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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions12 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Joe O'Donnell on February 21st, 2022:

The stoplist below appears to show the original Walcker specification. Here is a link to the spec on the builder's website: https://www.bigeloworgans.com/opus/13-stop-list/

An inscription by the builder on the back of the case reads as follows:

This organ was reconditioned in 1986 including the following work:
-Electro pneumatic stop action and combination action removed and replaced by totally mechanical linkages.
-The following stops were added:
Pedal Principal 8' (12 new wooden pipes)
Pedal Trumpet 8' (32 new pipes)
Swell Cornet III (from old pipes)
Swell Dulcian 8' (61 new pipes)
-Wind pressures were raised and all old pipes thoroughly revoiced.
-Organ tuned March 1986 - M.L. Bigelow
Temperament - Fisk I

The Great Praestant 8' has 29 pipes in the display. It's unclear if these were new pipes or a reworking of the original 8' Flute. 22 pipes of the Pedal Subbass are also in the display; most have considerable over-length with windows cut in the back of the pipes for access to the stoppers. The balance of the Pedal 8' Principal was taken from the 4' Choral Bass, which was itself replaced by the 8' Trumpet. The Swell Cornet is a Tenor C stop, with a slide switch just above the music rack to disable the tenor octave if desired.


Database Manager on September 17th, 2012:

Updated through online information from David Chamberlin.


Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

The original builder was E. F. Walcker & Co. (1966-67, Opus5344).


Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1997


Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Rebuild of 1969 Walcker. Originally with EP stop action, now all mechanical

Webpage Links: Opus 13 - Bigelow & Co. - Tracker Pipe Organ Builders

Related Instrument Entries: E.F. Walcker & Cie. (Opus 5344, 1969)

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