Geo. H. Ryder
Opus 101, 1883
St. George's Episcopal
200 W 4th Street
Leadville, CO, US
11 Ranks - 625 Pipes
Instrument ID: 4887 ● Builder ID: 5474 ● Location ID: 4635
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| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Melodia🛈 | |
| 8' | Dulciana🛈 | |
| 4' | Octave🛈 | |
| 3' | Twelfth🛈 | |
| 2' | Fifteenth🛈 |
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| 8' | Std. Diap. Treble🛈 | |
| 8' | Std. Diap. Bass🛈 | |
| 8' | Keraulophon🛈 | |
| 4' | Flute Celeste🛈 | |
| 8' | Oboe🛈 | |
| Tremulo [sic] to Swell |
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| 16' | Pedale Sub Bass🛈 |
| Couplers | ||
| Swell to Great | ||
| Great to Pedal | ||
| Swell to Pedal |
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| 2 unlabeled single -acting comb. pedals | ||
| balanced Swell pedal |
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)27 Note Pedal12 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Trundle(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
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Exhibited in the 1998 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Paul R. Marchesano on March 29th, 2022:
Persistent reports that the organ was delivered over Mosquito Pass by ox -cart, with the builder himself in attendance, have been solidly disproved by Michael Friesen. The instrument was undoubtedly delivered by rail, and according to The Leadville Daily Herald of Sunday, 13 August 188 2, the organ was "put in position by Mr. Worcester, of the firm of Worcester and Brown" of Leadville. Purchased for $2, 000, it was opened with a concert presented on Thursday, 10 August 1882. A "surpliced choir of boys, about twenty in number," was introduced in 1888. The organ was originally installed in the rear of the church, and was moved to the chancel many years ago, at which time the casework was altered. Dewey Layton made extensive repairs to the instrument in 1971. -- from *1998 OHS Handbook*
Persistent reports that the organ was delivered over Mosquito Pass by ox -cart, with the builder himself in attendance, have been solidly disproved by Michael Friesen. The instrument was undoubtedly delivered by rail, and according to The Leadville Daily Herald of Sunday, 13 August 188 2, the organ was "put in position by Mr. Worcester, of the firm of Worcester and Brown" of Leadville. Purchased for $2, 000, it was opened with a concert presented on Thursday, 10 August 1882. A "surpliced choir of boys, about twenty in number," was introduced in 1888. The organ was originally installed in the rear of the church, and was moved to the chancel many years ago, at which time the casework was altered. Dewey Layton made extensive repairs to the instrument in 1971. -- from *1998 OHS Handbook*
Database Manager on September 20th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Ingrid Mager.
Database Manager on January 9th, 2010:
Updated through on-line information from Amy Jo Martinson. -- This organ has a historical doctument framed and placed on the wall next to the console. Please contact Amy Jo Martinson for any further information or the church directly. Thank you very much!
Database Manager on July 22nd, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from Benn Gibson. -- I visited the church and played the organ in July 2007.
Database Manager on December 16th, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from Paul Pinkosky. -- Was on vacation about a month ago and stopped by to explore the church; asked deacon if I could play the organ. It is an absolute delight -- a gem in a gem.
Database Manager on June 16th, 2005:
Identified through information in <i>Descriptive Catalogue of Superior Church Organs Manufactured by Geo. H. Ryder & Co.</i>, published in Boston, January, 1896. Dates are not included in the publication; the one given here is conjectural.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1997
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Erected by Mr. Worcester of Worcester and Brown. Extensive repairs in 1971 by Dewey Layton. [Citation number must be wrong on this or Leadville's Presbyterian.][Manager's Note: The citation number given above is correct. -- July, 2007]
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