George Bozeman Jr., & Co., Organbuilders
Opus 44, 1988

Originally Simmons & Willcox (1860)

Mount Vernon United Methodist Church

107 W. Main Street
Danville, VA, US

34 Ranks - 1,724 Pipes

Instrument ID: 6540 ● Builder ID: 801 ● Location ID: 6204

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IMAGES

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STOPLISTS

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	Great🛈
16'	Bourdon🛈
8'	Principal🛈
8'	Viola da Gamba🛈
8'	Hohl Flöte🛈
8'	Dolce🛈
4'	Octave🛈
4'	Rohr Flöte*🛈
2⅔'	Twelfth🛈
2'	Fifteenth🛈
III	Mixture🛈
8'	Trumpet🛈

	Swell🛈
8'	Principal🛈
8'	Gedackt*🛈
8'	Dulciana🛈
8'	Celeste [t.c]🛈
4'	Bell Gamba🛈
4'	Harmonic Flute🛈
2⅔'	Nazard🛈
2'	Fifteenth*🛈
1⅗'	Tierce🛈
III	🛈
16'	Contra Fagotto*🛈
8'	Trumpet*🛈
8'	Hautboy*🛈

	Pedal🛈
16'	Open Bass🛈
16'	Bourdon Bass🛈
8'	Principal Bass**	30
4'	Choral Bass**	30
16'	Trombone Bass**	30
8'	Trumpet Bass**	30

	Couplers
	Swell & Great Coupler (electric)
	Swell & Pedal Coupler (mechanical)
	Great & Pedal Coupler (mechanical)

	Combination Action
	Great 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
	Swell 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
	General 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 🛈
	Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-6 🛈
	Toe and thumb reversible for both pedal couplers

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CONSOLES

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)

Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack

Pedalboard Type: Unknown

Features:

2 Manuals (56 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions30 Stops30 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Combination Action: Computerized/Digital

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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Exhibited in the 1998 OHS convention(s)

This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on August 31st, 2013: 
Updated through online information from Xaver Wilhelmy.  -- Tracker action has been modified to be self-adjusting to humidity changes in 2003 by Wilhelmy Organbuilders. The organ is in good condition and continuous use.

Database Manager on September 4th, 2007: 
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.  -- According to a published booklet on the organ, the reason that the original Simmons & Willcox Pedal windchest was electrified was because space restrictions in Mt. Vernon required the original 16' Open Wood Bass to be installed horizontally rather than as originally built. The original pedalboard compass was 27 notes.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004: 
The original builder was  Simmons & Willcox (c. 1860).

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004: 
Status Note: There 2001.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004: 
Relocated from St. Phillip's R. C., Boston.  Removed when St. Phillip's closed in 1977. Later storage at Hamar shop, then Frels shop.  Sold here in 1982. The Swell and Pedal were enlarged. Ped 16' are on the original Simmons windchest which has been electrified. [Replaced a 1946 Austin Op. 2065 behind the case of a 1906 Hook & Hastings.]

Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (1905) , Simmons & Willcox (1860ca.)