Better Pipe Organ Database

The Aeolian Co. Opus 959 (1904)

Residence: Hermann Oelrich ("Rosecliff")
Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI

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

Images

Unknown - Herman Olerichs residence ("Rosecliff") (Photograph c. 1906, Â OHS Archives Æolian albums/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals

Notes

2013-08-21 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in <em>The Tracker</em>, Vol. 57, No. 3 [Summer 2013]. -- Installed in French Baroque Revival mansion, "Rosecliff," which was designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White. The organ remained in the residence until the family sold the house in 1941, and the house and contents were auctioned off. "The organ, bench, and a 'chest of records' (roll cabinet) were sold for $1,700." This description summarized from Rollin Smith's "Endnotes." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: The Tracker, Vol. 57, No. 3) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

  "Rosecliff," Oelrich Residence
  Newport, Rhode Island
  The Aeolian Organ Company, 1904
  OHS ID: 51914
  OHS path: RI/Newport.OelrichResidence.1904Aeolian.stoplist01.txt
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  MANUALE I (enclosed)                 MANUALE II (enclosed)
8 Principale Grande [Open Diapson]   8 Flauto Lontano [Rohr Flute]
8 Corno di Caccia   [Gross Flute]    8 Violino Primo  [Viol d'Orchestre]
8 Viola Pomposa     [Gamba]          8 Voce Angelica  [Vox Celeste]
8 Viol d'Amore      [Gemshorn]       8 Viol Sordino   [Aeoline]
8 Tromba            [Trumpet]        4 Flauto Minore  [Harmonic Flute]
                                     8 Oboe di Caccia [Orchestral Oboe]
  ACCESSORIES        
  Tremolo                              PEDAL
  Balanced Expression Pedal Man I   16 Contra Basso   [Bourdon]
  Balanced Expression Pedal Man II   
  Balanced Crescendo Pedal             COUPLERS
                                       Manuale II to Manuale I 8,4
  Manual Compass: 61 notes CC-c4       Manuale I to Pedale
  Pedal Compass: 30 notes CC-f3        Manuale II to Pedale
  Manual Wind Pressure: 3-1/2"
  Pedal Wind Pressure: 4"
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2013-08-21]