Schantz Organ Co.
Opus 1492, 1978
Grace Episcopal Cathedral
701 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS, US
62 Ranks - 3,535 Pipes
Instrument ID: 35629 ● Builder ID: 7079 ● Location ID: 13086
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions50 Stops72 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Sequencer✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
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Database Manager on July 9th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Steve Burk.
Database Manager on July 5th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Steve Burk. -- 61 note Mayland electric action Harp added June 2011
Database Manager on May 12th, 2009:
Updated through online information from Steve Burk. -- The 1978 Schantz replaced an earlier Aeolian-Skinner lost in a fire which destroyed the Cathedral in 1975. Schantz has more recently done extensive maintenance to the organ including adding solid state switch and combination action. Dan Abrahamson (former voicer with Reuter) recently revoiced and/or regulated all of the flue pipework. An 8' Vox humana, 21-note chimes, and a 16' Echo Bourdon have been added in recent years. Concerts are given regularly and the large, gothic room has a 4 second reverberation which makes the organ sound great. There are plans to replace the majority of the original reeds in the organ with new, larger scale pipework.
Database Manager on June 28th, 2008:
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Replaced Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1377 (1958), which burned in 1975.
Webpage Links: Grace Cathedral - Topeka, Kansas ["Music & Worship: Organs" page]
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