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E. Power Biggs, Concert Organist: E. Power Biggs, Concert Organist

E. Power Biggs, Concert Organist

E. Power Biggs, Concert Organist

Appendix A

THE BIGGS INSTRUMENTS

Germanic Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Aeolian-Skinner, 1937

HAUPTWERKEPOSITIVPEDAL
Quintade 16’Koppelflöte 8’Bourdon 16’
Principal 8’Nachthorn 4’Principal 8’
Spitzflöte 8’Nasat 2 ⅔’Gedeckt Bass 8’
Principal 4’Blockflöte 2’Nachthorn 4’
Rohrflöte 4’Terz 1 ⅗’Blockflöte 2’
Quint 2 ⅔’Sifflöte 1’Mixtur III (4’)
Super Octave 2’Zimbel III (½’)Posaune 16’
Fourniture IV (1 ⅓’)Krummhorn 8’Trumpete 8’
Krummhorn 4’ (Pos.)
4 Couplers
8 General Combinations
Crescendo Pedal

The Cambridge Portative

Schlicker Organ Company, 1953

GREATPOSITIVPEDAL
Gedeckt 8’Gedeckt 8’Untersatz 16’
Quintadena 8’Quintadena 8’Gross Gedeckt 8’
Octave 4’Rohr Floete 4’Gedeckt 8’
Rohr Floete 4’Rohr Floete 2’Octave 4’
Nasat 2 ⅔’Quintadena 2’Bourdon 4’
Principal 2’Larigot 1 ⅓’Quintadena 4’
Rohr Floete 2’Siffloete 1’Rohr Floete 2’
Mixture IIICymbal IINasat 1 ⅔’
Krummhorn 8’Mixture II
Ranket 16’
Krummhorn 8’

2 General Combinations

This is a unified organ, all stops being derived from the following ranks: Untersatz 16’, Gedeckt 8’, Quintadena 8’, Octave 4’, Rohr Floete 4’, Nasat 2 ⅔’, Mixture III, Cymbal II, Ranket 16’, and Krummhorn 8’.

Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

D. A. Flentrop, 1958

HOOFDWERKRUGPOSITIEFBORSTWERK
Prestant 8’Holpijp 8’Zingend Gedekt 8’
Roerfluit 8’Prestant 4’Koppelfluit 4’
Octaaf 4’Roerfluit 4’Prestant 2’
Speelfluit 4’Gemshoorn 2’Sifflet 1’
Nasard 2 ⅔’Quint 1 ⅓’Cymbel I
Vlakfluit 2’Mixtuur IIRegaal 8’
Terts 1 ⅗Kromhoorn 8’
Mixtuur IV
PEDAALCOUPLERS
Bourdon 16’Hoofdwerk-Pedaal
Prestant 8’Rugpositief-Pedaal
Gedekt 8’Borstwerk-Pedaal
Fluit 4’Rugpositief-Hoofdwerk
Mixtuur IIIBorstwerk-Hoofdwerk
Fagot 16’
Trompet 8’

The Pedal Harpsichord

John Challis, 1964

MANUAL IMANUAL IIPEDAL
16’8’16’
8’Harp on 8’8’
8’4’
4’Harp on 16’
Harp on 8’Harp on 8’

“Full Harpsichord” Pedal
Venetian Swell (Pedal only)

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