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Welte & Sons Co. (1916)

Residence: Eugene I. Meyer
Seven Springs Estate
Mount Kisco, NY

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


Consoles

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Notes

2012-02-01 - Identified through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- Welte & Sons Co. subcontracted this organ to the Ernest M. Skinner Co., who assigned it their Op. 253 (1916). -Database Manager

2012-02-03 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- This organ was acquired in 1993 by the Speyer Technik Museum, Germany, where it was restored. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from Skinner Factory Specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Mount Kisco, New York
Eugene I. Meyer Residence - "Seven Springs Estate"

Welte & Sons Co.   1916                             3 manuals, 33 stops, 28 ranks
Built by The Ernest M. Skinner Co.   Opus 253   1916
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       GREAT ORGAN (Man. I)                      ORCHESTRAL ORGAN (Man. III)
    8' Open Diapason             73           8' Diapason (Vln. Diap.)     GT
    8' Violin Diapason           73           8' Concert Flute (Fl. Trav.) GT
    8' Flute Traverso            73           8' Gamba (Vln. Solo)         GT
    8' Violin Solo               73           8' Quintadena                61
    8' Viol d'Orchestre          73           4' Flute Harmonic            GT
    8' Voix Celeste              73           8' Trumpet                   61
    4' Principal                 61           8' Orchestral Oboe           61
    4' Flute Harmonic            61           8' French Horn               61
    8' Bassoon (Fagotto)         73              Orchestral Super
       Harp                      61 n            Orchestral Sub
    8' Chimes                    25 n            Swell to Orchestral
       Great Super
       Great Sub                                 PEDAL ORGAN
       Swell to Great Super                  16' Subbass                   44
       Swell to Great                        16' Bourdon (Soft)            32
       Swell to Great Sub                    16' Violin Bass               32
       Orchestral to Great                    8' Flute (ext.)              --
                                             16' Trombone                  32
       SWELL ORGAN (Man. II)                     Great to Pedal
    8' Diapason                  73              Swell to Pedal
    8' Horn (Gross Flute)        73              Orchestral to Pedal
    8' Bourdon                   73
    8' Flute Dolce               73              ORCHESTRAL EFFECTS
    8' Viola di Gamba            73              Balance Swell Pedal
    8' Aeoline                   73              Crescendo
    4' Viola                     61              Bass Drum
   16' Clarinet                  61              Free Combinations
    8' Oboe                      61
    8' Cor Anglais               61              FIXED COMBINATIONS
    8' Vox Humana                61              Great Organ  PP P MF F Tutti
       Tremulant                                 Swell Organ  PP P MF F Tutti
       Swell Super                               Orch. Organ  PP P MF F Tutti
       Swell Sub                                 Whole Organ  PP P MF F Tutti
       Orchestral to Swell


 [Received from Steven E. Lawson 2012-02-02.]

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