2012-10-04 - Pipework (Photograph by Lawrence T. Sprinkle/Database Manager)
2012-10-04 - Console (Photograph by Lawrence T. Sprinkle/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2012-07-03 - Identified through online information from Lawrence T Sprinkle. -- Small pipe division using pipework from Estey Opus 1920 (1920). -Database Manager
2012-10-05 - Updated through online information from Lawrence T Sprinkle. -- Mr. Shea purchased Estey Organ Company Opus 1820 from Manly Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington, VA in July, 1990. Mr. Shea-s longtime friend Roy Fawcett (Fawcett Piano & Organs, Winchester, Ontario) disassembled and move the organ to Montreat. Mr. Fawcett and Conn organ specialist Tom Umbaugh (Breman, IN) provided the interface and connections to allow a pipe division to be played from Mr. Shea-s three manual Conn 650 series electronic organ.<br>L. T. Sprinkle & Associates was called in to construct a suitable pipe division from the Estey parts. The pipework is installed in a basement chamber with sound openings to the music room above where the Conn organ and Mr. Shea-s other instruments are located. -Database Manager
2013-06-15 - Updated through online information from Lawrence T Sprinkle. -- This organ was removed from the Shea Residence 06/10/2013 and placed in storage in Winchester, Ontario awaiting a future home. -Database Manager
Builder's specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Montreat, North Carolina
George Beverly Shea Residence
L. T. Sprinkle & Associates 1990
MANUAL
1. 8' OPEN DIAPASON 12 pipes 13-16 from No. 6
2. 8' GEDECKT 73 pipes 61-73 not used
3. 8' CHIMNEY FLUTE 85 pipes
4. 8' SALICIONAL 73 pipes 61-73 not used
5. 8' VOX CELESTE 49 pipes
6. 4' OCTAVE 61 pipes
7. 4' Rohrflöte 61 notes from No. 3
8. 4' VIOLINA 61 pipes
9. 2-2/3' Rohr Quinte 61 notes from No. 3
10. 2' Flautino 61 notes from No. 3
Tremolo
Zymbelstern
PEDAL
11. 16' BOURDON 12 pipes 13-32 from No. 2
12. 8' Principal 32 notes from No. 1 & 6
13. 8' Bass Flute 32 notes from No. 2
14. 4' Choral Bass 32 notes from No. 6
15. 4' Flute 32 notes from No. 2
Pipework from Estey Opus 1820.
Pipework playable from the Solo and Pedal divisions
of Mr. Shea's Conn 651 electronic organ.
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