E.F. Walcker & Cie.
Opus 200, 1863
Boston Music Hall
1 Hamilton Place
Boston, MA, US
109 Ranks
Instrument ID: 41231 ● Builder ID: 7044 ● Location ID: 36355
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Builder: E.F. Walcker & Cie.
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
4 Manuals (56 Notes)30 Note Pedal5 Divisions89 Stops90 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key Action✓ Combination Trundle(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on June 8th, 2009:
Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Contract was not to have exceeded $25,000.00. Final cost was $60,000.00. Organ fell into disfavor with the formation and popularity of the symphony. Insufficient room on stage for both organ and symphony. Sold in 1884 for $5,000.00 to William O. Grover whose intent was to give it to the New England Conservatory. Organ removed by Geo. S. Hutchings. Grover died and organ lay in storage. Sold at auction in 1897 to settle Grover's estate. Purchased for Edward F. Searles by Dr. Jabez Baxter Upham for $1,500.00. Organ placed in storage in Methuen while Serlo Hall built. Upham died in 1902. Serlo Hall completed in 1909. Organ re-installed by Methuen Organ Co.
Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Contract was not to have exceeded $25,000.00. Final cost was $60,000.00. Organ fell into disfavor with the formation and popularity of the symphony. Insufficient room on stage for both organ and symphony. Sold in 1884 for $5,000.00 to William O. Grover whose intent was to give it to the New England Conservatory. Organ removed by Geo. S. Hutchings. Grover died and organ lay in storage. Sold at auction in 1897 to settle Grover's estate. Purchased for Edward F. Searles by Dr. Jabez Baxter Upham for $1,500.00. Organ placed in storage in Methuen while Serlo Hall built. Upham died in 1902. Serlo Hall completed in 1909. Organ re-installed by Methuen Organ Co.
Related Instrument Entries: Methuen Organ Co. (1909) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1103, 1946) , Andover Organ Co. (Opus R-128, 1969 onward)
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