Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincinnati, OH
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1877 - The organ being erected (Photograph from an archival source: The Tracker, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2017-10-17 - Building exterior (Photograph by Music Hall Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Music Hall Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1877 - Console (Archival. Digital copy from http://www.slavicvillagehistory.org/PDF/CAPSULE_HISTORIES/nbrhood_theaters.pdf/Christian Tedesco )
1895 - Engraving of facade (Cincinnati Public Library /Christian Tedesco)
1878 - New Music Hall opening on May 14, 1878 with a musical festival led by Theodore Thomas. (Postcard - Robert Wendel -->Old Photos Of Cincinnati via Facebook/Paul R. Marchesano)
1878 - Exterior of the building, postcard obverse (Robert Wendel --> Old Photos Of Cincinnati via Facebook/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
Notes
2005-03-01 - Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in <i>The Hook Opus List 1829-1935</i>, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -Database Manager
2010-01-04 - Rebuilt by Austin in 1920s, and an echo division added at that time. All but Echo removed in 1970s. -Database Manager
2024-02-29 - Interior Layout same as the organ in Boston's Holy Cross Cathedral. Exhauster pneumatic levers to all manuals and pedal. Tracker-Pneumatic stop action. Crescendo pedal was in fact a special sliding pedal running across the top of the pedalboard, like the Walcker organ at Methuen. Case was 60 feet tall, 50 wide, and 30 deep. 6 pipes visible in side wings are the Pedal 32' Double Open Diapason. -Christian Tedesco
2024-03-05 - Updated through online information from Christian Tedesco: The organ is no longer extant or playable. It was electrified by Austin in the 1920s and parted out in the 1970s. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Typed stoplist from the Historic Stoplists table of the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio
1877 E. & G.G. Hook and Hastings, Boston, opus 869
(Stoplist: Larry Chace (rlc1@cornell.edu) (specs posted on 2 May 1993))
GREAT 61 notes, 4" wind
16 Open Diapason
16 Quintaton sw
8 Bell Open Diapason
8 Open Diapason
8 Doppelflote sw dm
8 Clarabella ow
8 Viola da Gamba tin
8 Gemshorn tin
8 Viol d' Amour tin
5-1/3 Quint
4 Octave tin
4 Flute Harmonique
4 Gambette tin
2-2/3 Twelfth
2 Fifteenth
III-V Cornet 269p
IV Mixture 244p
V Acuta 244p
VII Cymbale 384p? 394p? 427p?
16 Bombard
8 Trumpet
4 Clarion
CHOIR 61 notes, 3" wind
16 Lieblich Gedeckt sw
8 English Open Diapason
8 Geigen Principal tin
8 Rohrflote
8 Melodia ow
8 Viola
8 Dulciana
4 Octave
4 Flute Octaviante
4 Fugara tin
4 Violin tin
2-2/3 Quint Flote
2 Piccolo
V Cornet 305p
16 Cor Anglais
8 Clarinet
8 Vox Angelica fr
Tremolo
SOLO 61 notes, 8" wind
8 Stentorphon
8 Philomela ow dm
8 Keraulophon tin
4 Hohlpfeife w
2 Piccolo Harmonique
8 Tuba Mirabilis
Carillons 32 bars
SWELL 61 notes, 3" wind
16 Bourdon sw
8 Open Diapason t
8 Stopped Diapason sw
8 Spitzflote t
8 Quintadena t
8 Salicional t
8 Aeoline
4 Octave tin
4 Flauto Traverso w
4 Violina t
2-2/3 Nazard
2 Flautino
V Mixture 305p
VI Dolce Cornet 366p
16 Contra Fagotto
8 Cornopean
8 Oboe
8 Vox Humana tin
4 Clarion
Tremolo
PEDAL 30 notes, 4" wind
32 Open Diapason ow
16 Open Diapason ow
16 Bourdon sw
16 Violone ow
16 Dulciana
10-2/3 Quint w
8 Octave ow
8 Bell Gamba
8 Flote w
8 Violoncello tin
4 Super Octave tin
V Cornet
32 Contra Bombard w fr
16 Trombone w
8 Posaune
4 Clarion
COUPLERS
Pedal: Great, Swell, Choir, Solo
Great: Great Separation, Swell,
16 Choir, 8 Choir, Solo
Choir: Swell
Solo: 4 Solo
Miscellaneous
Fixed Combos: Great&Pedal - 3, Swell&Pedal - 3, Choir&Pedal - 2
Crescendos: Swell, Register
Reversibles: Great to Pedal, Full Organ, Swell Tremolo, Choir Tremolo
Bellows Signal
Where:
w = wood
sw = stopped wood
ow = open wood
tin = tin
dm = double mouth
fr = free reed
Larry Chace (also rlc1@cornell.edu) (specs posted on 2 May 1993)
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