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THE TRACKER JOURNAL of the ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Cleveland a Town of Good Organs, a Profitable Place to Visit July 5-10, 2009 Volume 53, Number 1, Winter 2009 THE TRACKER JOURNAL OF THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Cleveland A Town of Good Organs, A Profitable Place To Visit july 5-10, 2009 Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist Cleveland, Ohio Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling - 1948 - Twin three-manual consoles All manual ranks are 61 pipes and Pedal ranks are 32 pipes unless otherwise indicated. Gallery Organ (Opus 1630) Chancel Organ (Opus 1631) II. GREAT SWELL (continued) PEDAL II. CHANCEL GREAT 16 Quintadena 2 Blockflöte 16 Contrabass 16 Quintaton 8 Principal Plein Jeu V (305 pipes) 16 Principal 8 Principal 8 Copula 16 Contrafagotto 16 Subbass 8 Copula 8 Salicional 8 Trompette 16 Quintadena (Gt.) 4 Octave 4 Grossoctav 4 Oboe Clarion 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Ch.) 4 Spitzflöte 4 Octave 8 Vox Humana) 8 Octave Chancel Great to Great 4 4 Spitzflöte Tremolo 8 Violoncello Chancel Swell to Great 16, 8, 4 22/3 Quinte Swell to Swell 16 8 Flauto Dolce (44 pipes) 2 Superoctave 4 Choralbass III. CHANCEL SWELL (enclosed) Mixture IV (244 pipes) I. CHOIR ( enclosed) 4 Flute (ext.Flauto Dolce) 8 Bourdon Swell to Great 16, 8, 4 16 Lieblich Gedeckt Mixture III (96 pipes) 8 Viola Choir to Great 8, 4 8 Gemshorn Principal 16 Posaune (56 pipes) 8 Aeoline 8 Hohlflöte 16 Contrafagotto (Sw.) 4 Rohrflöte III. SWELL (enclosed) 8 Dulciana 8 Trumpet (ext. Posaune) Cornet III (183 pipes) 8 Geigen Principal 4 Fugara 4 Clarion (ext. Posaune) 8 Oboe Clarion 8 Gedeckt 4 Rohrflöte Great to Pedal 8, 4 Tremolo 8 Flauto Amabile 4 Ludwigtone Swell to Pedal 8, 4 Chancel Swell to Swell 16 8 Viola 22/3 Nazard Choir to Pedal 8 8 Voix Celeste (t.c., 49 pipes) 2 Doublette CHANCEL PEDAL 8 Aeoline 13/5 Tierce Above & Opposite: Ken Cowan will 16 Subbass 8 Dulcet (t.c., 49 pipes) 8 Clarinet play a recital on the stereophonic three- 16 Quintaton (Gt.) 4 Octave Geigen Tremolo 8 Flauto Dolce 4 Flute Choir to Choir 4 manual 1948 Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling 4 Choralbass Swell to Choir 8 at St. John’s Roman Catholic Cathedral 8 Fagotto on Monday evening, July 6. The organ’s Chancel Great to Pedal 8, 4 PHOTOGRAphS by WILLIAM T. VAN PELT gallery divisions are seen here. Chancel Swell to Pedal 8 T H E O R G A N H IS to R I C A L So CIE T Y Post Office Box 26811, Richmond, Virginia 23261 • 804-353-9226 • FAX: 804-353-9266 E-MAIL: [email protected] • WEB: www.organsociety.org • ONLINE CATALOG: www.ohscatalog.org THE NATIONAL COUNCIL CONVENTIONS OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS Term Expires Cleveland, July 5–10, 2009 Pittsburgh, June 21–25, 2010 Laurence Libin* . president 2009 Joseph McCabe J.R. Daniels Jim Stark 126 Darlington Ave., Ramsey, NJ 07446 201-327-8426 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Joseph M. McCabe* . vice president 2009 Washington, D.C., June 27–July 1, 2011 1612 Blossom Park Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107 216-221-4614 [email protected] Carl Schwartz [email protected] Stephen J. Schnurr Jr.* . secretary 2011 Saint Paul Church, Box 1475, Valparaiso, IN 46384 219-531-0922 [email protected] James M. 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Cleveland The two-manual 1913 Votteler-Hettche at the soon-to-be- closed St. Procop Catholic Church may be heard for the last A Town of Good Organs, time pending the organ’s undetermined future. Randy Bourne will play a demonstration on Tuesday morning, July 7.
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