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St. Christopher Catholic Church
Columbus, OH
2/26 Peebles-Herzog
2007

Pedal Division

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	Here's a good view of the area directly behind the center wall and facade. The Subbass pipes are on the right, facade and smaller Principal pipes on the left. The Swell Division can be seen behind the shades in the back of the space. Note the air supply pipe on the floor leading to the Swell Division.
	The 16' Subbass pipes sit in the center of the building between the Swell and Great Divisions directly behind the facade of pipes. Looks like these blocks of wood have been abused over the years, but looks are deceiving in this case as structurally they are sound.
	A closer look at the lower part of the 16' Subbass pipes reveals that these are stamped with opus number 2541. According to the Estey Pipe Organ opus list, these pipes are from the 1926 Estey organ at First Baptist Church which is where this organ was last removed from. So there are pieces of at least three different Estey organs in this organ, and likely at least 5 of the 26 ranks are of Estey origin. Also note the size of the mouth of the pipe on the far right side in back.
	Subbass pipes are just that - intended to make a sound lower than the bass pipes. They make a soft rumble which gives the listener the feeling of air being moved through the space. Despite their lack of "loudness" they many times are given their own wind chest due to the large amount of air needed when they are played. Often they are used on the last note of softer pieces but can add to louder pieces. Here we see the two smallest pipes (F and G) on the left, and on the right are two of the larger pipes (D# and C#).
	On the back center wall towards the right are the pipes for the 16' Trumpet rank (pipes with the strings and mitering at the bottom). Judging by their clean look they likely are brand new pipes.
	Here's a better view of the largest pipes of the 8' Principal rank (against the wall), and the 16' Trumpet rank (in front of the Principal rank). The Principal pipes also look like they are brand new.
	Here's a close up of the largest trumpet pipe. Note the rank designator (16), name (trum), and pitch (CCC). The diamond shaped logo on the left is of the builder A.R. Schopp's Sons of Alliance, OH who manufactured these pipes. It is likely that many of the new pipes for this instrument came from this builder with Peebles-Herzog simply doing the final installation.