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Hal Gober (2014 - 2015)

Originally John Brombaugh & Associates (Opus 23b, 1977)

Location:

Oberlin College & Conservatory
50 W Lorain Street
Oberlin, OH 44074 US
Fairchild Chapel, Bosworth Hall
Organ ID: 71745

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Conservatories and Independent Music Schools
  • The organ has been altered 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 David Kazimir on March 03, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 8 ranks. 337 pipes. 1 divisions. 1 manuals. 5 stops. 6 registers.
Manual:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by John Brombaugh & Associates
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on September 04, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by John Brombaugh & Associates
  • Manuals: 1
  • Divisions: 1
  • Stops: 5
  • Registers: 6
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 48
  • Pedal Compass: 26
  • Key Action: Suspended tracker.
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: No enclosed divisions.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on September 04, 2022.
David Kazimir on March 04, 2023:

The organ is still a Brombaugh. The work of re-pitching was carried out by Hal Gober in 2014-15.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 04, 2023.
Jim Stettner on September 04, 2022:

This entry represents the installation of an existing organ in a new home. Identified from an email sent by Charles Beck on Sept. 4, 2022. The Brombaugh was originallly built for the Oberlin, Ohio residence of organ professor David S. Boe, who gifted the organ to the Conservatory. It was inaugurated in its new home in 2016. There is no independent Pedal division. The 16' Subbaß is a mechanical extension/duplex of the Manual 8' Gedackt.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on September 04, 2022.
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We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on September 04, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Organ as installed in Fairchild Chapel: Photograph from an archival source: Oberlin College website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. c. 2012, or later

Front of chapel showing organ placement: Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from Oberlin-produced YouTube video, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. September, 2020

Keydesk: Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from Oberlin-produced YouTube video, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. September, 2020

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