Fischer Organ Co.
2004ca.
Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1508, 1968)
Duquesne University
School of Music Room 216
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA, US
9 Ranks
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal28 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: Setterboard
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Instrument was only at Duquese for about 10 years in Room 216. It had no enclosed divisions and was heavily unified. Had a 3 manual console and a trumpet en chamade, but less than 10 ranks!
Database Manager on July 30th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle.
Database Manager on July 17th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- Dispersed and parted out in May, 2015. Select pipework to be incorporated in the rebuilt primary teaching studio organ, and in a new III/17 instrument, both by Luley & Associates, Inc. of Pittsburgh.
Database Manager on July 17th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle.
Database Manager on August 6th, 2014:
Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- Manual compasses extend to 61 notes, yet pipes are present only for 56 notes.
Database Manager on April 4th, 2014:
Altered and relocated existing organ.
Identified by Joseph Tuttle, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- Instrument relocated to present location by Fischer Organ Co. of Pittsburgh ca. 2004. Originally in unknown residence in Kansas City, Missouri. Some ranks replaced by Fischer at this time with vintage American pipework, and the mid-range of the Trumpet was re-mounted en chamade.
Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (1995) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1508, 1968) , Luley Organ Company (2015) , Kinzey-Angerstein (1970s) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1461, 1964)
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