Pipe organ and Hammond organ
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Wonderful pipe organ, see inventory. Hammond organ model C-3, walnut finish with Leslie speakers. Additional pipes in trays.
OPEN HOUSE April 4 from 9:00 until 5:00. Guests are welcome to play and experience the pipe organ. Everything must go! 8629 Indian Springs Road, Frederick, Maryland.
The following instrument is was built/assembled by the late Ben Givens. It is located in a dedicated music room over his garage outside of Frederick, Maryland. It might be reconfigured/modified for many spaces. It is in playable condition. It would be a “project” for the right person.
Three manuals, 13 ranks. While the stoplist resembles a theater organ with extensive unification (all manual registers are available on all three of the manuals), it is a warm, friendly, orchestral sound. Lots of possibilities as it is, and potential for a more “straight” organ with these resources.
Center expressive enclosure – Great division
• This is based on a 3-rank M. P. Moller Artiste cabinet with one stop change
• 16’ Gedeckt unit 92 pipes (Quintaton bass)
• 8’ Viola unit 80 pipes
• Flute Celeste – stopped metal pipes from TC 61 pipes (on former Diapason)
Standard Artiste case H 8’, W 8’, D’4’
Exposed pipework – Great division
• 8’ Principal 73 pipes
• 8’ Geigen 73 or 85 pipes
Right expressive enclosure – “Solo” division (not so named) unit chest
• 8’ Tibia 85 pipes Pleasant smooth toned stopped flute, not high pressure type
• 8’ Viole 85 pipes soft string
• 8’ Gedeckt ?pipes
• 8’ Harmonic Flute 61 pipes from TC, bass may be from Geigen – a string not a flute
• 16-8-4’ Vox Humana at least 61 pipes
• 8’ Clarinet 61 pipes small scale – this is a really nice stop
• 16’(?)-8 -4 Trumpet at least 73 pipes medium tone (looks like an ordinary Moller type)
• 8’ Oboe 73 pipes smooth tone
Tremolo affecting these stops – built by the owner. Very satisfactory.
Pedal
16’ Bourdon at least 32 pipes, large scale
Other stops borrowed
Some unknown partial sets of pipes in the pedal array at the rear of the organ.
Percussions: Chimes, Xylophone, Chrysoglott (unenclosed)
Pipework is in good condition. Many ranks are Moller pipes from more than one organ. The organ has not been tuned in some time and a few reed notes are mute or out of regulation as a result.
The console appears to be a 3-manual composite of Moller keyboards, married from two organs. One manual has four general pistons but they do nothing. The stop tabs are arranged in Wanamaker style curved jambs made by the owner. Many stop labels are incorrect or illegible. The stops of the organ are all unified at many pitches including mutations, some incomplete at the top due to the compass of the parent rank. The top row right and left are for Manual 3, same pattern for Manual 2 and 1. There are also couplers that function. Percussions play from stops otherwise labelled except Chimes. Pedal stops lower left side.
The owner created a solid state switching and relay system. It works but the wires to the chest are very small gauge. Ultimate playing action is uncertain, either electro-pneumatic or all-electric, or both.
The blower, with nothing evident at the examination is sufficient capacity, located in the garage below, may be Wicks.
A recording demonstrating the sounds of the various stops and a few combinations was made. At the moment the organ is reasonably playable.
There are some organ parts in the garage/studio and house. A side space at the house contains a pipe tray “morgue” of typical design with about 16 trays with organ parts and additional ranks of pipes, neatly stored. The ranks viewed are in good condition.
The organ is in a second level studio (insulated) above a large garage. It is reached by about 5 steps up from a path to the rear with a door approximately 35 inches wide. It all went in, so taken apart it should come out. The house is in a hilly location reached from a good road via a gravel driveway that would be challenging for all but a small moving truck with good ground clearance.
For information: call Mary (704) 740-9368 or email: [email protected]
