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Estey Organ Co. Opus 1602 (1916)

First Presbyterian Church
1401 Main St.
Miles City, MT

Images

1994-07-01 - Facade (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner (July 1994)/Database Manager)

1994-07-01 - Console (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner (July 1994)/Database Manager)

1994-07-01 - Console: manuals and stop controls (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner (July 1994)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
16 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2007-04-28 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is housed in a front alcove and housed behind a large and handsome quarter-sawn oak case. The main facade is 3-sectional, having a large center flat flanked by two elevated towers and has 27 pipes arranged arranged 5-17-5. On either side of the towers of 5 are 6 "tomato can" gold dummy pipes. And across the top of the case are 21 large, gold, "tomato can" dummy pipes. The organ arrived in Miles City in late November, 1916. It was a gift of city founder Geo. M. Miles, and cost $5,000.00. It's weight was reported to be 14,960 lbs. It was set-up at the church by Estey Representative H. C. Ferris of Portland, Oregon. The organ was dedicated in June 1917 by Prof. W. R. Boone of the Boone School of Music in Portland, Oregon. -Database Manager

2007-05-01 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: From builder's website via James R. Stettner Date not recorded

Miles City, Montana
Presbyterian Church

Estey Organ Co.   Opus 1602   1916
2 manuals, 16 stops, 16 ranks
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       GREAT ORGAN
    8' Open Diapason         61
    8' Gross Flute           61
    8' Gemshorn              61
    8' Dulciana              61
    4' Harmonic Flute        61
       Great Unison ON/OFF
       Swell to Great 16
       Swell to Great 8
       Swell to Great 4

       SWELL ORGAN
   16' Bourdon (1-12 Ped LG) 49
    8' Open Diapason         61
    8' Gedeckt               61
    8' Salicional            61
    8' Voix Celeste          61
    8' Aeoline               61
    4' Flauto Traverso       61
    8' Oboe (labial)         61
       Tremulant
       Swell to Swell 16
       Swell to Swell 4
       Swell Unison ON/OFF

       PEDAL ORGAN
   16' Open Diapason (wood)  30
   16' Bourdon               30
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt      30
       Swell to Pedal
       Great to Pedal

       COMBINATIONS
       Swell & Pedal   1-2-3
       Great & Pedal   1-2-3

       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
       Great to Pedal Reversible
       Balanced Swell Pedal
       Crescendo Pedal

Tubular-Pneumatic action


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-06-06]

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