Charles W. McManis Co.
Opus 46, 1960
St. John's Unitarian Church
320 Resor Avenue, Clifton
Cincinnati, OH, US
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal13 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Information provided to the DB by Ryan Boyle of Muller Pipe Organs, which maintains this instrument:
This organ has mechanical key action, but not slider chests. They are an unusual ventil chest design whereby a pallet feeds a key channel, but instead of sliders, the stop action achieved by leather membranes, one per pipe, in what almost look like long pouch boards. These pouch boards are fitted to the underside of the wind chest. When a stop is off, each pneumatic or pouch is inflated. When the stop is on, the pouches vent to atmosphere, and the wind from the key channel is allowed to pass to the pipe.
Database Manager on February 14th, 2019:
Updated by Carl S Zimmerman, naming this as the source of information: Charles McManis\' autobiography, cited in full on OHS Website, pp.146,170,182,255,286,330,396.
Database Manager on February 23rd, 2015:
Updated through online information from Don Hurd. -- Truly, an unloved, unused organ. Congregation needs an organist/director, but all their music is done in front, and the organ's in back.
Database Manager on April 6th, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Emily Adams.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Sliderless setterboard combinations.
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