Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 1217 (1914)

Residence: Mrs. Martha M. Richards
Atlantic City, NJ

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
22 stops
23 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo

Notes

2007-09-07 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON May 1915

     Atlantic City, New Jersey
     Emerson & Martha Richards

     Estey   Op. 1217   1914   2/24
     ____________________________________

     GREAT               SWELL
  8' Open Diapason   16' Bourdon Bass
  8' Gross Flute     16' Bourdon Treble
  8' Viol d'Amour     8' Stopped Diapason
  8' Melodia          8' Viol d'Orchestre
  8' Dulciana         8' Salicional
  8' Unda Maris       8' Vox Celeste
  4' Octave           8' Muted Viol
III  Flute Mixture    4' Flute Harmonic
  8' Clarinet         8' French Horn
     Tremolo          8' Oboe
     Chimes     20    8' Saxaphone
                      8' Vox Humana
     PEDAL               Tremolo
 16' Open Diapason
 16' Bourdon 

[Received from Jeff Scofield August 23, 2023]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON May 1915 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield