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Photo: Holtkamp Organ Company. Date: 1942.

Photo: Holtkamp Organ Company

Cleveland Heights, USA (Ohio) - Fairmount Presbyterian Church
Municipal: Cleveland Heights
Region:Cuyahoga County
Address: 2757 Fairmount Boulevard, 44118, Cleveland Heights, OH
Website: https://fpccle.org/

Description nr.: 2067508.

Built by: Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling Company (1942)
Dismantled (1995)


  • In 1942, Walter Holtkamp built a new three-manual organ for Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The organ had five division, but the enclosed Choir and the Rückpositiv were both playable from the first manual.
  • The organ has been expanded with an antiphonal organ in 1971 by the Schantz Organ Company. In 1995 it was dismantled and replaced by a new Schantz organ in 1996.
  • The specification given here is the original from 1942.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great11
- Choir (enclosed)9 (8)
- Rückpositiv8
- Swell (enclosed)14
- Pedal16 (11)
Total number of stops58 (52)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Slider chests (Manuals), Cone chest (Pedal)

Specification
Great (C-c''''): Open Diapaosn 8', Principal 8', Copula 8', Salicional 8', Octave 4', Spitzflöte 4', Quint 2 2/3', Superoctave 2', Mixture 4 ranks, Dulzian 16', Tuba 8'.
Choir (enclosed) (C-c''''): Echo Bourdon 16', Geigen Principal 8', Dulciana 8', Gemshorn 4', Ludwigstone 4', Flautino 2', Dolce Cornet 3 ranks, Cromhorne 8', Tuba 8' - from Great, Celesta.
Rückpositiv (C-c''''): Quintaton 8', Principal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Octava 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Cymbal 3 ranks.
Swell (enclosed) (C-c''''): Hohlflöte 8', Gamba 8', Voix Céleste 8', Aeoline 8', Aeoline Céleste 8', Bourdon Dolce 8', Clear Flute 4', Flageolet 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Plein Jeu 5 ranks, Trompette 8', Basson 8', Vox Humana 8', Oboe Clarion 4'.
Pedal (C-g'): Principal 16', Subbass 16', Violone 16', Echo Bourdon 16' - from Choir, Gross Quinte 10 2/3', Octave 8' - from Great, Flauto Dolce 8', Octave Violone 8' - extension, Quint 5 1/3', Choralbass 4', Fourniture 3 ranks, Posaune 16', Dulzian 16' - from Great, Tuba 8' - from Great, Fagott 8', Schalmey 4'.

Literature Walter Holtkamp : Een Amerikaans Orgelbouwer / Robert Noehren. - In: De Schalmei, 4e Jaargang Nr. 2, Maart 1949.