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Appleton, USA (Wisconsin) - First English Lutheran Church
Municipal: Appleton
Address: 326 East North Street, 54911, Appleton, WI
Website: https://www.felc.com/

Description nr.: 2067327.

Built by: Ronald Wahl (1979) - opus 5


Ronald Wahl built a new two-manual organ with 31 stops for the First English Lutheran Church in Appleton, Wisconsin. The instrument was dedicated in the first half of 1979. Thomas F. Froehlich played the inaugurational concert.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ11
- Swell Organ12
- Pedal organ8
Total number of stops31
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Spillflöte 8', Octave 4', Spitzflöte 4', Quint 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Cornet 5 ranks (8') (from c'), Mixtur 4 ranks (1 1/3'), Trumpet 8', Clairon 4'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Principal 8', Schwebung 8' (from c°), Gedackt 8', Octave 4', Rohrflöte 4', Waldflöte 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 ranks (2 2/3') (from c°), Rauschpfeife 3 ranks (2'), Scharff 4 ranks (1'), Fagot 16', Schalmei 8', Tremolo.
Pedal organ (C-f'): Principal 16', Subbass 16', Octave 8', Gemshorn 8', Choralbass 4', Mixture 4 ranks (2'), Posaune 16', Holztrumpet 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4'.

Literature
  • The Tracker Organ Revival in America : Die Orgelbewegung in Amerika / Uwe Pape [red.]. - Berlin : Pape Verlag, [1977]. - (Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde ; Publication # 65).
  • New Organs. - In: The Diapason, 70th Year, No. 7, June 1979.