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S. S. Hamill (1876)

Images

Unknown - Organ Case and Keydesk (St. Joseph Church archives, courtesy of Jim Lewis (2002)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Shipped around the Horn and assembled by Schoenstein on arrival. -Database Manager

2019-06-25 - Updated by Jim Lewis, naming this as the source of information: Marysville Daily Appeal December 24, 1876. According to the Marysville Daily Appeal newspaper of December 24, 1876, this organ was built by Samuel Hamill of Cambridge, Mass. It was one of his \"#5 Giant Organs\". It was not brought around the Horn, but conveniently shipped by railroad and installed by Shellard & McCraith of San Francisco.<br>It measured 11\'6\" wide, 19\' high and 7\' deep. 14 stops, 381 pipes and a compass of 61/27. -Database Manager

Websites

• Marysville Daily Appeal, 24 December 1876, page 3 - Installation of S.S. Hamill pipe organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Other Links

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