Unknown - Organ in gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook via Sebastian Gluck, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2014-01-15 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in The Tracker, Fall 2013. -- Organ is extant [2013] but Smith does not indicate if it is also playable, or if it has been modified. -Database Manager
2014-02-14 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The ornately stenciled facade fills the entire width of the rear gallery, and the full height of the barrel-vaulted ceiling. -Database Manager
2015-09-01 - Updated through online information from Pierret Gilles. -Database Manager
2019-05-10 - Updated by Ray Cornils, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>The organ is used in concerts for the Quito International Festival of Sacred Music. The specification of the instrument is:<br><br>GREAT 8 Open Diapason, 8 Viola de gamba, 8 Spitz Floete, 8 Doppel Floete, 4 Octave, 4 Flute Harmonique, 2 2/3 Octave Quint, 2 Super Octave, 8 Trumpet <br><br>SWELL 16 Bourdon (with a divided stop knob that controls the bottom 12 notes), 8 Violin Diapason, 8 Stopped Diapason, 8 Dolce, 4 Hohl Floete, 4 Gemshorn, 2 Flageolet, III Cornet, 8 Oboe<br><br>PEDAL 16 Open Diapason, 16 Bourdon<br>Bellows signal <br><br>COUPLERS Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Swell to Great Octaves<br><br>Combination pedals <br>(located above pedal board to left of swell pedal) Swell piano, Swell forte, Full Organ, -Database Manager
2020-08-22 - The organ is Opus 415 in the opus list in David H. Fox, <i>Hilborne and Frank Roosevelt</i> (Richmond, Va.: OHS Press, 2012), 148. "Extant, in use, 1991" according to Fox, who cited Wilmer Hayden Welsh, "Organs and Earthquakes in Quito," <i>The American Organist</i>, June 1991, 48. -Charles Eberline
Source: Copied from the console by Ray Cornils, who played the organ Date not recorded
La Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus
Quito, Ecuador
Frank Roosevelt, Opus 419, 1888
OHS ID: 52240
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GREAT
8 Open Diapason
8 Viola de Gamba
8 Spitzflöte
4 Octave
4 Flute Harmonique
2 2/3 Octave Quint
2 Super Octave
8 Trumpet
SWELL
16 Bourdon Bass
16 Bourdon Treble (these are controlled by one stop knob,
split in two sections)
8 Violin Diapason
8 Stopped Diapason
4 Hohlflöte
4 Gemshorn
2 Flageolet
III Cornet
8 Oboe
Tremulant
PEDAL
16 Open Diapason
16 Bourdon
Bellow Signal
COUPLERS
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell to Great Octaves
Balanced Swell Pedal
6 MECHANICAL PEDAL MOVEMENTS (located above the pedalboard)
(located to the left of the Swell Pedal):
Swell Piano
Swell Forte
Full Organ
(located to the right of the Swell Pedal):
Great to Pedal (reversible)
Great Piano
Great Forte
[Received from Ray Cornils April 12, 2019}
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