Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 2727 (1928)

Memorial Coliseum: Gymnasium
121 N. River Blvd.
Marion, IN

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1950's - Building exterior (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
28 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-10-06 - Identified through online information from Thaddeus Reynolds. -Database Manager

2007-06-19 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2018-05-03 - Organ cost $25,000 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: esteyorgan.com Date not recorded

Marion, Indiana
Memorial Coliseum

Estey Organ Co.   Opus 2727   1928           3 manuals, 28 stops, 28 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN (enclosed)             SWELL ORGAN
       8' Diapason            73         16' Bourdon             73
       8' Dulciana            73          8' Viol                73
       8' Grossflote          73          8' Muted Viol          73
       8' Melodia             73          8' Unda Maris (TC)     61
       4' Flute Harmonique    73          8' Clarabella          73
       8' Tuba                73          8' Stopped Flute       73
       8' Cor de Chamoir      73          4' Flauto d'Amour      73
          Chimes              20 tubes    2' Flautino            61
                                          8' Cornopean           73
          ORCHESTRAL ORGAN                8' Oboe                73
      16' Contra Viol         73          8' Vox Humana          73
       8' Viole d'Orchestre   73
       8' Viole Celeste (TC)  61             PEDAL ORGAN
       8' Cor Glorieux        73         32' Resultant           --
       8' Concert Flute       73         16' Diapason            44
       4' Flauto Traverso     73         16' Contra Viol (Orch)  --
       8' Clarinet            73         16' Bourdon             44
       8' English Horn        73          8' Diapason (fr. 16')  --
          Harp                49 bars     8' Viol (Orch)         --
                                          8' Bourdon (fr. 16')   --

          COUPLERS                           PEDAL MOVEMENTS
          Great to Pedal      8              Swell Expression
          Swell to Pedal      8              Great Expression
          Orch to Pedal       8              Orchestral Expression
          Swell to Great  16  8  4           Crescendo
          Orch to Great   16  8  4
          Swell to Orch   16  8  4           Estey Luminous console
          Great to Great  16 UO  4
          Swell to Swell  16 UO  4           Automatic Player Mechanism
          Orch to Orch    16 UO  4


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-05-03]

Websites

Estey Organs (OHS Archived Website) - Picture, stoplist, history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)