Chamber Organ 18th century Unknown The chamber organ is a moderately-sized piped organ. It typically has a single manual, a limited number of stops, and a limited pedalboard or no pedals at all. It is generally intended for use in small chapels, in homes, or other intimate rooms. As it is capable of long sustained tones, it is sometimes preferable to harpsichord as a continuo instrument in chamber ensembles. This chamber organ is built in two parts with the bellows in a rectangular base on top of which sits the keyboards and pipes of a positive organ. The front of the base features a painted p

Chamber Organ 18th century Unknown The chamber organ is a moderately-sized piped organ. It typically has a single manual, a limited number of stops, and a limited pedalboard or no pedals at all. It is generally intended for use in small chapels, in homes, or other intimate rooms. As it is capable of long sustained tones, it is sometimes preferable to harpsichord as a continuo instrument in chamber ensembles. This chamber organ is built in two parts with the bellows in a rectangular base on top of which sits the keyboards and pipes of a positive organ. The front of the base features a painted panel with St. Cecilia playing an organ, accompanied by an angel playing a string bass. This painting is signed by Franz Casppar Hofer with the date 1758. Technical description: Two-part chamber organ consisting of a rectangular base containing the bellows, surmounted by a two-foot table positive organ; bellows include a wedge-shaped feeder beneath a wedge-shaped three-fold reservoir, the whole mounted at an angle; feeder operated by a strap (missing) which draws over a roller and out through a hole on the right side of the base. A rectangular wind duct (3 x 6 cm) rises from the narrow end of the bellows, penetrates the wood base of the positive above, and enters the left end of the pallet box. The positive case has a chromatic 2-foot arrangement of front speaking pipes that descend in height from left to right; the space in the upper right is filled by a large cloth-backed gilded pipe shade. Above this is a horizontal cornice which extends back along the sides; this is surmounted by a pierced, gilded ornamental carving displaying two coats of arms. The keyboard, at the base of the front pipes, extends forward almost to the front of the base. Range: C/E-c3 (short octave), 45 notes. Keys are hinged at their backs with parchment; they stand above the pallet box with each key directly over its pallet. Short stickers pass down through the chest table into grooves where they engage t

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