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The Solo Chamber is largely installed at this point. The primary Solo chest, Tibia and Vox windchests have been winded, and 5 ranks in the Solo are now playable. The 8-foot basses for the Dulciana and Salicional need to be installed, as well as the 16 foot octave of the Trumpet.
SOLO RESOURCES:
8 Open Diapason (Artcraft, 1925)
16 Tibia Clausa (Wurlitzer, 1925; 1-12 from Robert-Morton Bass Flute; Chaplin organ)
8 Melodia (Robert-Morton, 1923; Chaplin organ)
8 Viole da Gamba (Reuter, 1925)
8 Salicional (Robert-Morton, 1923; Chaplin organ); pipes by Archie March, Sr.
8 Voix Celeste, TC (Aeolian? may not be staying)
8 Dulciana (Robert-Morton, 1923; Chaplin organ)
8 Dulciana Celeste, TC (Robert-Morton)
8 Vox Humana (Robert-Morton) - this is a RM #3 Vox, initialled by H.E.Kinsley, one of RM's top voicers, and the CC block bears the stamp of pipemaker H.J.Carruthers, who worked for Hope-Jones, Skinner, Wurlitzer, and finally Robert Morton.
8 Clarinet (Moller, 1930)
16 Trumpet (Casavant, 1927)
16 Bass Flute (Chaplin organ) in rear, Wurlitzer Tibia behind Vox Humana on elevated chest; Robert-Morton Melodia in front. The Bass Flute is crammed onto the chest, which makes me think the Chaplin installation was very, very tight!
The "causeway" at the front of the Solo chamber runs over a six-inch galvanized line feeding the Tibia reservoir. The large flutes at the end are the Morton Bass Flute, and the Tibia and Vox chest looms above. Swell shades are to the right.
Tibia and Vox, with Tibia trebles behind the Vox. The original Robert-Morton Vox in this chest (from the Chaplin organ), had five more reed pipes than does this set, leading me to believe that this Vox is a later vintage than 1923.
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