Pipe Organ Database

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Bond Pipe Organs Inc. (1979)

Originally Wm. Schuelke Organ Co.

Location:

Queen of Angels Monastery
840 S. Main St.
Mount Angel, OR 97362 US
Organ ID: 51075

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Convents, Monasteries, and the like
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 17 ranks. 955 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 16 stops. 14 registers.
All:
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 16
  • Registers: 14
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Non-traditional style, as consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on February 26, 2013:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 23, 2013:

New console for the existing organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- This was the enlargement of the organ - retaining the original 9-ranks, and adding other new pipework to both manual divisions and to the pedal.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the console March 18, 1991
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Replacement console: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1991-03-18