2015-06-15 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Jim Lewis, using information found in Charleston (S.C.) Daily News March 30, 1867. -Database Manager
Original document from Jim Lewis. Source: Charleston Daily News May 30, 1867 2017-02-18
Charleston, South Carolina Grace Episcopal Church Organ by John Baker 1867 Cost $4000 Great: CC to G 8 Open Diapason 56 pipes 8 Keraulophon 44 pipes 8 Stop'd. Bass 12 pipes 8 Clarabella 44 pipes 4 Principal 56 pipes 4 Harmonic Flute 56 pipes 2 2/3 Twelfth 56 pipes 2 Fifteenth 56 pipes 8 Trumpet 56 pipes 8 Cremona 44 pipes Swell: with Choir Bass 16 Bourdon Bass 12 pipes 16 Bourdon Treble 44 pipes 8 Open Diapason 44 pipes 8 Stop'd Diap. Bass 12 pipes 8 Stop'd Diap. Treble 44 pipes 8 Dulciana 44 pipes 4 Principal Bass 12 pipes 4 Principal Treble 44 pipes Cornet III 132 pipes 8 Hautboy 44 pipes 8 Vox Humana 44 pipes Vox Tremolo Pedal: CCC to C 16 Double Open Diap. 25 pipes 8 Violoncello 25 pipes Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Note: In the original newspaper account, the designation "notes" is given for the Great, and "pipes" for the Swell and Pedal.
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