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Charles M. Ruggles (Pipe Organs) Opus 8 (1982)

Images

1986-01-01 - Organ case (Ruggles promotional photograph/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 17 stops
• 16 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: 56 notes
• Pedal compass: 30 notes
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1982. -Database Manager

2008-08-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Case of fumed white oak with a 5-sectional facade containing 39 pipes arranged: 6-11-5-11-6. Tremulant to entire organ. W.P. = 75mm. -Database Manager

2009-01-27 - Updated through online information from David E. Baker. -- The Brustwerk division has swell shades. The casework is not oak, but solid ash. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Builder ad, 1983 OHS Handbook

GREAT Principal 8, Rohrflöte 8, Octave 4, Octave 2, Mixture II-IV, Trumpet 8

BRUSTWERK Gedackt 8, Flute 4, Nazard 2⅔, Gemshorn 2, Tierce 1⅗, Larigot 1⅓, Cymbal II, Regal 8

PEDAL Subbass 16, Octave 8 (1-10 Gr.), Trumpet 8 (Gr.)

Unknown

COUPLERS Great to Pedal , Brustwerk to Pedal, Brustwerk to Great

TremuIant (entire organ)

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