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Chicago, USA (Illinois) - World Exhibition 1893 - Concert Hall
Municipal: Chicago
Region:Cook County
Description nr.: 2039400.
Built by: Farrand & Votey (1893)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ: Principal 16', Principal 8', Principal 8', Gemshorn 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Principal-Flöte 8', Doppelflöte 8', Oktave 4', Hohlflöte 4', Oktavquinte 2 2/3', Superoktave 2', Mixtur 3 ranks, Scharff 3-4 ranks, Trompete 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (enclosed): Contra-Gambe 16', Geigenprincipal 8', Dolce 8', Concertflöte 8', Fugara 4', Flûte d'Amour 4', Piccolo Harmonique 2', Cor Anglais 8', Clarinette 8'.
Swell Organ (enclosed): Bordun 16' (B/D), Principal 8', Geigenprincipal 8', Salicional 8', Vox Coelestis 8', Gedackt 8', Quintaden 8', Octave 4', Salicet 4', Harmonieflöte 4', Flageolet 2', Cornet 3-4-5 ranks, Contrafagott 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8'.
Solo Organ (enclosed): Stentorphon 8', Philomela 8', Hohlpfeife 4', Tuba Major 16', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Echo Organ: Clarabella 8', Dolcissimo 8', Dolcet 4', Vox Humana 8'.
Pedal Organ: Principal 32', Principal 16', Violone 16', Bordun 16', Quinte 10 2/3', Violoncello 8', Flöte 8', Superoktave 4', Posaune 16', Trompete 8'.
Couplers: 12 Kopplungen.
Accessories: 7 mechanische Nebenzüge, 10 Combinations-Pistons 1', 4 automatisch verstellbare Pistons 4', 10 Pedalbewegungen 1'.
Chicago, USA (Illinois) - World Exhibition 1893 - Concert Hall
Municipal: Chicago
Region:Cook County
Description nr.: 2039400.
Built by: Farrand & Votey (1893)
- For the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the Farrand & Votey firm built a concert organ with sixty stops, which was placed in a large music hall. The organ had four manuals and pedal. The Echo Organ was played from the same keyboard as the Solo Organ.
- The specification has been taken from the Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau and has therefore been translated into German.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 15 |
| - Choir Organ (enclosed) | 9 |
| - Swell Organ (enclosed) | 16 |
| - Solo Organ (enclosed) | 6 |
| - Echo Organ | 4 |
| - Pedal Organ | 10 |
| Total number of stops | 60 |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Rooseveltlade |
Specification
Great Organ: Principal 16', Principal 8', Principal 8', Gemshorn 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Principal-Flöte 8', Doppelflöte 8', Oktave 4', Hohlflöte 4', Oktavquinte 2 2/3', Superoktave 2', Mixtur 3 ranks, Scharff 3-4 ranks, Trompete 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (enclosed): Contra-Gambe 16', Geigenprincipal 8', Dolce 8', Concertflöte 8', Fugara 4', Flûte d'Amour 4', Piccolo Harmonique 2', Cor Anglais 8', Clarinette 8'.
Swell Organ (enclosed): Bordun 16' (B/D), Principal 8', Geigenprincipal 8', Salicional 8', Vox Coelestis 8', Gedackt 8', Quintaden 8', Octave 4', Salicet 4', Harmonieflöte 4', Flageolet 2', Cornet 3-4-5 ranks, Contrafagott 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8'.
Solo Organ (enclosed): Stentorphon 8', Philomela 8', Hohlpfeife 4', Tuba Major 16', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Echo Organ: Clarabella 8', Dolcissimo 8', Dolcet 4', Vox Humana 8'.
Pedal Organ: Principal 32', Principal 16', Violone 16', Bordun 16', Quinte 10 2/3', Violoncello 8', Flöte 8', Superoktave 4', Posaune 16', Trompete 8'.
Couplers: 12 Kopplungen.
Accessories: 7 mechanische Nebenzüge, 10 Combinations-Pistons 1', 4 automatisch verstellbare Pistons 4', 10 Pedalbewegungen 1'.
| Literature |
Orgelbau-Nachrichten. - In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 13. Jahrg. No. 18, 21. März 1893. |