2012-02-28 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- This organ was originally built for the 1882 Music Festival which took place in the Seventh Regiment Armory at 643 Park Avenue. The organ was of large scale and the pipes were voiced on special pressures. There was a detached console, and the action was electro-pneumatic. After the close of the festival, the organ was dismantled and sent to Chicago for another music festival there. Later, it was installed in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, with two stops omitted, and it was damaged by fire in 1892. Following is the specification of the original Roosevelt organ. (From the New York City AGO website) -Database Manager
2012-03-02 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager
2017-05-07 - Rebuild of 1882 Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Opus 94) -Database Manager
The Tracker, Volume 55, Number 4, Fall 2011 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City, New York 10023
Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Opus 94, 1882
GREAT ORGAN – 58 notes
16 Bourdon
8 Open Diapason
8 Viola di gamba
8 Doppel flöte
4 Octave
Mixture IV ranks
8 Tuba Mirabilis
Tremulant
PEDAL ORGAN – 30 notes(?)
32 Open Diapason
16 Open Diapason
16 Bourdon
8 Violoncello
16 Trombone
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