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E. F. Walcker Opus 877 (1899)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Rear of console on moveable platform with tone grilles above windows (Jim Lewis collection, courtesy of Jim Lewis (c.1944)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Ballroom Interior (Console behind screen at right. Photograph (ca. 1900) from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Unknown - Ballroom Interior (Photograph (ca. 1900) from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Overhauling -Database Manager

2008-01-11 - Updated through on-line information from jim lewis. -- Auction catalog for house and contents; Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1942. Item #365 note "Built-in pipe organ E.F. Walcker & Co, Ludwigsburg. Opus 877-1899." The ("Overhauling") was probably major maintainence by Müller & Abell in 1902 on the Walcker organ. The house had been closed for a while. -Database Manager

2011-08-31 - Identified through online information from Jim Lewis. -- Two manuals, 17 speaking stops. Tubular-pneumatic action. Console was located on the floor of the ballroom and the pipework was located in a gallery above the console. -Database Manager

2013-08-02 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -Database Manager

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