medium sized 3 manual organ

[solotibiaclausa]

I might have the chance to get an old Zimmer console. It has 7 great knobs, 6 choir knobs, 8 swell knobs and 7 pedal knobs.



I came up with this scheme:



GREAT

8' Principal

8' Melodia

8' Gamba (unit)

4' Octave

4' Nachthorn

2' Block Flute

8' Trumpet



CHOIR (enclosed)

8' Gedeckt

8' Dulciana

8' Unda Maris

4' Gemshorn

2' Fifteenth

8' Clarinet



SWELL (enclosed)

8' RohrFlute (unit)

8' Salicional

8' Voix Celeste

4' Principal

4' Harmonic Flute

III Dolce Cornet (2 2/3'-2'-1 3/5')

8' Cornopean (unit)

8' Oboe



PEDAL

16' Violone (small scale wood, ext Gamba)

16' Subbass

16' RohrBourdon (ext Sw.)

8' Octave

8' Flute (ext. 16')

4' Super Octave (ext.)

16' Bombarde (ext. Sw.)



COUPLERS (tilting tabs)

Choir to Pedal

Great to Pedal

Swell to Pedal



Great to Choir

Swell to Choir

Choir Tremolo



Choir to Great

Swell to Great

Great Chimes



Swell Tremolo



For a small house organ, I dont think unison and sub-unison couplers matter. Would be a nice little organ if ever built.....



-I put the 2' block flute on the great so it wont be "screaming" at
full organ and the 2' Fifteenth on the choir to get that classical
"positif" sound.



-Contrasting 8' flutes on all manuals. (and some contrasting 4' flutes)



-Contrasting reeds on all manuals; 1 trumpet exposed and 1 enclosed



-Contrasting celestes on choir and swell



-16' violone will add a bit of clarity to the pedal lines



What do you think????

[soubasse32]

Very nice...</P>


My suggestions:</P>


I like lots of 16' manual tone (for the French literature); I notice you have no 16' manual stops but three 16' flues in the Pedal.</P>


I might borrow the 16' Rohrflute to the Great, and not have the 8' Gamba (but keep it in the Pedal). That, or you could havethe Gamba at 16' instead of 8' in the Great(though I'm aware that it would take away a bit of the gravity from the Pedal). Compromises...</P>


I think three 16' flues in the Pedal is a bitluxurious for a small residence organ, and I think I would miss having a 4' Pedal flute. I might opt for the 4' Flute (perhaps another extension, or not)and discard one of those two extended 16' flue stops.Added benefit: a4' extensionwould be a lot cheaper than a 16' extension (pipe-wise)! [:)]</P>

[Menschenstimme]

Following along with what Soubasse 32 suggesting, another option to consider would be borrowing the Clarinet or Oboe to the Pedal at 4'. Taking this even further, you could borrow the Trumpet to the Pedal at 8' and then consider having a 16' extension for a Pedal reed; this could even be half-length. As Soubasse 32 said, compromises ............</P>


Good luck!</P>

[KleinErzahler]

Greetings,

Very nice specification. With regard to the suggestions by Soubasse and MenchenStimme, my inclination would be to simply give the Pedal some sort of 8va knob or tab, that cuts off unison pitch and plays everything on the Pedal up an octave - since most of it is extended anyway. That way, you can maintain your full compliment of 16's and 8's.

In an intimate space like a residence, particularly if the organ is going in the basement where it is pretty closed in, 16' manual tone should be carefully considered so as to not make things muddy. You might want to experiment with playing some ranks at 16' pitch and see how they sound to you before you commit to it!

In the end, your residence organ can be whatever you want it to be. I think your spec is very nice.

- N