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Seeburg-Smith Co. (1929)

Thurlow Weed Funeral Home: Ante-room off Main Parlour
Lavaca at 17th
Austin, TX

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


Unknown - Seeburg Model 870 HO (Old online auction listing./Database Manager)

1929-07-07 - Seeburg HO/RO organ in background anteroom (Austin-American newspaper article/Database Manager)

1929-07-07 - Announcement of new pipe organ (Austin-American newspaper article/Database Manager)

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Notes

2019-06-01 - Self-contained organ, all pipes inside console. -Database Manager

2019-06-01 - The organ was on display at the 1929 conference of the Texas Funeral Directors and Embalmers in Houston. Austin funeral director Thurlow Weed purchased the instrument and arranged for its installation in his funeral home in Austin. The two-manual HO/RO ("Home Organ" or "Residence Organ") consisted of three ranks: Flute 61 pipes; Quintadena 37 pipes, and Violin 37 pipes. The bottom 12 pipes of the Flute were mounted on the outside rear of the console. All other pipes installed, along with blower and vacuum, inside the console. The Quintadena and Violin borrowed the bottom 24 notes from the Flute. The front panels left and right of the manuals (at the ends of the horseshoe) opened, with a pneumatic roll player on one side on a pull-out shelf, and roll storage on the other side. The funeral home employed a quartet and an organist, which were provided for funerals at no charge. -Database Manager


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