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Saint Louis MO, USA (Missouri) - Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church
Municipal: Saint Louis MO
Address: 9450 Clayton Road, 63124, Saint Louis, MO
Website: https://laduechapel.org/

Description nr.: 2066786.

Built by: Felix F. Schoenstein & Sons (2015) - opus 167


The company Schoenstein built a large new organ for Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2014- 2015. The instrument was inaugurated on October 25, 2015, but the official dedication took place on March 6, 2016. Scott Dettra played the dedicational concert. The organ replaced an instrument by Werner Bosch from 1969.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ13 (10)
- Choir Organ16 (11)
- Swell Organ17 (13)
- Echo Organ (floating)7 (4)
- Pedal Organ20 (2)
Total number of stops73 (40)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Contra Salicional 16' - extension, First Open Diapason 8', Second Open Diapason 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Salicional 8', Bourdon 8', Principal 4', Silver Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3-4 ranks (1 1/3'), Tuba 8' - from Choir, Clarinet 8' - from Choir, Chimes.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Dulciana 8', Unda-Maris 8' (from c°), Concert Flute 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8' (from c°), Fugara 4', Concert Flute 4' - extension, Flute 4' - extension, Twelfth 2 2/3' (from c°) - extension, Nazard 2 2/3' - extension, Harmonic Piccolo 2' (from c°-f'''), Tierce 1 3/5' (from C-f'''), Nineteenth 1 1/3', English Horn 8', Clarinet 8', Bass Tuba 16' - extension, Tuba 8', Tremulant, Chimes, Zimbelstern.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16' - extension, Horn Diapason 8', Traverse Flute 8' (from c°), Flutes Unison 8' (from c°) - extension, Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Gamba Celeste 8', Erzähler 8' (from c°), Erzähler Celeste 8' (from c°), Gemshorn 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Fifteenth 2' - extension, Mixture 3-4 ranks (2'), Contra Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8', Fagotto 8' - extension, Oboe Horn 8', Tremulant.
Echo Organ (floating) (C-c''''): Chimney Flute 8', Voix Sérénissime 8', Voix Céleste 8' (from c°), Chimney Flute 4' - extension, Voix Sérénissime 4' - extension, Voix Céleste 4' - extension, Vox Humana 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Acoustic Bass 32' - extension, Open Wood 32 Pipes 16', Contra Salicional 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16' - from Swell, Principal 8', Flute 8' - from Great, Salicional 8' - from Great, Horn Diapason 8' - from Swell, Stopped Diapason 8' - from Swell, Dulciana 8' - from Choir, Fifteenth 4' - extension, Flute 4' - from Great, Flutes Unison 4' - transmission, Contra Fagotto 32' - extension, Bass Tuba 16' - from Choir, Contra Fagotto 16' - from Swell, Tuba 8' - from Choir, Fagotto 8' - from Swell, English Horn 4' - from Choir, Clarinet 4' - from Choir, Chimes - from Echo.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great 16', Choir to Great 4', Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir 16', Swell to Choir 4', Echo on Great, Echo on Swell, Echo on Choir, Great to Pedal, Great to Pedal 4', Choir to Pedal, Choir to Pedal 4', Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Great to Great 16', Great to Great 4', Great Unison Off, Choir to Choir 16', Choir to Choir 4', Choir Unison Off, Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4', Swell Unison Off.
Accessories: Solid State Capture Combination Action with 100 Memory Levels, Full Organ, Expression selector for Echo., Crescendo Pedal, All Swells to Swell..

Literature
  • Cover Feature Article : Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO : Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, CA / Jack Bethards. - In: The American Organist, January 2016.
  • Schoenstein & Co. : New Organs of our Second Century. - 2022.
YouTube 2015 Schoenstein organ - Ladue Chapel, St. Louis, Missouri (2018)