Better Pipe Organ Database

Alexander Mills (1876)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
F and Taylor Streets
Virginia City, NV

Images

1968-06-15 - Church exterior (Postcard image/Database Manager)

1994-05-05 - Organ case; side view (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-05 - Organ case; front view (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-05 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-05 - Right (Geat) stopjamb (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-05 - Left (Swell) stopjamb (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-05 - Former hand-cranked blower (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
2 manuals
17 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight

Notes

2004-10-30 - Builder's Nameplate: attr. Mills -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Altered. -Database Manager

2007-10-11 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is in a free-standing case at the front on the left side, and faces across the sanctuary, not into the nave. The first 25 pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason are in the 3-sectional facade. The first 14 pipes of the Great 8' Gamba are divided on either side in the side facades along with the Pedal Open Diapason. The Great chest is completely diatonically divided, and with each half separated at the extreme sides of the case allowing a generous place to stand for tuning both the Great and the Swell. All Great 8' basses are offset so that nothing over 4' in length is on the chest. The couplers are operated by brass, mechanical finger pistons located in the two manual keyslips. The Pedal 16' Open Diapason - simply labeled "Pedal" - is also actuated by a single brass piston located in the Great keyslip. The organ was restored by Landon Pipe Organs of Temple City, California at an unknown time. Documented May 6, 1994. -Database Manager

2009-08-29 - Updated through online information from Michael Friesen. -Database Manager

2018-05-17 - Updated by Howard Bennett, who maintains the organ.<br> The swell Celeste begins at TC, at C the rank doubles to true celeste for remainder of the compass. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console May 6, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Virginia City, Nevada
St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Alexander Mills, 1876
Landon Pipe Organs  - Restoration

GREAT
   8     Diapason                       58
   8     Melodia                        58
   8     Gamba                          58
   8     Dolce                          58
   4     Principal                      58
   4     Flute                          58
   2-2/3 Principal                      58
   2     Principal                      58
   8     Trumpet                        58

SWELL (Expressive)
   16    Bourdon   [Treble]             46
   16    Bourdon    [Bass]              12
   8     Diapason                 (tc)  46
   8     Celeste                  (tc)  46
   8     [Stopd] Diapason Treble  (tc)  46        
   8     [Stopd] Diapason Bass          12
   4     Flute                          58
   II    Cornet                   (tc)  92
   8     Oboe                           58

PEDAL
   [16]  Pedal  [Open Diapason]         27

COUPLERS (Mechanical finger pistons)
   Sw. to Ped.                    [On/Off]
   Gt. to Ped.                    [On/Off]
   Sw. to Gt.                     [On/Off]

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression                 (bal.)
   Crescendo                        (bal.)

ACTION: Mechanical key & stop
VOICES: 17
STOPS: 19
RANKS: 18
PIPES: 941

NOTES
The first 25 pipes of the Great 8' Diapason are en façade. The first
14 pipes of the Great 8' Gamba are divided on either side of the side
facades. A unique feature of this organ is that the Great chest is
divided diatonically and ALL the basses are offset so that nothing over
4' in length is on the main chest. The diatonic halves are also located
to the extreme sides of the case so that the area in between and
directly behind the central portion of the front facade is wide open
and available to stand for tuning both the Great and the Swell.

The Pedal stop is unlabeled and operated by a single brass 'piston'
located in the Great keyslip.

[Received on line from James R. Stettner May 15, 2010.]