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Hall Organ Co. (ca.1920s)

Location:

Masonic Temple
Norwich, CT US
Auditorium
Organ ID: 18618

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lodges and Clubs
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Scot Huntington on April 05, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable, EP ventil
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP ventil chests
  • Built by Hall Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Scot Huntington on April 05, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by Hall Organ Co.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Scot Huntington on April 05, 2023.
Scot Huntington on April 05, 2023:

The organ had been unused for a number of years when local technician Alan McNeely salvaged the pipework in the mid/late 1980s, much of which was sold or dispersed among local rebuild projects. It is presumed any remaining components went down with the building at some point in the past two years.

We received the most recent update for this note from Scot Huntington on April 05, 2023.
Database Manager on April 13, 2006:

Updated through on-line information from David Warfield. -- Only chests and console exist. Pipework removed by unknown person. Building scheduled for demolition this summer.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 28, 2005:

Identified through information in Classified List of Hall Organs, published in 1929 by Hall Organ Co., West Haven, Connecticut. The first of two organs built here at [presumably] the same time by the Hall Organ Co. Typically, one would have been in a public theatre, the other in the more private lodge rooms.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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