Reed organ
Maker
Mason & Hamlin
Date1893
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Model"Liszt" model style 1200
Serial No.198352
SignedAbove keyboards: Mason & Hamlin / LISZT ORGANDescriptionThree-manual "Lizst" reed organ. The designation, "Liszt," refers to the large-sized reeds, and the C-c4 compass.
Case: Walnut, heavy Eastlake style. The painted, wooden pipe facade is from a two-manual Mason & Hamlin organ, ca. 1880.
Original bench.
Three, 61-note manuals. Compass: C-c4, split point at B tenor C1.
Pedalboard, 30 notes. Compass: C-F1
17 stops, 13 ranks, 5 couplers.
Choir 16, 8, 8, 4 in the treble. 8, 8, 4, 2 + 2 in the bass.
Swell: 8, 4, and mutes in the treble. 8, 4, one mute in the bass.
Great: 16, 8, 8, and Celeste 8 in the treble. 16, 8, 8 in the bass.
Pedal: 32, 16, 8.
Couplers: Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Great to Choir, Great to Swell.
STOP LIST:
LEFT SIDE
Ch. Tremulant
Ch. Eolian Harp 2 Ft
Ch. Principal 4 Ft
Ped. Bourdon 16 Ft
Ped. Violoncello 8 Ft
Sw. Keraulophon 8 Ft
Ped. Sub Bourdon 32 Ft
Gt. Corno Dolce 16 Ft
Gt. Corno 16 Ft
CENTER
Choir to Great
Swell to Great
Ped. Forte
Ch. Forte
Gt. Forte
RIGHT SIDE
Ch. Saxophone 8 Ft
Ch. Hautboy 8 Ft
Ch. Clarinet 16 Ft
Sw. Dulcet 8 Ft
Sw. Flute Dolce 4 Ft
Sw. Flute 4 Ft
Gt. Gamba 8 Ft
Gt. Diapason 8 Ft
Gt. Voix Celeste 8 Ft
DimensionsOrgan case:
Height: 58" high plus 53" for pipe top
Width: 74" wide
Depth: 37" + 15" for pedals and bench.
ProvenanceThe organ was originally exported to a customer in England ca. 1898; about 80 years later it was shipped to The Netherlands. Around 1998 the organ was shipped to Dr. James Leslie Boeringer, Silver Spring, Maryland. (In the 1950s-at least 1967, Dr. James Boeringer was Professor and University Organist at the University of South Dakota.)
Credit LineGift of Margaret J. Boeringer, in memory of her mother, Grace Boeringer, and father, James Leslie Boeringer, 2014
Object number14872
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