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M. L. Bigelow & Co. Opus 4 (1981)

Images

c. 1984 - Keydesk and case from front (Photograph from an archival source: University website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Rear View of Case (Photograph by Michael Bigelow, ca. 1984/Database Manager)

Unknown - Key Desk and Drawknobs (Photograph by Michael Bigelow, ca. 1984/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 1 manuals
• 3 stops
• 3 registers
• 1 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 51 notes
• Pedal compass: 25 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
• Combination action: None
• Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1981. -Database Manager

2007-10-11 - Updated through online information from Tyler Ballou. -Database Manager

2012-08-17 - Updated through online information from Michael L Bigelow. -- Transposing keyboard upgrade completed in 2008. Normal position: A=440 c.p.s. Transposed position: A=415 c.p.s. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Rexburg, Idaho
Brigham Young University, Idaho

M. L. Bigelow & Co. - Opus 4 - 1981

   MANUAL	 	 
1. Gedackt	8	 
2. Rohrflöte	4	 
3. Præstant	2	 
 	 	 	 
-Pull-down Pedal
-51/25 notes. Flat pedal board.
-Mechanical key action.
-Transposing keyboard (2008 upgrade).
-Mechanical stop action.


 [Received from Michael L Bigelow 2012-08-16.]

Websites

• Department of Music - BYU-Idaho [Bigelow organ page] - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Opus 4 - Bigelow & Co - Tracker Pipe Organ Builders - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Other Links

• View API response (JSON)
• View on Pipe Organ Database
• Organ link wheel: -1, +1

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