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Louisville KY, USA (Kentucky) - Robert Bozeman Residence
Municipal: Louisville KY
Region:Jefferson County

Description nr.: 2034642.

Built by: Charles M. Ruggles (1975) - opus 4


Opus 4 by Charles Ruggles is a house pipe organ without stops and couplers. Both manuals and the pedal each have one register. It was built for David Lee Maulsby in San Francisco. In 1977 the owner moved to Fort Collins, Colorado. In 1989, the organ was sold to the University of North Alabama after the death of the owner. Later (before 2014) the instrument was sold again to Robert Bozeman, who installed it in his home in Louisville, Kentucky.

Short list of all locations the organ has been
1975San Francisco, CADavid Lee Maulsby Residence
1989Florence, ALUniversity of North Alabama
Louisville, KYRobert Bozeman Residence

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual I1
- Manual II1
- Pedal1
Total number of stops3
Key actionMechanical
Pitcha' = 440 Hz
TemperamentWerckmeister III
Wind pressure50 mm

Specification
Manual I (C-g'''): Quintadena 8'.
Manual II (C-g'''): Rohrflöte 8'.
Pedal (C-f'): Gedackt 8'.

Literature
  • New Tracker Organs : Ruggles at Fort Collins, Colorado. - In: The Tracker, Volume 21, Number 2, Winter 1977.
  • A profile of Charles M. Ruggles : Builder of hand-crafted mechanical action organs / Mark A. Herris. - [Bloomington] : Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 2016.
Links https://rugglesorgans.com/opus4.html