Pipe Organ Database

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J. H. Willcox & Co. (1869)

Location:

Chapel Hill Chauncey Hall School
Waltham, MA 02452 US
Organ ID: 54118

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: High Schools, Preparatory Schools, and Academies
  • The organ is extant in this location, possibly in 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
  • 7 ranks. 1 divisions. 1 manuals. 8 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Divisions: 1
  • Stops: 8
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 25
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 04, 2017:

Updated by William Weber, who has heard or played the organ.
This organ had been described to me as being heavy to play, which I had dismissed as characteristic of mechanical action. Recently I looked inside it behind the facade pipes and saw the tallest are to the right, shortest to the left, implying a roller board to reverse the order of keys to that of the pipes, hence heavy to play if nor perfectly regulated.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979)
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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