Made by Thomas Appleton, 1785-1872 / Pipe Organ / 1830Made by Thomas Appleton, 1785-1872
Pipe Organ
1830

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Creator Name: Appleton, Thomas Gooch
Creator Role: Maker
Creator Name-CRT: Made by Thomas Appleton, 1785-1872
Title: Pipe Organ
Title Type: Object name
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1830
Creation End Date: 1830
Creation Date: 1830
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Aerophone/flue blown/keyboard
Materials and Techniques: Wood, various materials
Dimensions: H. 16 ft. 1 in. (490.2 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 1982.59
Credit Line: Purchase, Margaret M. Hess Gift, in memory of her father, John D. McCarty, 1982.
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

The pipe organ is the best preserved product of the renowned Boston craftsman Thomas Appleton. Built in 1830, perhaps for South Church in Hartford, Connecticut, it was reinstalled by Emmons Howard in 1833 at Sacred Heart Church in Plains, Pennsylvania, where it was discovered, unused and neglected, in 1980. The organ's conservative tonal design and mahogany Greek Revival case reflect British models of the late eighteenth century. Standing more than fifteen feet high and having gold-leafed façade pipes (diapasons), the organ comprises sixteen ranks totaling 836 pipes, two 58-tone manuals, and a 27-note pedalboard, the latter replacing the shorter original one. Wind is supplied by hand-pumped bellows. The pipes of the upper manual are mainly enclosed in an elevated box with louvers that can be opened by a pedal for dynamic expression. The rest of the manual pipes are disposed above the recessed console, while the blowing apparatus and the key and stop mechanisms occupy the lower part of the case. The pedal rank rests on a separate wind chest behind the case. Tuning is in a customary mean tone temperament pitched at A=435.7 Hz.

Appleton's carving and joinery are particularly skillful. Before being hired by the prominent organ builder William Goodrich in 1807, Appleton had served an apprenticeship with the cabinetmaker Elisha Larned. Following a partnership with the piano makers Hayt and Alpheus Babcock, Appleton opened his own shop in 1820. In 1839 the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association awarded him a gold medal, and his reputation continued to grow until he retired in 1869, by which time his numerous instruments were serving churches as distant as California and South Carolina.


AMICA ID: MMA_.1982.59
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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