Organs

Aeolian pipe organ

    Aeolian pipe organ

    Great Britain, London

    1913

    The Orchestrelle Company

    Wood, metal, glass, leather, ivory, plastic; сarving, polishing, carpentry, mechanical work

    330 х 200 х 330 cm, 1000 kg

    On the nameplate above the manual: “Aeolian Pipe Organ, The Orchestrelle Co. London. New York. Paris. No. 1245, 1913”. On the keys of switches and knobs - the names of their functions

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    The organ is comprised of two major parts – mahogany case with a set of organ pipes, and the external console with the bench. The lower part of the case is decorated with panels, the upper part façade is divided into three acoustic windows, covered with yellow-green fabric. The windows are covered with gilded decorative, stopped pipes. Pilasters with ionic capitals ornament in the case upper part. Organ flue pipes are assembled in fourteen registers – five lower registers of stopped wooden pipes and nine middle and upper registers of open metal pipes.

    The remote control has two manuals of sixty-one keys and foot keyboard with thirty keys. Vertical rows of register switches are to the right and left sides of the manuals. Volume control buttons are beneath the keys. A row of regulators and switches is above the manuals. Organ key action is electric. 286 mm wide electro-pneumatic device for paper music rolls reproductions is mounted at the top of the remote control.

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    Инв.1008/ММП