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Builder: Taylor & Boody Organbuilders
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
3 Manuals (49 Notes)25 Note Pedal4 Divisions35 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
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

Database Manager on July 16th, 2009:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ housed in white, faux-marble case with blue pipe shades. From the builder's website: Key compass: Rückpositiv (CDE-c 3); Oberwerk & Brustwerk (CDEFGA-c 3); Pedal (CD-d 1). Subsemitones in all manuals. Natural keys covered in boxwood, with ebony sharps. Case of solid wood...with appropriate carving, ornamentation and gilding. Tremulant to entire organ, beater type in Schnitger style. Zimbelstern with two stars mounted in flats of Oberwerk case. 1/4 syntonic comma meantone tuning.


Database Manager on July 15th, 2009:

Short bass octaves, sub-semitones on all manuals

Webpage Links: Opus 55 (Builder's web site)

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