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Charles W. McManis Co. Opus 22 (1954)

Residence: Charles W. McManis
Kansas City, KS

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

Images

1953 - Organ (Photograph from an archival source: 1953 Diapason magazine, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
1 manuals
4 stops
4 registers
1 divisions
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2021-07-30 - (Notes copied from a related account): Updated through online information from Carl Scott Zimmerman. -- Originally built for the McManis residence, in Kansas City, KS. It was sold to Fr. Ambrose Karels of Kansas City, MO. at unknown date. Fr. Karels later gave it to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kansas City, MO. This was a mechanical action, but sliderless pilot model. -Jim Stettner

2021-07-31 - While the keyboard compass was 5 octaves (61 notes), the original playable compass for the 6 ranks installed was 37-notes from tenor C to c 49. The bottom and top octaves were added later. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: From a 1953 Diapason article; and photos of extant organ 1953

Kansas City, Kansas
Residence: Charles W. McManis

Charles W. McManis Co. (Opus 22, 1954)


    MANUAL (61 notes)
8'  Rohr Flöte        (tc)  37
4'  Spitz Principal   (tc)  37
2'  Octave            (tc)  37
III Scharf            (tc) 111

Documents

A Portativ - In Two Parts Article about construction and tonal ethic with photo and stoplist -Jim Stettner

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