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Charles W. McManis Co. (1954)

Residence: Fr. Ambrose Karels
Kansas City, MO

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
4 stops
4 registers
1 divisions
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Portative, no pedal. Sliderless pilot model. -Database Manager

2012-07-19 - Updated through online information from Carl Scott Zimmerman. -- Originally built for the McManis residence, Kansas City, KS; sold to Fr. Ambrose Karels at unknown date. Fr. Karels later gave it to St.Mary Episcopal Church, Kansas City, MO. -Database Manager

2019-02-14 - Updated by Carl S Zimmerman, naming this as the source of information: Charles McManis\' autobiography, cited in full on OHS Website, pp134,285,311. <br> <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Copied from a 1953 Diapason magazine article 1953

Kansas City, Missouri
Residence: Fr. Ambrose Karels

Charles W. McManis Co. (1954)


    MANUAL (61 notes)
8'  Rohr Flöte          (tc)  37
4'  Spitz Principal     (tc)  37
2'  Octave              (tc)  37
III Scharf              (tc) 111

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