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Peragallo keydesk design

July 18, 2022
Peragallo console, Green’s Farms Church  Westport, Connecticut
Peragallo console, Green’s Farms Church Westport, Connecticut

Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Paterson, New Jersey, is featured on the July 2022 cover of The Diapason.

The article deals with keydesk design. Topics include style (basic stop tablet design, rocker tablet variation, traditional drawknob with or without drop sill, English drawknob, and low-profile terraced with either straight tiers or French curved terraces, with drawknobs of either solid wood or inserts); key covering overlays; key tension; control systems; positioning of the thumb and toe pistons; couplers; reversibles; controls for piston sequencing and iPad page turning; and other items.

Photos of 13 of their consoles are displayed.

See also the video of their Opus 770 organ at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, Scottsdale, Arizona: https://www.thediapason.com/videos/peragallo-pipe-organ-company-opus-770

For information: www.peragallo.com

 

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