| All Souls Church Organ |
The 31-rank 3-manual Holtkamp Organ was installed in late 1962. It is of historical
interest in that it was one of the last organs designed by Walter Holtkamp, Sr., who
was consulted during the initial planning stage of the church to assure proper organ
placement and successful acoustical properties in the building. After his death it was
built and installed under the supervision of his son Walter ("Chick") Holtkamp, Jr. It
is considered by many people to be one of the finest examples of the work of this
famous company.
Although the tonal design of the organ makes it particularly well-suited for playing
the vast quantity of literature of the baroque and classical periods, it was at the
suggestion of the company itself that the famous blind French organist, Andre
Marchal, played the original dedicatory recital in February, 1963. Machal played
not only Bach and early French music, but one of the Chorals of Franck and works
of modern French composers, well demonstrating the versatility of the organ.
When plans were made for renovation of our present church building, it was
decided to include the organ in the project. Reynolds Associates was selected for
this work, which included having all the pipes removed, thoroughly cleaned and
re-tuned. Thad Reynolds elected to preserve the original tonal design, adding only a
tremolo on the swell and replacing the archaic setterboard with a modern
state-of-the-art control system. He completely rebuilt the Holtkamp console and
made it movable. The new keyboards have bone natural keys with ebony sharps,
and the pedalboard has maple naturals with ebony sharps.
The restoration was completed in 2007. Dr. Kirby Koriath, professor of organ,
church music, and harpsichord at The School of Music, Ball State University,
performed at the re-dedication recital on May 17, 2009.
interest in that it was one of the last organs designed by Walter Holtkamp, Sr., who
was consulted during the initial planning stage of the church to assure proper organ
placement and successful acoustical properties in the building. After his death it was
built and installed under the supervision of his son Walter ("Chick") Holtkamp, Jr. It
is considered by many people to be one of the finest examples of the work of this
famous company.
Although the tonal design of the organ makes it particularly well-suited for playing
the vast quantity of literature of the baroque and classical periods, it was at the
suggestion of the company itself that the famous blind French organist, Andre
Marchal, played the original dedicatory recital in February, 1963. Machal played
not only Bach and early French music, but one of the Chorals of Franck and works
of modern French composers, well demonstrating the versatility of the organ.
When plans were made for renovation of our present church building, it was
decided to include the organ in the project. Reynolds Associates was selected for
this work, which included having all the pipes removed, thoroughly cleaned and
re-tuned. Thad Reynolds elected to preserve the original tonal design, adding only a
tremolo on the swell and replacing the archaic setterboard with a modern
state-of-the-art control system. He completely rebuilt the Holtkamp console and
made it movable. The new keyboards have bone natural keys with ebony sharps,
and the pedalboard has maple naturals with ebony sharps.
The restoration was completed in 2007. Dr. Kirby Koriath, professor of organ,
church music, and harpsichord at The School of Music, Ball State University,
performed at the re-dedication recital on May 17, 2009.
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| Page updated 05/19/2009 |
Orgnanist Emerita Dottie Huffman
with Dr. Koriath at the organ
re-dedication ceremony May 2009.
with Dr. Koriath at the organ
re-dedication ceremony May 2009.