Better Pipe Organ Database

Welte & Sons Co. (1917)

Residence: James Deering / Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
3251 S Miami Avenue
Miami, FL

Images

Unknown - Residence Interior and Console (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1960s)/Database Manager)

2015-10-28 - Console (Photograph by Tom Hoehn/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
23 stops
30 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2007-02-10 - Vizcaya was the winter residence of agricultural industrialist, James Deering. The palatial estate was acquired in 1952 and converted to a museum and art gallery - retaining the formal gardens for guest use. -Database Manager

2015-04-15 - The organ was restored in 1992 by the Bush=Minnick Co. of Columbus, Ohio. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from Bunn-Minnick Co. via Nicholas L. Fink Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Miami, Florida
John Deering Residence (Vizcaya Museum & Gardens)

Welte & Sons Co.  1917            3 manuals, 30 registers, 23 stops, 23 ranks
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      GREAT ORGAN (Man. I)                    ORCHESTRAL ORGAN (Man. III)
   8' Diapason                 73          8' First Diapason (Diap)     GT
   8' Violin Diapason          73          8' Second Diapason  (Vln D)  GT
   8' Flute Traverso           73          8' Concert Flute (Fl. Tr.)   GT
   8' Violin Solo              73          8' Orchestral Violin (V.Cel) GT
   8' Viol d'Orchestre         73          8' Dulciana (VDO)            GT
   8' Voix Celeste             73          4' Piccolo (Fl. Harm.)       GT
   4' Flute Harmonic           61          8' Fagatto (Bassoon)         GT
   8' Bassoon                  61             Orchestral Super
      Harp                     61 n           Orchestral Sub
      Chimes                   25 n           Swell to Orchestral
      Great Super
      Great Sub                               ECHO ORGAN (never built)
      Swell to Great                       8' Concert Flute
      Swell to Great Super                 8' Cello (GT Violin Solo)
      Swell to Great Sub                   8' Dulcet
      Orchestral to Great                  8' Kleine Erzähler
                                           8' Quintaden
      SWELL ORGAN (Man. II)                8' French Horn
   8' Diapason                 73          8' Orchestral Oboe
   8' Philomela                73             Tremolo
   8' Bourdon                  73
   8' Flute Dolce              73             PEDAL ORGAN
   8' Viola di Gamba           73         16' Bourdon                   32
   8' Aeoline                  73         16' Violin Bass               32
   4' Viola                    61          8' Flute                     32
  16' Clarinet                 61         16' Trombone                  32
   8' Cornopean                61             Great to Pedal
   8' Oboe                     61             Swell to Pedal
   8' Vox Humana               61             Orchestral to Pedal
      Tremolo
      Swell Super                             ORCHESTRAL EFFECTS
      Swell Sub                               Balance Swell Pedal
      Orchestral to Swell                     Crescendo


      FIXED COMBINATIONS
      Great Organ  PP  P  MF  F  Tutti  Cancel
      Swell Organ  PP  P  MF  F  Tutti  Cancel
      Orch./Echo   PP  P  MF  F  Tutti  Cancel
      Whole Organ  PP  P  MF  F  Tutti  Cancel


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-04-15]