ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
From: Jack Hardman, January 1998
I bought the console (1571) from Jasper, and we are currently installing
the old Dick Simonton organ here. The console Simonton used was a
butched up 3-manual converted to 4 manuals, and is well documented in TO
magazine. That console was sold to Mike Coup in Wichita, Kansas and was
said to have been for installation as the second console at hte Music
Palace there.
The Simonton organ was shipped to Great Falls, VA, about 3 years ago,
and has been under restoration for the last 16 months. The organ has
been completely releathered and will soon be installed into the chambers
of a private studio here purpose built for the instrument.
Opus 1571 was purchased before the Simonton organ became available, and
being a preferable console, it was chosen to be included in this
installation, hence the sale of the Simonton console before being
shipped to Virginia.