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Lenox MA, USA (Massachusetts) - Tanglewood Music Center, Music Shed (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Municipal: Lenox MA
Region:Berkshire County
Address: 297 West Street, 01240, Lenox, MA
Website: https://www.bso.org/
Description nr.: 2006194.
Built by: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company (1940) - opus 1002
In 1940, the Aeolian-Skinner company installed a new organ in the Music Shed of Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. The instrument has two manuals and pedal. The Bombarde 32' of the pedal has a single pipe sounding bottom C only.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Quintaten 16', Principal 8', Spitzflöte 8', Principal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Fourniture 3-5 ranks (2').
Positiv Organ (C-c''''):
Unenclosed section: Nason Flute 8', Koppelflöte 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Nachthorn 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Italian Principal 1', Cymbel 3 ranks (1/2').
Enclosed section: English Salicional 8', Gedackt 8', Gemshorn 8', Trompette 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Geigen Principal 32', Salicional 16' - extension from Positiv, Quintaten 16' - from Great, Spitzprincipal 8', Nachthorn 4', Mixture 4 ranks (5 1/3'), Bombarde 32' - only one tone (C), Posaune 16'.
Couplers: Positiv to Great, Enclosed Positiv to Great, Enclosed Positiv to Great 16' 4', Enclosed Positiv to Great 4', Great to Pedal, Positiv to Pedal, Enclosed Positiv to Pedal 4', Enclosed Positiv to Pedal 4' 4', Enclosed Positiv 16', Enclosed Positiv 4', Enclosed Positiv Unison Silent.
Accessories: 4 General Combination Pistons, 4 Combination Pistons to Great, 4 Combination Pistons to Positiv, 4 Combination Pistons to Pedal, Sfotzando.
Lenox MA, USA (Massachusetts) - Tanglewood Music Center, Music Shed (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Municipal: Lenox MA
Region:Berkshire County
Address: 297 West Street, 01240, Lenox, MA
Website: https://www.bso.org/
Description nr.: 2006194.
Built by: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company (1940) - opus 1002
In 1940, the Aeolian-Skinner company installed a new organ in the Music Shed of Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. The instrument has two manuals and pedal. The Bombarde 32' of the pedal has a single pipe sounding bottom C only.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 8 |
| - Positiv Organ | 11 |
| - Pedal Organ | 8 (5) |
| Total number of stops | 27 (24) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Quintaten 16', Principal 8', Spitzflöte 8', Principal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Fourniture 3-5 ranks (2').
Positiv Organ (C-c''''):
Unenclosed section: Nason Flute 8', Koppelflöte 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Nachthorn 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Italian Principal 1', Cymbel 3 ranks (1/2').
Enclosed section: English Salicional 8', Gedackt 8', Gemshorn 8', Trompette 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Geigen Principal 32', Salicional 16' - extension from Positiv, Quintaten 16' - from Great, Spitzprincipal 8', Nachthorn 4', Mixture 4 ranks (5 1/3'), Bombarde 32' - only one tone (C), Posaune 16'.
Couplers: Positiv to Great, Enclosed Positiv to Great, Enclosed Positiv to Great 16' 4', Enclosed Positiv to Great 4', Great to Pedal, Positiv to Pedal, Enclosed Positiv to Pedal 4', Enclosed Positiv to Pedal 4' 4', Enclosed Positiv 16', Enclosed Positiv 4', Enclosed Positiv Unison Silent.
Accessories: 4 General Combination Pistons, 4 Combination Pistons to Great, 4 Combination Pistons to Positiv, 4 Combination Pistons to Pedal, Sfotzando.
| Compound stop | Composition |
| Fourniture 3-5 ranks (Great) | C: 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. c°: 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. fis': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. c'': 8' - 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. c''': 8' - 5 1/3' - 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Cymbel 3 ranks (Positiv) | C: 1/2' - 1/3' - 1/4'. c°: 2/3' - 1/2' - 1/3'. fìs°: 1' - 2/3' - 1/2'. c': 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3'. fis': 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. fis'': 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. c''': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Mixture 4 ranks (Pedal) | C: 5 1/3' - 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Literature |
Organ Historical Society : 60th Annual Convention : Pioneer Valley Organ Extravaganza : June 28 - July 3 2015. - Richmond, VA : Organ Historical Society, 2015. |