Doherty Organ


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Left:

Bourdon 16,ViolonCello 16, Gt. to Pedal, Harp Aeoline 2

Euphone 16, Stopped Diapason 8, Flute 4, Piccolo2, Angelica2

Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Principal 4, Sackbut 4

Right:

Bourdon, Forte, Vox Humana,
Gt. Oct. Sw. to Gt

Vox Celeste 16, Oboe 2, Flute 4, Stopped Diapason 8, Euphone 16

Dulciana 8, Principal 4, Diapason 8, Bourdon 16

There are two pedals on the bottom (above the key-board):

Sw. to Gt. and Full Organ

The pedal-board is a full 2 1/2 octaves - C - F

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Company history:
Doherty Organ Co., Clinton, Ontario Canada.

Started as Doherty & Menzies in 1868, a furniture and music retailer. Started in 1875.
In 1898 the entire plant burned, but within three months a new factory consisting of two buildings at the corner of East and Irwin Streets was built with a capacity of four hundred organs per month. The buildings are still in existence.
Piano production began about 1905 and the firm was renamed Doherty Piano & Organ Co. in 1908.

Aqcuired by Sherlock-Manning Organ Co. in 1920.

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