Chamber Organ 1779 Thomas Chapman British 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. Technical description: Mahogany case with dark and light striping, gilt wood display pipes; suspended music rack; accidentals; range C, D-e3 (52 notes, C# omitted); present specification Stopt Diapason 8' (normal low-mouth wood stop), Principal 4' (stopped wood to F, F#-e3 metal with 1/4 mouths), Dulciana 8' (g-e3, 35 metal pipes, 2/9--1/5 mouths). Only the Principal is so marked; the two 8' stops have only occasional note markings. The Dulciana is a later addition replacing a missing 15th. One or more pipes of the original 15th may have been substituted for lost pipes of th