Reed organ
Maker
Mason & Hamlin
Date1893
Place MadeCambridge (Cambridgeport), 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 FtDimensionsOrgan 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.)Published ReferencesSheets, Arian. "Creating a Modern American Piano: Antecedents, Launch, and Reinvention of Mason & Hamlin's Piano Line Through 1905." M.M. thesis, University of South Dakota, 2026: 43-45.
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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