Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2017-05-07 - Information from <i>The Aeolian Pipe Organ and Its Music</i> by Rollin Smith (OHS: 1998) Contract: April 12, 1927, for $23,000 - II/16 with Harp & Piano. Signed by Anna Dodge Dillman.<br> Identical to Op. 1478 (which was destroyed when the yacht sank in September 1926), except a Duo-Art was added. -Database Manager
2017-06-16 - In 1942, the Navy requisitioned the yacht, and "the pipe organ had been ripped out of the music room, and the boat had been stripped of its expensive furnishings." (Pitrone and Elward, <i>The Dodges,</i> p. 254 -Database Manager
Typed stoplist Source: from <i>The Aeolian Pipe Organ and Its Music</i> by Rollin Smith Date not recorded
Detroit, Michigan
Mrs. Hugh Dillman - Yacht "The Delphine"
The Aeolian Co. Opus 1639 1927 2 manuals, 16 ranks
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MANUAL I (Great)
8' Diapason 61 Open 44
8' Flute F 61 Gross Flute E, 37 B
8' String F 61 Viole d'Orchestre 63
8' String F (Vibrato) 61 Viole d'Orchestre 63
8' String P (Vibrato) 61 Vox Celeste 62, 12 stopped metal, Scale 60
8' String PP 61 Aeoline 69
8' Flute P 61 Flauto Dolce, Regular 55 B
8' Dulciana 61 Dulciana 57
8' Dulciana (Vibrato) 61 Vox Dulciana 55
4' Flute (high) 61 Flute Harmonique, regular
Mixture 305 5 ranks, regular
8' Oboe 61 Orchestral Oboe, regular
8' Vox Humana 61 regular
Tremolo
Harp 61 notes, augmented
Piano Connection
MANUAL II (Swell)
Compounded from Manual I upon the Aeolian ompound Windchest System.
PEDAL
16' Flute (deep) F 30 Bourdon 18
16' Flute (deep) P 30 Bourdon 28
COUPLERS
Manual II to Manual I 8, 4
Manual II 16, 4, Release
Manual I 16, 4, Release
Manual I to Pedal 8
Manual II to Pedal 8
Pedal Release
COMBINATION PISTONS
Manual I Forte, Mezzo, Piano, Release
Manual II Forte, Mezzo, Piano, Release
ACCESSORIES
Tonal Pedal [Crescendo]
Expression Pedal (6 point)
Sforzando Pedal
Duo-Art player
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-06-16]
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