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Help!!!! with the count of pipe ranks

dilya

New member
Dear Friends!
I am playing this beautiful organ in a catholic church in New Orleans. Finally, they decided to insure the instrument. The appraiser is asking about the ranks of pipes and I have no idea how to count them. CAn you please explain me how to do it?

This is the list of stops they have:


GREAT
SWELL
CHOIR
PEDAL
Diapason 8Rohr Flote 8Nacht Horn 8Diapason 16
Harmonic Flute 8Viol Celeste 8Unda Maris 8Bourdon 16
Gemshorn 8Viol de Gambe 8Dulciana 8Rohr Bourdon 16
Octave 4Principal 4Koppel Flote 4Octave 8
Octave Quint 2-2/3Flute Ouverte 4Nazard 2-2/3Bourdon 8
Super Octave 2Cymbel III RksBlock Flote 2Rohr Flote 8
Great 16Trompette 8Oboe 8Super Octave 4
Great 4Clarion 4TremulantBourdon 4
Great UnisonTremulantChoir 16
Swell 16Choir 4
Swell 4Choir Unison
Swell Unison
COUPLERS (Back Rail)
Great To Pedal
Great to Pedal 4
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Pedal 4
Choir to Pedal
Choir to Pedal 4
Swell to Great 16
Swell to Great
Swell to Great 4
Choir to Great 16
Choir to Great
Choir to Great 4
Swell to Choir 16
Swell to Choir
Swell to Choir 4



Thank you in advance for your help!!!!
 

FinnViking

Member
Each stop is a rank of pipes, except the Cymbel III Rks = three ranks. There seem to be 29 stops, of which one has three ranks, making a total of 31 ranks of pipes.
 

Krummhorn

Administrator
Staff member
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Here in the US, the current price for new pipes is anywhere between $12,000 and $40,000 per rank, reed ranks are always on the high end.

We have our church II/9 Möller insured for $260,000. It would cost pretty close to that figure to replicate it today. We originally paid about $33,000 for it in 1979.
 
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