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Vocalion Co. (1902)

Location:

U.S. Soldiers' & Airmen's Home
Washington, DC US
Organ ID: 1903

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Social Services
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is good, but not in use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 10 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 10 stops.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 10
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 30, 2015:

Updated through online information from Robert L. Booth. -- This organ was sold and restored by the Carey Organ Company/Vocalion Group section. This is a 10 rank reed organ operating on pressure. The reeds speak into qualifying tubes creating a very rich sound.
The casework is Gothic in style and mahogany. The organ will be sent to its new home in Michigan in a few months as it is in playing condition presently and can be pumped by a crank or winded electrically.
At one time this organ was owned by Wayne Leupold, organist, composer, publisher.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1991.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Relocated from? Relocated and installed by Culver L. Mowers.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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