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Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database for nearly complete list, current and historical. Pipe Organ Database; Abbott and Sieker; Æolian Company (see also Æolian-Skinner Organ Company)(1887-1985) Æolian-Skinner Organ Company (1932–1972) Joseph Alley (1804–1880) Andover Organ Company; Alvinza Andrews (1800–1862)
The Holtkamp Organ Company of Cleveland, Ohio is America's oldest continuously operating pipe organ workshop. The company was founded in 1855 by Gottlieb Votteler. The work produced by the shop has evolved over the years in terms of architectural style, sound, and mechanism. During this time the company has had a number of names, including: The ...
The remaining three public institutions— Shawnee State University, Central State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University —are relatively small. Case Western Reserve University is the state's largest private university by enrollment, followed by the University of Dayton, Xavier University, Franklin University, Ashland University ...
The organ is the largest all-pipe organ, in a religious structure, in the world. The console has 874 switches for activating the stops, and the action is electro-pneumatic. The instrument is estimated to weigh over 124 tons, and is organized in 23 divisions. It is continually being enlarged. This organ is played for over 300 services each year.
Holy Cross Church is a historic church and home to an active parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus located in the Discovery District neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The Gothic Revival building was completed in 1848 and is the oldest church in Columbus. [3] The church, along with the school and rectory also on the property, was added ...
Hendrickson Organ Company is a manufacturer of pipe organs based in St. Peter, Minnesota . Charles Hendrickson founded the company in 1964. Since then, over 100 contracted pipe organ projects have been completed. Along with new pipe organs, the firm has restored old instruments, relocated instruments, and rebuilt and enlarged existing pipe organs.
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre, volume, and construction throughout the keyboard compass.
The Pontifical College Josephinum is a Roman Catholic seminary and private university in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded by Joseph Jessing in 1888 and was granted the status of a Pontifical College in 1892 by Pope Leo XIII, making it the only pontifical seminary in North America. Although the college is accredited by the Higher Learning ...