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Complete description of the selected organ
Source: De Schalmey. Date: ca. 1945.

Source: De Schalmey

Cleveland OH, USA (Ohio) - Cleveland Museum of Art
Municipal: Cleveland OH
Region:Cuyahoga County
Address: 11150 East Boulevard, 44106, Cleveland, OH
Website: http://clevelandart.org/

Description nr.: 2067504.

Built by: Ernest M. Skinner (1920) - opus 333

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1920 Ernest M. Skinner333 new organ
1930 Ernest M. Skinner333A enlargement
1933 Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling Company1580 enlargement
1945 Holtkamp Organ Company  rebuild

A pipe organ was installed in the central hall of the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1920 by the company Skinner. The organ was exanded by the same builder in 1930. In 1933, a new Positiv, located as a traditional Rückpositiv, was added to the organ by Walter Holtkamp (Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling Company). He designed a work with seven stops. The original plan had a Flute 4' from c° and two ranks from C to B (Larigot 1 1/3' and Piccolo 1'). In 1945, the organ was rebuilt by Holtkamp. The Rückpositiv was relocated to the right side of the balcony, and on the left side some small pipes of the pedal organ were installed as a positiv on the balcony, to make the organ prospect symmetrical.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great13
- Swell14
- Positiv6
- Rückpositiv7
- Pedal18 (15)
Total number of stops58 (55)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectronpeumatic
Windchest(s)Slider chests, Cone chest (Rückpositiv)

Specification
Great (C-c''''): Quintadena 16', Principal 8', Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Grossoctave 4', Octave 4', Spitzflöte 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Superoctave 2', Harmonics 4 ranks, Mixture 4 ranks, Dulzian 16', Schalmey 8'.
Swell (C-c''''): Geigen Principal 8', Chimney Flute 8', Quintaton 8', Gambe 8', Voix Celeste 8', Octave Geigen 4', Blockflöte 2', Cornet 3 ranks, Plein Jeu 5 ranks, Fagotte 16', Trompette 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4'.
Positiv (C-c''''): Concert Flute 8', Dulziana 8', Erzähler Celeste 8', Fugara 4', Flautino 2', Clarinet 8'.
Rückpositiv (C-c''''): Copula 8', Principal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Nasard 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Fourniture 3 ranks.
Pedal (C-g'): Contrabasse 32', Major Bass 16', Subbass 16', Quintadena 16' - from Great, Lieblich Gedackt 16', Octave 8', Gedackt 8', Quinte 5 1/3', Choral Bass 4', Nachthorn 4', Tierce 3 1/5', Piccolo 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Contra Posaune 16', Dulzian 16' - from Great, Trumpet 8', Cromhorne 4', Schalmey 4' - from Great.

Literature
  • Walter Holtkamp : Een Amerikaans Orgelbouwer / Robert Noehren. - In: De Schalmei, 4e Jaargang Nr. 2, Maart 1949.
  • Werkgerechter Prospektentwurf zwischen Orgelbewegung und moderner Architektur / Philipp Klais. - In: Aspekte der Orgelbewegung / herausgegeben von Alfred Reichling. - Kassel : Merseburger Verlag, 1995.
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