OHS Database: Instrument Details

E.F. Walcker Orgelbau, Opus 5310, 1967

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401

The organ is in a case at the front of the room. The organ has an attached keydesk.

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The state of this organ is unknown to the database, being undocumented or unreported.
We received the most recent update on this organ's state and condition 2006-01-05.

Two manuals. 3 divisions. 10 stops. 10 registers. 13 ranks. 617 pipes.

Slider chests. Mechanical key action. Mechanical stop action.

Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs. No enclosed divisions. No combination action. Flat radiating pedalboard. Hitchdown couplers.

Notes:

Status Note: There 1967 (OHS PC Database. 2004-10-30)
10 registers. (OHS PC Database. 2004-10-30)
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. (Database Manager. 2006-01-05)

Bibliography.

Pape, Uwe. The Tracker Organ Revival in America. (Berlin: Pape Verlag, 1977), 172 [0]

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Stoplist copied from the console February, 1988

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
University of Alabama - Music Bldg./Practice Room

E.F. Walcker GmbH Orgelbau, Opus 5310, 1967

MANUAL I
   8      Gedeckt                   56
   4      Prinzipal                 56
   II-III Mixture                  135

MANUAL II
   8      Rohrflöte                 56
   4      Koppelflöte               56
   2      Prinzipal                 56
   II     Sesquialtera   [12-17]   112

PEDAL
   16     Subbass                   30
   8      Gedecktbass               30
   4      Choralbass                30

COUPLERS (labeled; l-r; hitch-down)
   II - I
   I - Ped
   II - Ped

ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop
VOICES: 10
STOPS: 10
RANKS: 13
PIPES: 617

[Received on line from James R. Stettner January 04, 2010.]

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Instrument Details

E.F. Walcker Orgelbau, Opus 5310, 1967

We record information both on an organ's state (as an aspect of its existence as an historical artifact) and on its condition (as an aspect of its existence as a useful musical instrument)