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Estey Organ Co. Opus 1360 (1915)

First Congregational
Viroqua, WI

Consoles

Main


Notes

2007-09-08 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist taken from console, Spring1972 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Viroqua, Wisconsin
First Congregational Church

Estey, Opus 1360, 1915

Great Organ, Manual I
8' Open Diapason, Scale 43, low 17 zinc in facade, low 6 Haskellized, 
    44 linen lead
8' Melodia, CC = 3 x 3.75 inches int., 61 wood pipes, lowest Haskellized
8' Dulciana, Scale 58, low 12 of zinc with spotted metal lips and
    Haskellized,49 spotted metal
4' Flute D'Amour, CC = 1 5/8 x 3 inches int., 37 stopped wood, 24 spotted
    metal

Swell Organ, Manual II
16' Bourdon (TC), 2 11/16 x 3 3/8 inches int., 49 stopped wood
8' Violin Diapason, Scale 48, low 17 zinc, 44 linen lead, with rollers, low
    12 Haskellized
8' Stopped Diapason, CC = 3 x 3.75 inches int., 49 stopped wood, 12 spotted
    metal
8' Salicional, Scale 61, low 12 zinc and Haskellized, with lead feet and
    toes, 49 spsotted metal with rollers
4' Harmonic Flute, Scale 60, low 12 zinc, 49 planed lead, harmonic from
    Middle C, with rollers
8' Oboe (TC) labial, 49 spotted metal with rollers, lower half of pipe body
    cylindrical, upper half slightly tapered.

Pedal Organ
16' Bourdon, CCC = 7 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches int., 30 pipes
16' Lieblich Gedeckt, CCC = 4 3/8 x 5 9/16 inches int., 30 pipes

Usual couplers
3.5 to 4 inch windpressure

The organ was removed from the church and installed in the basement of the Lutheran Campus Ministry Center, 
La Crosse, Wisconsin, where it became unplayable. It was sold in 1972 and the pipework was dispersed.

[Received from Rick Erickson 2011-01-26.]

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