2009-03-07 - Identified through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The original tracker-action organ was electrified in 1939 by the addition of electro-pneumatic pull-downs to the original chests and a Reisner console. -Database Manager
Stoplist from David Engen Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. Paul, Minnesota First Baptist Church Originally built by Steere & Turner (1875). Several re-builds. GREAT ORGAN 8 stops, 10 ranks, 610 pipes 16 Open Diapason 8 Diapason 8 Doppel Flute 8 Viola da Gamba 4 Octave 2-2/3 Twelfth 2 Fifteenth Mixture III SWELL ORGAN 11 stops, 11 ranks, 622 pipes 16 Bourdon 8 Open Diapason 8 Salicional 8 Vox Céleste tc 8 Gedeckt 8 Dolce 4 Violina 2 Principal 8 Trumpet 8 Oboe 8 Vox Humana 4 Clarion CHOIR ORGAN 8 stops, 8 ranks, 488 pipes 8 Koppelflute 8 Dulciana 8 Unda Maris tc 8 Flute Céleste tc 4 Geigen Principal 4 Flute d’Amour 4 Dulciana 2-2/3 Nazard 2 Harmonic Piccolo 2 Dulcet 8 Clarinet PEDAL ORGAN 9 stops, 2 ranks, 88 pipes 32 Resultant 16 Open Diapason (Gt) 16 Bourdon 16 Contra Gamba 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) 8 Principal (Gt) 8 Flute 4 Choralbass (Gt) 16 Trombone There are several tremulants and the standard sub- and super- and intra-manual couplers. Note that the original tracker organ scaling and voicing never anticipated these couplers, so their use is to be highly discouraged. --David Engen, Curator [Received on line from Richard C Greene March 08, 2009.] [Received on line from Richard C Greene March 08, 2009.]
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