S P E C I F I C AT I O N S

Organ: Frank and Hilborne Roosevelt Organ Co.

Facade: George Ashdown Audsley

Console: Ivan P. Morel and Associates

THE TRINITY
Care and Renovation: Ivan P. Morel and Associates O RG A N
The organ has 83 ranks.

The organ console is a standard AGO console with

draw knobs in vertical rows on angled jambs. The
console has 100 memory levels each with 10 general
combination pistons, 6 divisional combination
pistons for each manual, and 6 pedal combination toe
studs. There is a reversible tutti piston and toe stud.
There is also a next and previous piston and toe
stud. There are 4 balanced expression pedals. (Great-
Choir, Swell, Solo, Crescendo.) There is also a pedal
ventil rocker tab.

Facade: Solo: Sentorphone 8; Great: Double Open

Diapason 16, First Open Diapason 8; Pedal:Violone
16.

All manuals are under expression except for the

facade pipes. The pedal is unenclosed.

The design of the facade is an excellent example of

fine organ design, and completes the historic
sanctuary. The Trinity Organ represents Frank and T R I N I T Y U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U RC H
Hilborne Roosevelt’s great organs. 1 8 2 0 B R O A D WAY
DENVER, COLORADO 80202
( 303) 839-1493
W W W. T R I N I T Y U M C . O R G
The Frank Roosevelt and

O R G A N I S T: Hilborne L. Roosevelt
J I M RU T H

Opus 380
B R O C H U R E B Y:
B RY A N D U N N E WA L D
A S S I S TA N T O RG A N I S T Installed: 1888
 H I S T O RY cathedrals, and some of the largest organs in the Vox Humana 8
world for their time. Sadly, most of these organs Clarion 4
The Trinity Organ was completed in 1888 under Bombarde 16
the supervision of Frank Roosevelt of the have been either replaced or changed Bombarde 8
Roosevelt Organ Company of New York, who dramatically from their original state. Trinity Bombarde 4
designed the instrument. The facade was United Methodist and First United Methodist CHOIR (MAN I)
designed by George Ashdown Audsley. The are the only two left in close to, or in original
$30,000 cost of the organ was donated by one Contra Gamba 16
state. Open Diapason 8
of Trinity's founding fathers,   Isaac Blake, who
directed the Trinity choir when the present Geigen Principal 8
building opened. The console was revolutionary STOP LIST Dulciana 8
Concert Flute 8
in that it utilized electro-pneumatic action, G R E AT ( M A N I I ) Lieblich Gedect 8
decades before Denver had electricity. A water Double Open Diapason 16 Fugara 4
wheel, driven by pressure from an artesian well Double Melodia 16 Flute D’Amour 4
under the building, turned a D.C. generator, First Open Diapason 8 Piccolo Harmonique 2
which in turn provided the current to the Second Open Diapason 8 Dolce Cornet V
console. The original key contacts were Gemshorn 8 Clarinet 8
completed with trays of mercury underneath Viola diGamba 8 Bombarde 16
the keyboards. Lighting in the choir loft, Principle Flote 8 Bombarde 8
however, was provided by gas lamps. The organ Dopple Flote 8 Bombarde 4
Octave 4
has 4,277 pipes and has been carefully S O L O (MAN IV)
Gambette 4
maintained over the years. This has required re- Flute Harmonique 4
leathering of the instrument approximately Stentorphone 8
Octave Quint 2 2/3 Philomela 8
every 30 years. The last renovation was Suer Octave 2 Hohl Pfeife 4
completed for the   150th anniversary of the Mixture IV-V Tuba Mirabilis 8
church in 2009. Scharff III-IV Cor Anglais 8
Ophicleide 16 Tuba Clarion 4
The current console of the organ (its fourth) is Trumpet 8 Bombarde 16
a completely solid state console. This console Clarion 4 Bombarde 8
provides multiple levels of combination action, Bombarde 16 Bombarde 4
Bombarde 8 Chimes
MIDI throughput, and the capability of recording Bombarde 4
a performance. The console includes a peterson PEDAL
organ control computer, making the MIDI S W E L L (MAN III)
throughput, and combination action possible. In Double Open Diapason 32
Bourdon Bass 16 Open Diapason 16
addition, a new festival trumpet has been added. Bourdan 16
This work was completed by Rick Morel of Ivan Violone 16
Open Diapason 8 Dulciana 16
P. Morel and Associates, Organ Builders of Spitz Flote 8 Bourdon 16
Denver. Trinity’s organ is one of two Roosevelt Salicional 8 Octave 8
organs left in the world. They both remain on Aeoline 8 Violoncello 8
the Organ Historical Society’s list of cited Voix Celeste 8 Flute 8
historic organs. The other Roosevelt organ is at Stopped Diapason 8 Super Octave 4
First United Methodist Church in Boulder. Quintadena 8 Trombone 16
Octave 4 Contra Bassoon 16
R O O S E V E LT O RG A N Salicet 4 Bombarde 16
COMPANY Hohl Flute 4 Bombarde 8
Flageolet 2 Bombarde 4
Roosevelt Organ Company was one of the Cornet III-IV
Contrafagotto 16
finest organ builders of the 19th and 20th Cornopean 8
century. Their opus list includes New York Oboe 8