Organ
Edgar Horne
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, metal, leather, textile
Measurements
1390 mm (Width) x 770 mm (Depth); 1540 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Nottingham
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290033
Summary
American Organ, W. Doherty & Co., Clinton, Ontario, 1897. Maker's name erased. “W D & Co” worked into treadle covers’; maker’s name and location in gold to L and R of stop array respectively – polished out but “Clinton Ontario” just visible. A dealer's label on the batten below the stop knobs: EDGAR HORNE / DERBY, BUXTON, CHESTERFIELD, NOTTINGHAM In pencil on Great keyframe: Mar 8/97 Numbers: 22109; 124/22109; 2087 Two manual and pedal reed organ working on the negative pressure (suction) system used by American makers, hence the name given to the type. (The European Harmonium used a pressure system similar to that in a pipe organ.) American walnut casework. Variously carved (?), stamped and fretted ornamentation, with carrying handles and lamp stands at either end. Two 61-note manual keyboards, C compass. Detachable flat pedal board with 30 parallel wooden keys [C - F]. Sixteen drawstops controlling: 1 set pedal reeds (16′ pitch); 2 sets Swell reeds (8′, 4′ bass; 8′, 8′ (sharp) treble); 3 sets Great reeds (16′, 8′, 4′ treble and bass); Swell-Great, Great-Pedal and Great Octave couplers; Swell and Great Fortes. Two hitch down toe pedals; one for Full Organ, one for Swell and Great Forte, duplicating the drawstop action.
Marks and inscriptions
Edgar Home, Derby, Burton, Chesterfield, Nottingham (labelled)
Makers and roles
Edgar Horne, supplier