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PIPE ORGANS OF
TEMPLE SQUARE

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Assembly Hall Concert Organ -- Specification

Builder:	Robert L. Sipe, Inc., Garland, Texas, USA
Date:	1983
Casework:	Façade pipes: Pedal 16' Principal (flamed copper);
Console type:	detached
Stop controls:	drawknob
Pedalboard:	concave, radiating
Key action:	mechanical
Stop action:	electric (32 memories)
Temperament:	Equal
Tuning:	A440
No. of stops:	49
No. of ranks:	65
No. of pipes:	3,489
Wind power:	Ventus (?) electric blower
Wind pressures:	Manuals: 2 1/4"; Pedal: 2 1/2"; Trompette en chamade: 5"

Stoplist:

I Positiv (C-c4; 61 notes; 12 stops; 15 ranks; 903 pipes)

8'	Flûte conique	49 pipes (1-12 common with Holzgedeckt)
8'	Holzgedeckt	61 pipes
4'	Principal	61 pipes
4'	Rohrflöte	61 pipes
2 2/3'	Nazard	61 pipes
2'	Octave	61 pipes
2'	Gemshorn	61 pipes
1 3/5'	Tierce	61 pipes
1 1/3'	Larigot	61 pipes
2/3'	Scharf IV	244 pipes
8'	Cromorne	61 pipes
8'	Trompette en chamade	61 pipes
	Trompette en chamade sub coupler
	Tremulant

II Great (C-c4; 61 notes; 12 stops; 18 ranks; 1098 pipes)

16'	Quintaton	61 pipes
8'	Principal	61 pipes
8'	Gedeckt	61 pipes
8'	Gemshorn	61 pipes
4'	Octave	61 pipes
4'	Spillflöte	61 pipes
2'	Super Octave	61 pipes
2 2/3'	Sesquialtera II	122 pipes
1 1/3'	Mixture IV	244 pipes
1/2'	Cymbel III	183 pipes
16'	Contra Trompete	61 pipes
8'	Trompete	61 pipes
	Tremulant

III Swell (enclosed; C-c4; 61 notes; 13 stops; 17 ranks; 1008 pipes)

8'	Viole de gambe	61 pipes
8'	Viole celeste	56 pipes (begins on F)
8'	Bourdon	61 pipes
4'	Principal	61 pipes
4'	Flûte ouverte	61 pipes
2'	Doublette	61 pipes
2'	Blockflöte	61 pipes
2 2/3'	Cornet II	98 pipes (begins on tenor C)
1'	Fourniture IV	244 pipes
16'	Basson	61 pipes
8'	Hautbois	61 pipes
8'	Regal	61 pipes
4'	Clairon	61 pipes
	Tremulant

Pedal (C-g1; 32 notes; 12 stops; 15 ranks; 480 pipes)

16'	Principal	32 pipes
16'	Subbass	32 pipes
8'	Octave	32 pipes
8'	Spitzflöte	32 pipes
4'	Choralbass	32 pipes
4'	Nachthorn	32 pipes
2'	Super Octave	32 pipes
2'	Mixture IV	128 pipes
32'	Contra Fagott	32 pipes
16'	Posaune	32 pipes
8'	Trompete	32 pipes
4'	Rohr Schalmei	32 pipes
	Tremulant

Couplers

Positiv to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Positiv
Positiv to Great
Swell to Great

Combinations (32 memory levels)

General 1-10 (thumb) (1-5 duplicated by toe studs)
Positiv 1-6 (thumb)
Great 1-6 (thumb)
Swell 1-6 (thumb)
Pedal 1-6 (toe)

Reversibles

Positiv to Pedal (thumb and toe)
Great to Pedal (thumb and toe)
Swell to Pedal (thumb and toe)
32' Contra Fagott (toe)
Tutti I, II, III (thumb and toe; each tutti fully adjustable for each memory level)

Mechanicals and Accessories

Swell expression pedal (mechanical)
Memory level selector
Combination setter button
Memory lock
Memory level "clear"
Blind check
General cancel
Adjustable bench

For Further Reading

Longhurst, John. "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Assembly Hall," American Organist, July 1984, pp. 37-39.
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