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Details of Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA


Organ History
1863Built by E. F. Walcker & Co.
Status
Present
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
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I. Choir
1.Gedackt16' 
2.Principal Flute8'Pure English tin.
3.Spitzflote8'Tin.
4.BifraII (8 4')Tin.
5.Gedackt8'Wood.
6.Clarin Bass4' 
7.Clarin Discant4'Proof tin.
8.Viola8'Proof tin.
9.Physharmonica8'Purely metal.
10.Hohlpfeife4'Lowest octaves of maple, the rest of metal..
11.Principal Flute4'Tin.
12.Dolce4'Tin.
13.Flautino2' 
14.SesquialteraII [12-17]  
15.Super-octave1'Tin.
II. Great
16.Principal16'Pure English tin.
17.Tibia Major16'Pine wood.
18.Viola Major16' 
19.Basson16' 
20.Ophicleid8'Chiefly of wood, but bells of upper octaves tin.
21.Principal8' 
22.Flote8'Wood.
23.Gemshorn8' 
24.Viola di Gamba8'Pure tin.
25.Gedackt8' 
26.Trombone8' 
27.Trumpet8'Proof tin.
28.Octave8'Pure tin.
29.Fugara8'Pure tin.
30.Hohlflote4'Metal.
31.Flute d’Amour4'Pine and pear-wood.
32.Clairon4'Proof tin.
33.Waldflote2'Proof tin.
34.Quint5 1/3'Proof tin.
35.Terz3 1/5'Proof tin.
36.Quintflote2 2/3'Proof tin.
37.Terz Discant1 3/5'Proof tin.
38.CornetV (5 1/3')(G-A3 38 notes )
39.MixturVI (2 2/3')Proof tin.
40.ScharffIV (1 1/3')Proof tin.
III. Swell
41.Bourdon16' 
42.Principal8'Proof tin.
43.Salicional8'Proof tin.
44.Dolce8'Metal.
45.Quintaton8' 
46.Gedackt8'Wood.
47.Trombone Bass8' 
48.Trombone Disct.8' 
49.Bassoon Bass8' 
50.Hautbois8' 
51.Principal Octave4'Proof tin.
52.Rohrflote4' 
53.Traversflote4'The lowest octave of fir and pear-wood.
54.Cornettino4'Tin.
55.Quintflote5 1/3' 
56.Nasard2 2/3' 
57.Octave2'Tin.
58.MixturV' 
IV. Solo
59.Bourdon16'Two lowest octaves of wood, the rest of metal..
60.Gamben Principal8'Pure tin.
61.Æoline8'Proof tin.
62.Concert Flute8'Finest pine-wood.
63.Corno Basetto8' 
64.Vox Humana8'Metal.
65.Gemshorn4'Proof tin.
66.PiffaroII [8-15]  
67.Vox Angelica4' 
68.Quint2 2/3'Metal.
69.Piccolo2'Metal.
Pedal
Unenclosed
70.Principal Bass32'Six of the largest pipes of pure English tin, the rest of wood..
71.Grand BourdonV (32') 
72.Bombardon32' 
73.Octave Bass16'Pure tin.
74.Sub-bass16'Wood.
75.Trombone16'Bells of zinc.
76.Contra Violon16'Wood.
77.Octave Bass8'Tin.
78.Hohlfloten Bass8' 
79.Violoncello8'Tin.
80.Trumpet8' 
81.Corno-Basso4' 
82.Octave4'Tin.
83.Cornettino2'Tin.
Enclosed
84.Bourdon16' 
85.Viola8'Tin.
86.Flute8'Wood.
87.Flute4' 
88.Basson16' 
89.Waldflote2'Metal.