JULIAN RHODES' DREAM ORGANS
ORGAN FACTS AND FIGURES



REED MUTATIONS
compiled by David Willey


These must be amongst the rarest stops in the organ world.

Dates given are of the most recent rebuild/restoration.

This list includes only organs known to be extant or under construction at the time of writing.
Last update: 19 May 2000.



QUINTS

Antwerp Cathedral 1891 (Pedal)
Auxerre Cathédrale 1986 (Grand Choeur)
Bamberg Konzerthaus 1993 (Bombardenwerk)
Convention Hall Atlantic City 1930 (Pedal, Solo, Brass, Fanfare)
Duke University Chapel, Durham NC (Aeolian organ - Pedal)
Engelberg Abbey 1922 (Man-IV)
First Baptist Church Jackson MS 1990 (Bombard, Pedal)
First Baptist Church Wichita TX 1956 (Pedal)
First Congregational Church Los Angeles 1991 (Pedal)
Gewandhaus Leipzig 1977 (Hauptwerk)
Ingreja Nostra Senhora Auxilliadora Niteroi 1956 (Pedal)
Johannesburg Town Hall 1975 (Bombarde)
Nossa Senhora da Lapo Porto Portugal 1995 (Pedal)
Maria Himmelfahrt Landsberg 1983 (Bombardwerk)
Marienbasilika, Kevelaer 1987 (Pedal)
Metropolitan Church Toronto 1930 (Bombarde)
Milan Cathedral 1938 (Solo)
Mother Church of Christ Scientist Boston 1952 (Swell)
Orléans Cathédrale 1979 (Pédale)
Pieve di S. Stefano, Serravalle, Italy 1822 (Manual 'Cornetto Chinese' 5 1/3)
Radio City Music Hall New York 1932 (Pedal)
Royal Albert Hall London 1973 (Pedal, Bombard)
St Paul's Anglican Church Toronto 1914 (Tuba)
Salt Lake Tabernacle 1945 (Swell)
San Sebastian Cathedral 1953 (Pedal)
Teatro Real Madrid 1967 (Pedal)
Vermont Street UMC VT 1996 (Pedal)
West Point Chapel 1996 (Pedal, Great, Harmonic, Vox)
Westwood UMC Los Angeles CA 1995 (Swell)
Worcester Auditorium 1993 (Pedal)



TIERCES

Convention Hall Atlantic City 1930 (Pedal, Fanfare)
Engelberg Abbey 1922 (Man IV)
West Point Chapel 1996 (Pedal, Great, Harmonic)



DISCLAIMER
The information given above is, to the best of my knowledge, correct.
However, organs change, are rebuilt or destroyed.
Please email me with any further information, either sins of omission or commission!
(And I know... even builder's leaflets can be in error.)



and from Julian Rhodes:

Here are three more organs which have had reed mutations removed, or have themselves been destroyed.

Atlantic City High School 1925 (Trombone Antiphonal)
Boustead residence, London 1914 (Solo)
Ely Cathedral 1908 (Swell)

In 1703, 5 1/3ft. quint trumpets were added by Faustino Carvalho to the Organo Grande and Pedal divisions of the Epistle organ in Sevilla Cathedral .



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