I don't think many people are 'organ nuts' in the sense of wanting to know all the ins-and-outs of the often complicated mechanisms inside.
However in the July/August edition of Choir and Organ, there was an advert for a new Fisk organ in Delaware, which mentioned the system above.
Some details of Fisk's Op 164 instrument can also be found here: https://cbfisk.com/opus/opus-164/
In short, it's a smallish 2-manual instrument with mechanical action. But all the manual stops can be played on either manual. This has made my mind boggle Easy enough with electric stop action, but trying to visualise a mechanical way of doing it has got me stumped. From the picture, the stops seem to slide sideways, presumably the central position being 'off' and pushing them left or right assigns them to one manual or the other.
Any ideas, anyone?
I'd just mention that my main reason for taking Choir and Organ is to keep up with world of choirs, not to to indulge in the aforementioned organ-boggling.
However in the July/August edition of Choir and Organ, there was an advert for a new Fisk organ in Delaware, which mentioned the system above.
Some details of Fisk's Op 164 instrument can also be found here: https://cbfisk.com/opus/opus-164/
In short, it's a smallish 2-manual instrument with mechanical action. But all the manual stops can be played on either manual. This has made my mind boggle Easy enough with electric stop action, but trying to visualise a mechanical way of doing it has got me stumped. From the picture, the stops seem to slide sideways, presumably the central position being 'off' and pushing them left or right assigns them to one manual or the other.
Any ideas, anyone?
I'd just mention that my main reason for taking Choir and Organ is to keep up with world of choirs, not to to indulge in the aforementioned organ-boggling.