Pipe Organ Database

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Estey Organ Co. (Opus 1036, 1912)

Location:

W.H. Paling & Co., Ltd.
338 George St.
Sydney, AU
Organ ID: 26700

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Retail Stores: Department stores, Music stores, etc.
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on March 30, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Ventil
  • 9 ranks. 506 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 9 stops. 9 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Ventil chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 9
  • Registers: 9
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on March 30, 2023.
Jeff Scofield on March 30, 2023:

W. H. Paling & Co. is a very successful chain of music-related stores founded by Dutch-born William Henry Paling (1825-1895).

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on March 30, 2023.
Database Manager on March 02, 2017:

Updated by James R. Stettner, listing this web site as a source of information: http://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/SconeUC.html.
In 1918, the organ was relocated to St. Andrew's Presbyterian (later, Uniting Church) in Scone, Australia.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 29, 2007:

Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This was presumably a sales agent. The subsequent placement of the organ is unknown. It had a player attachment with it. Source: Estey Opus List as published in the Boston Organ Club Newsletter (1973-79).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Shop Order, courtesy of Roman Lizak: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on March 30, 2023.
Shop Order, courtesy of Roman Lizak: Open In New Tab Stoplist and accessories
Document created on 1912-08-15
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on March 30, 2023.

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