Josef Loosser
1786

National Music Museum, University of South Dakota

414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD, US

6 Ranks - 294 Pipes
Instrument ID: 2392 ● Builder ID: 7298 ● Location ID: 1714
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Builder: Josef Loosser
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: No Pedalboard
Features:
1 Manuals (49 Notes)✗ No Pedal1 Divisions6 Stops6 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action
Stop Layout: Sliding Stop Controls/Levers
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Jim Stettner on November 5th, 2020:

Updated through online information from Margaret Downie Banks, Associate Museum Dir.: Note that organ does NOT belong to the Univ. of SD, but rather to National Music Museum, Inc., located on USD's campus.

Margaret Downie Banks on November 4th, 2020:

Engraved on center pipe: 1786 / isl. Handwritten in ink on paper at back of pallet box: Durch Joseph Loosser Orgeln Macher Von Lüppertsweil in der gemeind Cappel in Toggenburg / 1786
Case exterior painted in traditional style of the Toggenburger valley. Gilded carvings in front of pipes and at top of marbled cornices.
NMM catalog #4897. Purchase funds gift of Margaret Ann and Hubert H. Everist, Sioux City, Iowa, 1990.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1995.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

1796? Builder of L?ppfertswell, St. Gall, Switzerland. No pedals. Purchased 1990. Assembled and regulated here by English builder, Edward Bennett.

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