleveland, O. It is a two-manual instrument with thirty-note pedal bass ... As the organ was especially built for this church it was possible to fit the voicing of the whole instrument to the tonal needs of the room. This was so carefully done that while the volume is ample for all conditions of power there is never any suggestion of noise or blare, even when the room is being used. The number of diapasons in the organ makes it unusually fitted for choir work. The Oboe Gamba is a comparatively recent invention. It gives a tone of great brilliance, but still free from the blatant effect so often found in reed stops. Another noticeable feature is the peculiar delicacy of the Aeolina [sic], which is so arranged that it can be brought down to a mere whisper."
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