Better Pipe Organ Database

The Aeolian Co. Opus 1385 (1916)

Residence: Spencer & Julie Penrose ("El Pomar"): Grand Foyer & Ballroom of El Pomar
1661 Mesa Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO

Images

2009-04-22 - Console (Photograph by Les Deutsch/Database Manager)

2009-04-22 - Console and Room Interior (Photograph by Les Deutsch/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
49 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2005-12-03 - Identified through online information from Jim Steinborn. -- Additions by Aeolian in 1924. Installed above the ceiling of the Grand Foyer of the house - speaks through tone grilles in the ceiling. The Echo organ plays into the adjoining ballroom. 116 note roll player behind music rack. Aeolian Duo-Art reproducing player has been disconnected. Two blowers in basement - one with a belt-driven generator. Beautiful chimes and harp. Labial French Horn. Free reed Clarinet. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console April 2009 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Colorado Springs, Colorado
El Pomar (Residence of Spencer & Julie Penrose)

Aeolian

GREAT (61 notes)       SWELL (61 notes)         PEDAL (30 notes)
 8   Diapason          8   Diapason MF          16   Deep Diapason
 8   String F          8   Vibrato Strings F    16   Deep String
 8   String P          8   String F             16   Deep Flute F
 8   Flute F           8   String P             16   Deep Flute P
 8   Flute P           8   Vibrato Strings P     8   Flute
 4   High Flute        8   String PP            16   Deep Trumpet
 2   Piccolo           8   Mixture String            Pedal Silent
 8   Trumpet          16   Deep Flute 
 8   Clarinet          8   Flute                 8   Great to Pedal
     Tremulant         4   High Flute            8   Swell to Pedal
     Great Silent      8   Oboe                  4   Swell to Pedal
                       8   Vox Humana            8   Choir to Pedal
16   Great to Great   16   Deep Vox Humana
 4   Great to Great        Tremulant
16   Swell to Great        Swell Silent   
 8   Swell to Great        
 4   Swell to Great   16   Swell to Swell        
16   Choir to Great    4   Swell to Swell
 8   Choir to Great


ECHO (Floating)       CHOIR (61 notes)          SOLO (Floating)
 8   Diapason          8   String P              8   Diapason
 8   String            8   Flute MF              8   Vibrato String
 8   Flute             8   Vibrato Flute P       8   String
 8   Vox Humana        8   Flute P               8   French Horn
     Tremulant         4   High Flute            8   Tuba
     Echo Silent       8   Vox Humana                Tremulant
                       8   Mixture Diapason          Solo Silent
16   Echo to Echo      8   Vibrato Dulciana F       _
 4   Echo to Echo      8   Dulciana F              | Solo on Swell         
    _                  8   Vibrato Dulciana MF   __| Solo on Great
   | Echo on Swell     8   Dulciana MF             | Solo on Choir
 __| Echo on Great     8   Oboe                    |_Echo off
   | Echo on Choir    16   Deep Clarinet
   |_Echo off              Choir Silent

CHIMES (Floating)     16   Choir to Choir
   __                  4   Choir to Choir
 __| P                 8   Swell to Choir
   |_F
    _
   | Chimes on Swell
 __| Chimes on Great
   | Chimes on Choir
   |_Chimes off

HARP 8 (Floating)
    _
 __| P
   |_F
    _
   | Harp 8 on Swell
 __| Harp 8 on Great
   | Harp 8 on Choir
   |_Harp 8 off

HARP 4 (Floating)
    _
   | Harp 8 on Swell
 __| Harp 8 on Great
   | Harp 8 on Choir
   |_Harp 8 off



 [Received from Les Deutsch 2015-07-10.]