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Murray M. Harris (Organ Co.) (1912)

Images

2009-07-27 - Building exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-07-08 - Console (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

2016-07-08 - Console with pedalboard, expression shoes (Swell on right, Cresc. on left), and hitchdown coupler (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

2016-07-08 - Left Stop Jamb (Swell and Pedal) (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

2016-07-08 - Right Stop Jamb (Great) and motor switch (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

2016-07-08 - Coupler Rocker Tabs (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

2016-07-08 - Back side of console showing linkages (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

2016-07-08 - Part of Great pipework, Flute d'Amour in front (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

2016-07-08 - Ladder to Swell pipe chamber; Great pipes on left and right, Pedal pipes in back. (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

2016-07-08 - Pedal Bourdon (Photograph by David Beatty/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by John Preston (2014)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 2 manuals
• 21 stops
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Has crescendo
• Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
• Has combination thumb pistons
• Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2014-09-16 - "Opening recital was on 17 November 1912."<br> "The blower was replaced in the 1980s, but no other significant changes have been made to the organ. It is extant and in use."<br> <i>Murray M. Harris and Organ Building in Los Angeles 1894-1913</i> by David Lennox Smith, ed. by Orpha Ochse. 2005: Organ Historical Society -Database Manager

2016-07-06 - Updated through online information from David Beatty. <br>This information is based on personal access to and playing of the organ today (June 29, 2016). While the current specifications on the OHS database state "Adjustable Combinations", I have yet to discover how to reset them; I've sent requests for possible information to other local organists. -Database Manager

2017-06-18 - Updated by David Beatty, who has heard or played the organ.<br> Combination pistons are present (3 for Swell and 3 for Great) but are nonfunctional. -Database Manager

2018-06-07 - Updated by Eric Fricke, who has heard or played the organ.<br> When I played the organ on 6/1/2018, I found the organ in reasonably good condition. All notes are playable, the combination action works (though I'm not sure how to/if one can reset it), and the organ is tuned reliably once a year (confirmed with local organ tech). Few (half dozen or less) pipes have had some crude repair (gaff tape, etc). Some windlines, mainly to the console, are not in the best shape (duct tape and glue repairs). Each rank is exquisite - a truly beautiful gem of an organ. Building owners express strong interest in using and maintaining the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from <i>The New Music Review</i> (February 1910) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Santa Fe, New Mexico
Scottish Rite Cathedral

Murray M. Harris Co.   1912                   2 manuals, 21 stops, 19 ranks
Electro-pneumatic action                                   5" wind pressure
___________________________________________________________________________

        GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
     8' Open Diapason       61             16' Bourdon              61
     8' Viol da Gamba       61              8' Open Diapason        61
     8' Dulciana            61              8' Salicional           61
     8' Melodia             61              8' Aeoline              61
     4' Octave              61              8' Voix Celestes        61
     4' Flute d'Amour       61              8' Quintadena           61
                                            8' Stopped Diapason     61
        PEDAL ORGAN                         4' Flute Harmonique     61
    16' Open Diapason       32              2' Piccolo              61
    16' Bourdon             32              8' Cornopean            61
    16' Lieblich Gedeckt    SW              8' Oboe                 61
     8' Flute               12                 Tremolo

        COUPLERS                               ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
        Great to Pedal                         Swell & Pedal   1-2-3
        Swell to Pedal                         Great & Pedal   1-2-3
        Swell to Great
        Swell to Great 4                       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
        Swell to Great 16                      Balanced Swell Pedal
        Great to Great 4                       Balanced Crescendo Pedal
        Swell to Swell 4                       Great to Pedal (reversible)
        Swell to Swell 16


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-09-16]

Documents

• Write-up from THE DIAPASON January 1912 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Other Links

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