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Unknown Builder

St. Helen Church: Sanctuary - Gallery
Izmir, TR

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2019-07-22 - Organ facade and keydesk (Photograph by Tarkan Sendal, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
8 stops
8 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Haskell Style Stop-Keys/Keyboard
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2020-07-30 - This organ was originally built for the International College (A. B. C. F. M.) in Izmir. According to the orgelsite.nl listing for Turkey, *"Transported to Ottoman Empire in the beginning of 1905 in 11 boxes."* It is not presently known who did the move and reinstallation. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Taken from console and documents from Estey Organ Museum July 20, 2020

Izmir, Turkey
St. Helen Church

ESTEY ORGAN CO., Opus 298, 1905 - Original Specifications
Unknown Builder, ____ - Moving and Re-installation


GREAT ORGAN (61-keys)                        COUPLERS
8'  Open Diapason                            Swell to Pedal
8'  Dulciana                                 Great to Pedal
4'  Principal
                                             Swell to Great
                                             Swell 8ves to Great
SWELL ORGAN (Expressive - 61-keys) 
8'  Stopped Diapason
8'  Salicional                               FINGER PISTONS
4'  Flute Harmonic                           None
8'  Oboe
    Swell Tremolo
                                             FOOT LEVERS
                                             None
PEDAL ORGAN (30-keys)
16' Bourdon
                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                             Swell Expression           (bal.)


ACTION: T-P        VOICES: 8        STOPS: 8        RANKS: 8        PIPES: ___


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Websites

Orgelsite.NL - Saint Helen Church - Brief history, stoplist, and photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#27150†* - Estey Organ Co. Opus 298 (1905)