2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Historic Organ Recitals lists as 2-27 -Database Manager
2022-04-13 - Playing in good condition as of December 2020. Console located in the "Tainter's box" just above the orchestra pit on stage right. Pipe chamber located above the console on the second floor. Parts of the original water-powered blowing engine extant in the basement. -Christian Tedesco
Taken from Console Photos. Source: Taken from console
Great (First manual) Double Open Diapason 16, Open Diapason 8, Doppel Flute 8 (48 wooden pipes, 1-12 borrowed from Melodia), Melodia 8 (Wood), Dulciana 8', Octave 4, Viole D'Amor 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Fifteenth 2, Mixture III (Enclosed in swell box. 15-19-22, breaking at treble and middle C.), Trumpet 8 (Enclosed in swell box)
Swell (Second manual, enclosed.) Bourdon bass 16 (18 wooden pipes, C-f), Bourdon Treble 16 (40 wooden pipes, from f#), Open Diapason 8, Stpd. Diapason 8 (Wood), Salicional 8, Aeoline 8 (46 pipes, 1-12 borrowed from Salcional), Flute Harmonique 4 (Wooden bass, metal treble), Violina 4, Flautino 2', Dolce Cornet III (19-22-26, breaking at tenor, middle, and treble C.), Cornopean 8, Oboe & Bassoon 8
Pedal Open Diapason 16 (Wood), Bourdon 16 (Wood), Violoncello 8
Mechanicals (Knobs above keyboards.) Swell Tremolo, Great to Pedal (With reversable pedal), Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Bellows Signal (On right Jamb)
Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (September 1967) Date not recorded
Menomonie, Wisconsin
Mabel Tainter Memorial Theatre
Steere & Turner Opus 300 1890 2 manuals, 25 stops, 29 ranks
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FIRST MANUALE - GREAT SECOND MANUALE - SWELL
16' Open Diapason 58m 16' Bourdon 40w
8' Open Diapason 58m 16' Bourdon Bass 18w
8' Doppel Flute 46w 8' Open Diapason 58m
(1-12 Melodia) 8' Stop'd Diapason 58w
8' Melodia 58w 8' Salicional 58m
8' Dulciana 58m 8' Aeoline (1-12 Sal) 46m
4' Octave 58m 4' Flute Harmonique 58m&w
4' Flute d'Amour 58w 4' Violin 58m
3' Twelfth 58m 2' Flautino 58m
2' Fifteenth 58m Dolce Cornet III 174m
Mixture III 174m * 8' Cornopean 58m
8' Trumpet 58m * 8' Oboe & Bassoon 58m
* enclosed in Swell
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason 27w
16' Bourdon 27w
8' Violoncello 27m
PEDAL MOVEMENTS MECHANICAL REGISTERS
Forte Combination Pedal - 1st Man. Manuale Coupler
Mezzo Combination Pedal - 1st Man. 1st Manuale to Pedal Coupler
Piano Combination Pedal - 1st Man. 2nd Manuale to Pedal Coupler
Forte Combination Pedal - 2nd Man. Tremolo
Piano Combination Pedal - 2nd Man. Blowers Signal
Reversible - 1st Manuale to Pedal Wind Indicator over manuales
Balanced Swell Pedal for organist
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The Mabel Tainter Memorial was built in memory of the daughter of a prominent
local family; although church services were held in the auditorium early in its
history, it is more clearly designed as a theater or concert hall.
The organ is installed to the left of the proscenium, with the console more or
less at stage level. The pipework is behind a grille roughly two floors above
the stage, and is nearly inaccessible; rumor control states that there was much
heated correspondence in the builder's file regarding the location of the organ.
Incidentally, a portion of the original winding system can be seen in a
basement restroom.
The bottom 12 pipes of the doppel flute are from the Melodia, and the bottom 12
of the Aeoline are from the Salicional. The Great Mixture and Trumpet are
enclosed with the Swell. The Great Mixture is 15-19-22 breaking at middle and
treble c; the Swell Dolce Cornet, contrary to its name, is a quint mixture of
19-22-26, breaking at tenor, middle and treble c.
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-29]
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