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Wilson S. Reiley (Riley) (1898)

Exhibited in the 1964 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Dumbarton Ave M E Church / Dumbarton Avenue United Methodist Church
3133 Dumbarton Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20007 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 1905

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on October 31, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 17 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 17 stops. 17 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Wilson S. Reiley (Riley)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 26, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Wilson S. Reiley (Riley)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 26, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Wilson S. Reiley (Riley)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 26, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by Wilson S. Reiley (Riley)
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 17
  • Registers: 17
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • 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 horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
  • Has Coupler Reversible Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on March 26, 2022.
Paul R. Marchesano on October 31, 2022:

nameplate: Wilson S. Reiley / Georgetown, / D. C. The mark WSR appears on tC dulciana pipe and on CC fifteenth pipe. Great flute d'amour is stopped wood with 24 open metal trebles. Swell stopped diapason has 9 open metal trebles. Swell flute is open wood with 8 open metal trebles. Swell oboe pipes are capped. Case has 15 open diapason pipes in center ; wood dummies in ends. This is the only known surviving organ by this Georgetown builder. Note also in this church the Mason & Hamlin reed organ with dummy pipes. -- 1964 OHS Handbook

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on October 31, 2022.
Database Manager on May 04, 2017:

Updated by Daniel Fisher

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 2004.

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

Unused.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist copied from console photos: Open In New Tab Originally published March 26, 2022
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on March 26, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Organ case and facade: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2005-01-04

Left stop jamb: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2005-01-04

Builder's nameplate: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2005-01-04

Right stop jamb: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2005-01-04

Pedalboard: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2005-01-04

Keydesk: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2005-01-04

Sanctuary interior with organ in front: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2022-01-06

Sanctuary interior with organ in front: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2020-12-08

Organ case and keydesk: Photograph by Wikipedia (user Fourandsixty), submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2015-09-21

Sanctuary interior with organ in front: Photograph from an archival source: National Park Service - vintage photo, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1906

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage church bulletin, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1906

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