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Farrand & Votey Organ Co. Opus 700 (1893)

Columbian Exposition: Festival Hall
Chicago, IL

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


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Notes

2005-07-07 - Included an echo division. -Database Manager

2015-09-23 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The organ was located in Festival Hall and was widely praised by visiting musicians including Alexander Guilmant. After the fair, it was moved to the University Auditorium at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. (Charles A. Daniell, Musical Instruments at the World's Columbian Exposition (Presto Company, Chicago, 1895) pp 271-274; accessed via Google e-books Sept 18, 2015) More information from the drawing of the facade and plan for the console in this book. -Database Manager


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From 2012 Organ Atlas Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Chicago, Illinois
Columbian Exposition

Farrand & Votey Op. 700 (1893)

II. GREAT
16' Double Open Diapason
8' First Open Diapason
8' Second Open Diapason
8' Principal Flöte*
8' Doppel Flöte
8' Viola di Gamba
8' Gemshorn*
4' Octave
4' Hohl Flöte*
2 2/3' Octave Quint*
2' Super Octave*
III Mixture (174 pipes)*
III-IV Scharff (222 pipes)
8' Trumpet*
4' Clarion*
Swell to Great 8', 4'
Choir to Great 16', 8'
Solo to Great 8', 4'
*enclosed with Choir

III. SWELL (enclosed)
16' Bourdon Bass
Bourdon Treble (split knob)
8' Open Diapason
8' Violin Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Quintadena
8' Salicional
8' Vox Celeste (t.c., 49 pipes)
8' Aeoline
4' Octave
4' Flute Harmonique
4' Salicet
2' Flageolet
III-IV-V Cornet (212 pipes)
16' Contra Fagotta
8' Cornopean
8' Oboe
8' Vox Humana
Tremulant
Solo to Swell

I. CHOIR (enclosed)
16' Contra Gamba
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Viola
8' Dulciana
4' Fugara
4' Flute d'Amour
2' Piccolo Harmonique
8' Cor Anglais
8' Clarinet
Carillons (f0-c4, 44, steel bars)
Tremulant
Swell to Choir

IV. SOLO (enclosed)
8' Stentorphone
8' Philomela
8' Höhl Pfeife
16' Tuba Major
8' Tuba Mirabilis
4' Tuba Clarion
Tremulant

ECHO
8' Clarabella
8' Dolcissimo
4' Dulcet
8' Vox Humana
Tremulant
Solo Off/Echo On ventil

PEDAL
32' Double Open Diapason
16' Open Diapason
16' Violone
16' Bourdon
10 2/3' Quint
8' Violoncello
8' Flute
4' Super Octave
16' Trombone
8' Trumpet
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Solo to Pedal

 [Received from Connor Annable 2012-06-13.]

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