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Organ Console
Pipes
History
  
                           
Pedal Organ
(14 stops, 4 couplers)
                    
1.   Open Diapason  16'
2.   Geigen  (from 34)  16'
3.   Sub Bass  16'
4.   Quint (from 3)  102/3'
5.   Principal  (from 1)  8'
6.   Flute  (from 3)  8'
7.   Nazard  (from 3)  51/3'
8.   Fifteenth  (from 1)  4'
9.   Stopped Flute  (from 3)  4'
10.  Open Flute  2'
11.  Mixture  IV
12.  Ophicleide  16'
13.  Posaune  (from 12)  4'
14.  Schalmei  4'
       i     Positive to Pedal
       ii.   Great to Pedal
       iii.  Swell to Pedal
       iv.  Solo to Pedal 
Choir Organ
(9 stops, 2 transfers - on positive keys; unenclosed)
        
25.  Open Diapason  8'
26.  Salicional  8'
27.  Claribel Flute  8'
28.  Gemshorn  4'
29.  Stopped Flute  4'
30.  Piccolo  2'
31.  Octavin
32.  Ses quialtera  II
33.  Mixture  III                  
       vi.   Choir to Great
       vii.  Choir to Solo 
Great Organ
(14 stops, 3 couplers and 1 transfer)
              
34.  Gross Geigen  16'
35.  Open Diapason I  8'
36.  Open Diapason  II  8'
37.  Stopped Diapason  8'
38.  Principal  4'
39.  Wald Flute  4'
40.  Twelfth  22/3'
41.  Fifteenth  2'
42.  Fourniture  V
43.  Cymbale  IV
44.  Cornet  II-V
45.  Double Trumpet  16'
46.  Trumpet  8'
47.  Clarion  4'
       viii.  Positive to Great
       ix.    Swell to Great
       x.     Solo to Great
       xi.    Reeds to Positive		 
                        
Positive organ
(9 stops, solo tuba and 1 coupler)
                       
15.  Rohr  8'
16.  Principal  4'
17.  Open Flute  4'
18.  Nazard  22/3'
19.  Gemshorn  2'
20.  Tierce  13/8'
21.  Larigot  11/3'
22.  Cimbel  III
23.  Cromorne  8'
24.  Solo Tuba  from 67)  8'          
       v.  Swell to Positive 
Swell Organ
(13 stops, tremulant and coupler)
        
48.  Lieblich Bourdon  16'
49.  Open Diapason  8'
50.  Lieblich Gedeckt  8'
51.  Echo Gamba  8'
52.  Vox Angelica Tenor C  8'
53.  Principal  4'
54.  Lieblich Flute  4'
55.  Fifteenth  2'
56.  Mixture  III
57.  Oboe  8'
        xiii.  Temulant
58.  Contra Fagotto  16'
59.  Trumpet  8'
60.  Clarion  4'
        xiii.  Octave 
Solo Organ
(7 stops, tremulant, 4 couplers - enclosed,
           except for Tuba)
          
61.  Contra Viola  16'
62.  Viole d'Orchestre  8'
63.  Viole Octaviante  4'
64.  Harmonica Flute  8'
65.  Flauto Traverso  4'
66.  Orchestral Oboe  8'
        xiv.  Tremulant
67.  Tuba  8'
        xv.    Octave
        xvi.    Sub Octave
        xvii.   Unison Off
        xviii.   Swell to Solo
               
                        
                        
                            
                           
                     
                                         
                             		 
                   
Combination Couplers
xix.  Great and Pedal Combinations coupled
xx.   Pedal to Swell Pistons 
Accessories
Eight foot pistons to Pedal                       Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal
 Organ                                                    Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal
Four Pistons to the positive Organ           Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal
Cancel Piston to the Positive Organ         Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal  
Four pistons to the Choir Organ               Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal   
Eight pistons to the Great Organ               Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal
Eight pistons to the Swell Organ               Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal
Four pistons to the Solo Organ                 Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal
Eight General pistons                                Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal
General cancel pistons                              Reversible piston to Choir to Pedal
The combinations are instantly adjustable by setter.
The manual compass is CC to C, 61 notes; the pedal CCC to G, 32 notes.  Total 4,630 pipes
The pitch is C = 523.3 (A = 440).
The action is electro-pneumatic, the combination and coupler action being on a solid-state system.
Ten different wind-pressures from 21/4 inches to 15 inches (Tuba and Ophicleide)