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Chest Organ, ca. 1620
NMM 4031. Chest organ by Johannes
Jacob Hannss,
northern Germany, ca. 1620. Engraved on a square tin pipe: Joh /
Jacob
/ Hannss / C. Single manual (45 keys; short octave), hand-operated
bellows. Six stops; 390 pipes. Eventually discarded in Germany,
such instruments were retained in Poland and similar areas where
economic conditions were not as favorable. Rawlins Fund, 1986.
Stop list:
Doppelter Zimbal 1/6'
Flote Major 8'
Flote Minor 4'
Oktave 2'
Doppelte Mixtur 1/2'
Prinzipal 1'
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