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HIGHLAND, IL62249
TEL (618) 654-2191
FAX (618) 654-3770
American Guild oI Organists
Standard Console SpeciIications
PEDALBOARD
Compass: 32 notes, CCC to G
Radiation: 8 It. 6 in. radius, Maximum
permissible, 9 It. 6 in., minimum 8 6
Concavity: 8 It. 6 in. radius, Maximum 8
It. 6 in, minimum 7 It. 6 in.
Length between heelboard and
toeboard: 27 in.
Length of playing surface of sharps: 6
in.
Height of sharps above naturals: 1 in. at
player's end, in. higher at the other.
Width of playing surface of natural
keys: 7/8 in. - 15/16 in.
Radius of curve of sharps: Fronts, 8 It. 6
in., back 9 It.
Distance, center to center of adjacent
natural keys at front end of sharps: 2
in. This makes the octave 17 in. Most
important oI all the measurements, it is
important that this distance be maintained.
Depth of touch: in. at Iront line oI
sharps
Weight of touch: 2 to 3 pounds at Iront
line oI sharps.
Point of speech: Midway between top and
bottom oI travel oI the pedal keys.
Couplers: Manuals to pedals 8` and 4`
Irom each manual to pedal (except only 8`
on great). Reversible pistons operating
either pedal or manual couplers should add
8` couplers but remove both 8` and 4`
couplers. Great to Pedal Reversible
duplicated by toe stud at right oI crescendo
shoe.
PEDALTO MANUAL
Left to right location: Centered under the
manuals.
Front to back: Pedal DD-sharp's Iront end
8 in. to 10 in. back oI plumb line dropped
Irom edge oI white keys oI lowest manual
oI two manual or three manual console; 11
in. on a Iour manual.
Vertical: 29 in. between playing surIace
oI natural keys oI lowest manual and
middle natural key oI pedal.
It. in.
PEDALACCESSORIES
Knee panel and toe-board carrying the
pedal accessories to Iollow the 9 It. radius
curve oI the distant end oI the sharp keys.
Crescendo shoes: Heel end oI playing
surIace oI shoe to overhang sharp keys by
1/ in. maximum Iorward position, or be
placed 3/4 in. maximum distance back oI
them these dimensions are Ior the shoes in
closed position.
Swell shoe to be located directly in Iront oI
the E-F gap.
Choir or Positiv shoe to leIt oI swell.
Solo shoe to right oI swell.
Register-crescendo shoe invariable to the
right oI all others, and slightly raised.
Great shoe in small two-manual organs,
where great is enclosed, to replace choir or
Positiv shoe at leIt oI swell shoe.
Bench: Normal height above middle E oI
pedal clavier, 20 in., adjustable up or
down Irom this height by as much as 2 in.
in either direction by means crank.
MANUALS
Compass: CC to c4, 61 notes.
Overhang of the keys: 4 / in. to 2 in.
surIace to surIace. Manuals may slope
toward Great or be level.
Depth of touch: 5/16 in. to 3/8 in. scant.
Point of speech: Midway between top and
bottom oI travel oI the keys.
Weight of touch: 3/ to 3/ ounces with
tracker touch recommended on electro-
pneumatic instruments.
COUPLERS:
All manuals couple to Great and Pedal.
Swell couples to Choir or Positive. Choir
or Positiv couples to Great,
ORDER OF STOPS
The order within each division is: 16` Ilues,
8` Ilues, 4` Ilues, 2` Ilues, Mixtures, 16`
reeds, 8` reeds, 4` reeds. Stops not
mentioned in the above take their normal
position according to pitch in their
respective Ilue and reed divisions. Loudest
to soItest is the order within pitch groups.
(LeIt to right Ior stop-tabs, bottom to top
Ior draw-knobs).
Stop-tab consoles: Two rows over top
manual; top row: leIt to right; Swell, Choir,
Solo or Echo, with couplers oI each
division Iollowing the stops. Lower row:
Pedal, Great, Positiv.
Draw-knob consoles: leIt jamb: Pedal and
Swell; right: Solo, Great, Choir, Positiv.
Order within the division as given, Irom
bottom to top. Tremulants at top.
Intramanual couplers above each division
oI stops.
Order of couplers above top manual on
draw-knob consoles: leIt to right.
Pedal couplers: Great, Swell, Choir-
Positiv, Solo.
Manual couplers: Swell to Great, Choir or
Positiv to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to
Choir, Solo to Choir, Great to Choir.
COMBINATIONS:
It is suggested that where there are 8 or
more manual pistons Ior each manual, that
they start under middle C oI each manual
and be spaced 1 1/8 in. apart. General
pistons, divided under Swell and Great
manuals, to the leIt oI manual pistons, with
space enough between the two groups Ior
Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, and Swell
to Great reversibles. General pistons to be
duplicated by toe studs on the leIt oI
crescendo shoes. Pedal pistons by toe
studs only on the right oI crescendo shoes.
KNEE
PANEL
MIDDLE 'D'
DD#
2
9

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'
2

'
'
8 '- 10'' for 2 & 3 MAN
11'' for 4 MAN
KEY BED
SWELL
PEDAL 4
1

4 1/4''
3/4''
Measurements for Console
R
A
D

B

8
'
6
'
'
Section at "X-X"
x x
R
A
D

A

9
'
0
"
R
A
D

C

8
'
6
"
2
1
"
2"
2
7
"
1
7

"
Measurements for Pedalboard