Better Pipe Organ Database

Welford [Wilfred] Hall (1826)

Residence: Richard Kline, "Auburn Springs"
Thurmont, MD

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

Images

2021-11-22 - Keydesk (Photograph by Luke Stasiunas via Facebook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-22 - Organ case freestanding in current home installation (Photograph by Luke Stasiunas via Facebook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Keydesk

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
1 manuals
6 stops
7 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 54 notes
Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - From All Saints Episcopal, Frederick, MD. -Database Manager

2021-11-23 - Moved here c. 1970 -Paul R. Marchesano

2023-06-04 - The organ was recently removed (May 2023) and will be located to a Church in Virginia. This organ is thought to possibly be the only extant instrument by its builder. -Mark Hurley

2023-06-05 - Stop list changed late October 2022. -Mark Hurley

Stoplist

Information gathered by personal visits to the organ and conversations with Dick Kline. Source: From a 1970 ATOS article and Luke Stasiunas

Manual (54 notes, 2½" wind pressure) Open Diapason 8 (42 pipes), Stopped Diapason 8 (42 pipes), Dulciana 8 (42 pipes), Stopped Bass 8 (12 pipes; all 8' stops share this bottom octave), Principal 4 (54 pipes), Flute d'Amour 4 (42 pipes), Fifteenth 2 (54 pipes)

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#3822†* - Welford [Wilfred] Hall (1826)