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Richards, Fowkes & Co. Opus 11 (2021)

Residence: Private: Music Room
Essex, CT

Images

2021-06-30 - keyboard and cheek detail (Photograph by Matthew Provost/Matthew Provost)

2021-06-11 - Organ case (Photograph by Richards, Fowkes via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
5 stops
5 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2021-07-01 - This organ was originally built in 1998 for a private residence in Ooltewah, Tennessee. It was the firm's first residence organ. The original owner was down-sizing and wanted to find a new home for the organ. It was reinstalled by Bruce Fowkes and Joshua Knight in June, 2021. -Jim Stettner

2021-07-02 - Updated through online information from Matthew Provost. -- The instrument is not in original condition. Original Manual II 2' Gemshorn replaced with 4' Fluyt Douce. Case pipes newly gilded. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: taken from console, organbuilder

MANUAL I (upper keyboard) [Principal] 8 (No stop knob. Stop permanently engaged. Gilded case pipes)

MANUAL II (lower keyboard) Gedackt 8, Principal 4, Fluyt Douce 4 (Replaced a Gemshorn 2)

Pedal (flat) Subbaß 16

COUPLERS I/P, II/P, I/II

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#53685†* - Richards, Fowkes & Co. Opus 11 (1998)