2005-09-05 - Identified through on-line information from Timothy Tikker. -- update to database ID number 3645: this instrument was purchased from the University of Vermont at Burlington by Deborah Friauff, through the assistance of the Harpsichord Clearing House. Dr. Friauff, her husband Timothy Tikker, and organbuilder A. David Moore of North Pomfret, New Hampshire, dismantled the organ on 30 December 2003. Mr. Tikker reassembled it in their Ann Arbor home on 1 January 2004. At the recommendation of John Brombaugh, the original modified Kirnberger temperament has been changed to Kellner's Bach temperament. The organ has 125 pipes in total (30 wood, rest metal). -Database Manager
2011-02-09 - Updated through on-line information from Timothy Tikker. -Database Manager
stoplist taken when re-assembling organ Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Ann Arbor, Michigan John Brombaugh & Associates, Opus 17A, 1975 Manual I 8’ Gedackt 51 pipes (low 5 from Pedal) Manual II 8’ Rohrflöte 44 pipes (low 5 from Pedal; next 7 from Manual I) Pedal 8’ Wood Gedackt 30 pipes (low 6 en façade, flats to either side of manuals) Two manuals & pedal; 56/30 compass (straight & flat pedalboard) No couplers; no stop action; no tremulant Casework of fumed Appalachian white oak, & red cedar Metal pipes of high-lead alloy; soldered, domed caps, tuned at ears Wood pipes of ash, with black walnut caps Wind pressure: 60mm Originally Kirnberger III temperament; now Kellner [Received from Timothy Tikker 2012-05-16.]
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