DREAM ORGANS
JULIAN RHODES' IMAGINARY ORGANS

As a child I was fascinated by a picture in volume 16 (MUSHR to OZON) of the 1959 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It showed the facade of the old Boston Music Hall organ, as installed at Methuen, Mass. This is my imaginative reconstruction of that then-unknown stoplist. It is based on contemporary instruments by Walcker, but with many departures of detail and nomenclature.

HAUPTWERK
    32       Grand Bordun
    16       Open Diapason
    16       Bordun Major
     8       Octave
     8       Principal
     8       Viola
     8       Flauto Major
     8       Gedackt
    5 1/3    Quint
     4       Superoctave
     4       Gamba
     4       Waldflöte
    3 1/5    Gross Tierce
     2       Octavin
    III      Cornet  12.15.17
    IV       Mixtur  19.22.26.29
    VI       Grand Fourniture  8.10.12.15.19.22
    16       Trombone
     8       Trumpet
     8       Posaune
     4       Clarion
     2       Clarino
 
OBERWERK 
    16       Violon
     8       Open Diapason
     8       Violin
     8       Hohlflöte
     8       Salicional
     8       Vox Coelestis
    5 1/3    Quintflöte
     4       Principal
     4       Flöttravers
     2       Fifteenth
    III      Quintmixtur  12.19.22
    IV       Scharff  26.29.33.36
    16       Contraposaune
    16       Waldfagott
     8       Tromba
     8       French Horn
     8       Basson
     4       Clairon
     4       Oboë
 
UNTERWERK
    16       Bordun
     8       Hornprincipal
     8       Lieblich Gedackt
     8       Flauto Traverso
     8       Viola    
     8       Viola Celeste
     4       Dolceprincipal
     4       Fugara
     4       Gedacktflöte
    2 2/3    Quintflöte
     2       Flautina
     1       Piccolo
    III      Mixtur  15.17.19
    16       Baryton
     8       Clarinette
     8       Vox Humana
     4       Musette
 
MANUAL IV
    16       Tibia Minor
     8       Nachthorn
     8       Dolcan
     8       Vox Angelica     
     4       Rohrflöte
     4       Eolian
    III      Harmonia Aetheria  10.12.15
     8       Cor Anglais
             Tremolo
   8 + 4     Grand Principal
    16       Tuba
     8       Ophicleide
     4       Cornopean
 
PEDALWERK
    64       Gravissima
    32       Tibia Profunda
    32       Open Diapason
    32       Quintatön
    16       Tibia Bass
    16       Octave
    16       Violon
    16       Bordun
    16       Salicional
     8       Superoctave
     8       Cello               
     8       Flötbass
    6 2/5    Gross Tierce
    5 1/3    Quint
     4       Octavin                 
    IV       Fourniture  15.17.19.22
    32       Bombardon
    16       Ophicleide Major
    16       Posaunebass
     8       Clarion
     4       Clarino
 
(1993)

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