Better Pipe Organ Database

Owner (1954)

Music Hall
Nevada City, MT

Images

1998 - Music Hall exterior (James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1998 - Console (James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1998 - Pipework (James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1998 - Percussions (James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1998 - Glockenspiel (above) and Xylophone (below) (James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
27 stops
4 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-11-21 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Originally built for the Hartwig Theatre in Dillon, MT. Alleged to have later been moved to an unconfirmed church location in Dillon at an undocumented date by an undocumented firm or person. Presently, installed here in the Music Hall in Nevada City, MT. in a glassed-in chamber in the front, left corner of the building. Upright piano-style case. Top manual 61 notes. Bottom manual 88 notes. -Database Manager

2024-05-29 - An article appearing in the *The Dillon Tribune* describes the organ being removed in 1954 and going directly to Virginia City-Nevada City. Removed from the Dillon Theatre and reinstalled in Nevada City by Charles Bovey - MT. farmer, and State senator. -Jim Stettner

Websites

PSTOS - Music Hall, Nevada City, Montana [Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society] - PHotographs (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)