Unknown - 1892 Exterior (Public Domain/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2017-12-01 - Originally built in 1876 for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the Centennial Exhibition closed in the fall of 1876, the buildings were purchased by the Permanent Exhibition Company, which also purchased the Roosevelt organ. In 1881, the organ, said to cost its builders $28,000, was sold to the Charitable Mechanics Association for $10,000 and placed in their large new hall on Huntington Avenue in Boston.<br> <br> Roosevelt completely rebuilt the organ and raised the wind pressure on the Solo division "in order to obtain orchestral effects." It was opened by a recital played by the London organist Frederic Archer on June 27, 1882. -Database Manager
Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (January 1969) Date not recorded
Boston, Massachusetts
Mechanics Hall
Hilborne L. Roosevelt Opus 15 1892 3 manuals, 35 stops, 43 ranks
Originally built in 1876 for Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Melodia 58 16' Bourdon 58
8' Open Diapason 58 8' Open Diapason 58
8' Viola da Gamba 58 8' Salicional 58
8' Dulciana 58 8' Stopped Diapason 58
8' Doppel Flöte 58 4' Principal 58
4' Principal 58 4' Wald Flöte 58
4' Flute Harmonique 58 2' Flageolet 58
2' Fifteenth 58* Cornet 5 ranks 290
Mixture 5 ranks 290* 8' Cornopean 58
16' Ophecleide 58* 8' Oboe 58
8' Trumpet 58* 8' Vox Humana 58
8' Euphone (free reed) 58*
4' Clarion 58* PEDAL ORGAN
* enclosed in Swell box 32' Contra Bass (resultant) --
16' Open Diapason 30
SOLO ORGAN 16' Violone 30
8' Violin Diapason 58 16' Bourdon 30
8' Concert Flute 58 8' Violoncello 30
4' Doppel Flöte 58 16' Trombone 30
16' Tuba Major 58
8' Tuba Mirabilis 58 COUPLERS
4' Tuba Clarion 58 Swell to Great
Solo to Great Unisons
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Solo to Great Super-Octaves
Six adjustable combination Solo to Great Sub-Octaves
Pedals, each capable of con- Swell to Pedal
trolling any or all of the stops Great to Pedal
in the organ at the will of the Solo to Pedal
organist, and there are three
which can be operated by knobs MECHANICAL REGISTERS
beneath the great organ keys. Swell Tremulant
Pedal to throw off all combinations. Bellows Signal
Reversible Great to Pedal Coupler. Hydraulic Engine
Balanced Swell Pedal.
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-12-01]
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