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Joseph Ridges (1869)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Mormon Tabernacle
Temple Square
Salt Lake City, UT

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

Images

Unknown - Tabernacle Interior, Organ Case, and Choir Loft (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1913)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Organ Case and Choir (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1910s)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Choir Loft and Organ Case (ca. 1910) (Vintage postcard in the collection of James R. Stettner, courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes

Notes

2008-09-24 - Case has survived and forms the central part of the case as seen today. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from Paul Slaughter Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Salt Lake City, Utah
Tabernacle Organs

1863-1869 - Joseph Ridges
Chassis, parts, and metal pipes probably made by W.B.D. Simmons, Boston

Mechanical Action

Great (56 notes)
16' Bourdon
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Stop Diapason
8'  Hohl Flute
8'  Flute a Cheminee
8'  Dulciana
4'  Principal
4'  Flute Harmonic
2 2/3' Twelfth
2'  Fifteenth
    Mixture III
8'  Trumpet

Swell (56 notes)
16' Bourdon
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Stop'd Diapason
8'  Claribella
4'  Principal
4'  Clari. Flute
4'  Stop'd Flute
2'  Piccolo
    Mixture II
8'  Cromorne
8'  Hautboy (treble)
8'  Bassoon (bass)

Pedal (27 notes)
32' Open Bass
16' Open Bass
16' Bul. Bass
16' Stop'd Bass
8'  Principal Base

[Received via e-mail from Paul Slaughter September 24, 2008.]

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