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Oberlin, USA (Ohio) - First Church, United Church of Christ
Municipal: Oberlin
Region:Lorain County
Address: 106 North Main Street, 44074, Oberlin, OH
Website: http://firstchurchoberlin.org/
Description nr.: 2025368.
Built by: Halbert Gober (2004) - opus 12
The organ contains older material: from 1908 by Estey Organ Company
Voor de First Church UCC in Oberlin bouwde Estey in 1908 een fraai orgel, dat in 1915 door Skinner werd uitgebreid. Het instrument is in 1962 vervangen door een nieuw orgel van Homer Blanchard. In 2004 plaatste Halbert Gober opnieuw een nieuw orgel. Het front uit 1908 is wel bewaard gebleven.
Technical data
Specification
Great (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Flute Harmonique 8', Bourdon 8', Octave 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Cornet 5 ranks (from g°), Mixture 6 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarinet 4'.
Swell (C-a'''): Bourdon 16' - Skinner, Principal 8', Stopped Diapason 8' - Skinner, Viola da Gamba 8' - Skinner, Vox Coelestis 8' - Skinner, Principal 4', Flauto Traverso 4' - Skinner, Nazard 2 2/3', Flautino 2' - Skinner, Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 4 ranks, Bassoon 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremolo.
Pedal (C-g'): Contrabourdon 32' - extension, Wood Diapason 16' - Skinner, Double Diapason 16' - extension, Bourdon 16' - Skinner, Violone 16' - extension, Octave 8', Bourdon 8', Violoncello 8' - extension, Superoctave 4', Trombone 16', Trumpet 8' - extension, Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Oberlin, USA (Ohio) - First Church, United Church of Christ
Municipal: Oberlin
Region:Lorain County
Address: 106 North Main Street, 44074, Oberlin, OH
Website: http://firstchurchoberlin.org/
Description nr.: 2025368.
Built by: Halbert Gober (2004) - opus 12
The organ contains older material: from 1908 by Estey Organ Company
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1908 | Estey Organ Company | new organ | 1915 | Ernest M. Skinner | 229 | rebuild | 1962 | Homer Blanchard | new organ in old case | 2004 | Halbert Gober | new organ in old case |
Voor de First Church UCC in Oberlin bouwde Estey in 1908 een fraai orgel, dat in 1915 door Skinner werd uitgebreid. Het instrument is in 1962 vervangen door een nieuw orgel van Homer Blanchard. In 2004 plaatste Halbert Gober opnieuw een nieuw orgel. Het front uit 1908 is wel bewaard gebleven.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great | 13 |
| - Swell | 15 |
| - Pedal | 12 (7) |
| Total number of stops | 40 (35) |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Flute Harmonique 8', Bourdon 8', Octave 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Cornet 5 ranks (from g°), Mixture 6 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarinet 4'.
Swell (C-a'''): Bourdon 16' - Skinner, Principal 8', Stopped Diapason 8' - Skinner, Viola da Gamba 8' - Skinner, Vox Coelestis 8' - Skinner, Principal 4', Flauto Traverso 4' - Skinner, Nazard 2 2/3', Flautino 2' - Skinner, Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 4 ranks, Bassoon 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremolo.
Pedal (C-g'): Contrabourdon 32' - extension, Wood Diapason 16' - Skinner, Double Diapason 16' - extension, Bourdon 16' - Skinner, Violone 16' - extension, Octave 8', Bourdon 8', Violoncello 8' - extension, Superoctave 4', Trombone 16', Trumpet 8' - extension, Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
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https://goberorgans.com/projects/first-church-in-oberlin-ucc/ |