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Estey Organ Co. Opus 2043 (1922)

National Cash Register Company: NCR Auditorium
S.Main St.
Dayton, OH

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

Images

1925 - Console (Photograph by Estey Organ Co., submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1923 - Console (Photograph by From THE DIAPASON September 1923, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Late 1940's - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: ebay.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
41 stops
45 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Push-Button Stop Controls/Luminous Pistons
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2007-09-29 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

2009-09-22 - Updated through on-line information from Lawrence Stofer. -- Original lighted "Cash Register" push buttons replaced with angled jamb stop keys by Estey in 1920s. BUilding razed. -Database Manager

2022-10-11 - The organ went to the Victoria Theater in Dayton in 1978; the building was demolished the following year. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON July 1922

    Dayton, Ohio
    National Cash Register
    NCR Auditorium

    Estey   Op. 2043   1922   4/45
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT                       SWELL
16' Dbl Open Diapason 73    16' Bourdon             73
 8' Open Diapason     73     8' Open Diapason       73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 73     8' Stopped Diapason    73
 8' Grossflöte        73     8' Quintadena          73
 8' Melodia           73     8' Viol d'Orchestre    73
 8' Gemshorn          73     8' Viol Celeste        61
 8' Dulciana          73     8' Salicional          73
 4' Flute Harmonic    73     8' Vox Celeste         61
 8' Tuba              73     8' Aeoline             73
                             4' Waldflöte           73
    CHOIR                    2' Flautino            61
 8' Violin Diapason   73   III  Solo Flute Mixture 183
 8' Viol d'Amour      73     8' Cornopean           73
 8' Unda Maris        61     8' Oboe                73
 8' Clarabella        73     8' Vox Humana          73
 4' Flute d'Amour     73
 2' Piccolo           61        SOLO
 8' Saxophone         73     8' Stentorphone        73
    Harp              61     8' Gross Gamba         73
                             8' First Violin III   207
    PEDAL                    8' Concert Flute       73
32' Sub Bourdon       --     4' Flute               73
16' Open Diapason     32     8' Tuba Mirabilis      73
16' Bourdon           32     8' Orchestral Oboe     73
16' Violone           32        Chimes              20
16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW        Marimba             49
 8' Bass Flute (OpDi) 12        Snare Drum
16' Trombone          32
    Bass Drum
    Cymbals

     [Received from Jeff Scofield October 11, 2022]

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