Better Pipe Organ Database

Jonas Prescott Whitney (1838ca.)

Residence: Judith Ollikkala
Worcester, MA

Images

2015-05-15 - Organ (Photograph by Jane Senja Morgan/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Removable Panel in Front of Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
4 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 54 notes
Pedal compass: 99 notes
Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - From Ashby MA Tavern via res. storage owned by Bessie Piper, via barn, Edwin Lyman res. Ashby MA. Here 1990. -Database Manager

2005-09-04 - Online update from Judith A. Ollikkala -- Chamber organ, metal detachable foot-pump, manually pumped by organist. No hand-pump; in original condition -Database Manager

2015-05-07 - Updated through online information from Jane Ollikkala Morgan. -- The subject property consists of a chamber organ built circa 1840-1845 by Jonas Prescott Whitney (1793-1879) of Ashby, Mass., and is of historical interest. It is housed in a furniture-quality case of mahogany and mahogany veneer, with rosewood veneer on the keydesk. The casework is in good condition, some mechanical restoration work has been carried out, and although the pipework still requires some repair and tuning it is in playable condition. The bellows is double-rise, and the leather is in good condition. Blowing is by a metal pedal attached to a single wedge feeder. Description from an appraisal by Barbara Owen. -Database Manager

2015-07-04 - Updated through online information from Jane Senja Morgan. -- This instrument is currently for sale. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from appraisal by Barbara Owen Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Worcester, Massachusetts
Residence of Judith A. Ollikkala


Chamber organ built circa 1840-1845 by Jonas Prescott Whitney (1793-1879) of Ashby, Massachusetts

The single manual has a compass of 54 notes, CC-f2, and the stops are as follows:

	8’ St. Diapason Treble (32 notes from middle C), metal chimney flutes
	8’ St. Diapason Bass (24 notes), stopped wood
	8’ Dulciana (32 notes from middle C), open metal
	4’ Principal (54 notes), 12 stopped wood basses, remainder open metal


 [Received from Jane Ollikkala Morgan 2015-05-06.]