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Old 3rd Apr 2018, 4:06 pm   #33
trsomian
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Default Re: Miller Organs from Norwich

I seem to remember that the keyboard had a smaller range than a typical piano, but I can't remember by how much. The cabinet was floor standing, the length of the keyboard plus a bit, about the height of the centre of the music rest, and about 2 to 3 feet deep. The back was covered in cloth, through which could be seen the valves glowing and the "heater" lamps when they were on. I forget the number of stops it had, may be 12 to 20 at a guess. The loudspeakers were in a separate odd shaped box mounted over the "proscenium arch" between the chancel and the nave; curiously facing the alter, not the congregation. From what little I know of the history of that 1950s church, low purchase price would likely have been significant.
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