Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Replaced in 1910 with a new Skinner. Appleton Chapel razed in 1932 to make way for the present Memorial Church. -Database Manager
2024-12-20 - This innovative instrument was equipped with "swiss spring chests" (actually cone chests), a crescendo pedal, tri-pressure wind system, implying the use of a higher pressure for some stops or divisions as well as an even higher pressure for the action. Dwight's Journal may 14 1859. -Christian Tedesco
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, Cambridge , MA 1859 Simmons & Willcox (Stoplist David Schnute from T 12:2:4) GREAT 16' Bourdon 8' Principal 8' Rohr Flöte 8' Hohl Flöte 8' Viola di Gamba 4' Octave 4' Spitzflöte 4' Flute Octaviante II Mixture (12-15) III Mixture II Symbal 8' Trumpet SWELL 16' Bourdon 8' Principal 8' Bourdon 8' Keraulophon 8' Vox Angelica 4' Octave III Mixture (2') 16' Fagott 8' Cornopean 8' Oboe 4' Clarion CHOIR 16' Aeolina 8' Dulciana 8' Viola d'Amore 8' Bourdon 4' Gemshorn 4' Flute a Cheminee 2' Flageolette 8' Corno di Bassetto 8' Vox humana PEDAL 32' Contra Bass 16' Open Bass 16' Bourdon Bass 8' Violoncello 5-1/3' Quint 4' Octave 16' Posaune Sw-Gr, Sw-Ch,Gr-Ped,Sw-Ped, Ch-Ped Two composition pedals Full swell Great Organ Tacit (pneumatic) Great Organ, MF Improved Tremulant Bellows Signal " ... remarkably sophisticated for its day ... before the advent of the celebrated German organ in Boston Music Hall, strong European influences were at work." Windchests of spring-valve construction.
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