Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Longman & Herron (1804)

Location:

Residence: Patricia Kluge
Charlottesville, VA US
Albemarle House Chapel
Organ ID: 2680

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Private Residences
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 1 manuals. 5 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Stops: 5
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Console Style: Traditional style with hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal row above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: No enclosed divisions.
  • Pedalboard Type: No pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 22, 2014:

Updated through online information from Bob Moody. -- The Kluge estate was sold to Donald Trump, and is now known as the Trump Winery. The building is known as the Trump Winery Chapel. Pipes have tuning sleeves. Keyboard slides back into the cabinet with a door that closes upward and the music rack closes downward. Dummy pipes over cloth decorate the front. The building is used for weddings. The building seats 80. The twelfth replaced an oboe when the instrument was restored and moved from England.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 25, 2009:

Updated through on-line information from Rev. C. Ralph Mills.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1996.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Not open to visitors. Oboe replaced with Quint.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from console May 7, 2014
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Facade: Photograph by Bob Moody. Taken on 2014-05-14

Close-up of Keyboard and Stop Knobs: Photograph by Bob Moody. Taken on 2014-05-14

Facade: Photograph by Bob Moody. Taken on 2014-06-06

Facade in Rear Gallery: Photograph by Bob Moody. Taken on 2014-06-06

Blower Enclosure Designed as a Bench: Photograph by Bob Moody. Taken on 2014-06-06

Chapel Exterior: Photograph by Bob Moody. Taken on 2014-06-06

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