Chamber Organ 18th century Unknown The chamber organ is a moderately-sized piped organ. It typically has a single manual, a limited number of stops, and a limited pedalboard or no pedals at all. It is generally intended for use in small chapels, in homes, or other intimate rooms. As it is capable of long sustained tones, it is sometimes preferable to harpsichord as a continuo instrument in chamber ensembles. This chamber organ is built in two parts with the bellows in a rectangular base on top of which sits the keyboards and pipes of a positive organ. The front of the base features a painted panel with St. Cecilia playing an organ, accompanied by an angel playing a string bass. This painting is signed by Franz Casppar Hofer with the date 1758. Technical description: Two-part chamber organ consisting of a rectangular base containing the bellows, surmounted by a two-foot table positive organ; bellows include a wedge-shaped feeder beneath a wedge-shaped three-fold reservoir, the whole mou