2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - With roll player, 5 rk echo division. Made playable (except roll player) 1998 for a wedding. 1998 owner not known. House for sale 1999. 20rks in the main divisions. -Database Manager
2018-05-14 - Information from <i>The Aeolian Pipe Organ And Its Music</i> by Rollin Smith. The Organ Historical Society, 1998<br> Contract: June 25, 1931, $14,835<br> Contract: June 25, 1931, $2,250, five-rank Echo added -Database Manager
2018-05-14 - Frank La Forge (1879-1953) was a pianist, composer and vocal coach. He taught a number of important American singers, including Marian Anderson, Lawrence Tibbett, Marie Powers, Emma Otero and Richard Crooks. He served as accompanist for many vocal stars and instrumentalists of the day including Johanna Gedski, Ernestine Schumann-Heink and Margaret Matzenauer. His longstanding musical relationship with Metropolitan Opera soprano Lily Pons from 1937 until his death, saw the production of recital tours with flutist Frank Versaci, down the eastern seaboard and in British Columbia. -Database Manager
2018-05-14 - The residence was completed in 1936. The organ was a wedding gift from Laura Ford MacNichol, grandmother of the bride. -Database Manager
Typed Specification Source: from console photos by David Pulliam Date not recorded
Darien, Connecticut
Frank La Forge Residence
The Aeolian Co. Opus 1797 1931 3 manuals, 23 stops, 25 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (II) SWELL ORGAN (III)
8' Diapason 73 16' Gedeckt (ext SpFl) 12
8' Gross Flute 73 8' Diapason 73
8' Concert Flute 89 8' Spanish Flute 73
8' Dulciana 73 8' Viole Celeste (TC) 61
4' Concert Flute (fr. 8') -- 8' Viole 73
8' Tromba 73 8' Aeoline 73
8' Clarinet 73 4' Flute 73
Chimes 4' Violina 73
8' Harp (TC) Mixture (3 rks) 183
4' Celesta 8' Cornopean 73
Great Unison Release 8' Oboe 73
Great 4 8' Vox Humana 73
Great 16 Swell Unison Release
Tremolo Swell 4
Swell 16
CHOIR ORGAN (I) (duplexed from Gt) Tremolo
8' Diapason
8' Gross Flute ECHO ORGAN
8' Concert Flute 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 49
8' Dulciana 8' Spitz Flute 61
4' Flute (fr. ConFl) 8' Muted Viole Cel. (TC) 49
2 2/3' Nazard (fr. ConFl) 8' Muted Viole 61
2' Piccolo (fr. ConFl) 8' Vox Humana 61
1 3/5' Tierce (fr. ConFl) Echo to Great 8
8' Clarinet Echo to Swell 8
Chimes Echo 4
8' Harp (TC) Echo 16
4' Celesta Tremolo
Choir Unison Release
Choir 4 PEDAL ORGAN
Choir 16 16' Sub Bass 32
Tremolo 16' Bourdon (ext Gt ConFl) 12
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
8' Flute (Gt ConFl) --
8' Gedeckt (Sw) --
Chimes
ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS COUPLERS
Great 0-1-2-3-4-5 (thumb) Swell to Pedal 8
Swell 0-1-2-3-4-5 (thumb) Great to Pedal 8
Choir 0-1-2-3-4-5 (thumb) Choir to Pedal 8
Pedal 0-1-2-3-4 (thumb & toe) Great to Pedal 4
General 0-1-2-3-4 (thumb & toe) Swell to Pedal 4
Set (thumb) Swell to Great 16
General Cancel (thumb) Swell to Great 8
Swell to Great 4
REVERSIBLES Choir to Great 16
Great to Pedal (thumb & toe) Choir to Great 8
Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe) Choir to Great 4
Sforzando (red) (thumb & toe) Swell to Choir 16
Swell to Choir 8
PERCUSSIONS Swell to Choir 4
Harp/Celesta 61 bars
P and F (buttons) INDICATOR LIGHTS
Chimes 21 tubes Sforzando
P and F (buttons) Crescendo
DUO-ART PLAYER (in console) EXPRESSIONS
Tempo (lever) Balanced Swell Pedal
Rewind (button) Balanced Great/Choir Pedal
Crescendo
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-05-14]
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