Question about how Allen shows their dispositions

[thadfield]

I have a question about how Allen shows their dispositions. I see that on the some specs there will be something like viole and viole Celeste on swell and then something like flute (sw) and flute Celeste (sw) on great. Normally I would think the (sw) means duplexed from swell but since they aren't the same stop, I'm not sure how that could be. Does it mean its a stop on the great but under swell expression ? Or what?

[toodles]

It means that the stop is under swell expression. In Allen's architecture, they do this when the Swell has the celeste frequency generators and the tone generators but keys them via the Great Keyboard. Mostly this is on the smaller organs. Commonly this is on smaller organs. On larger organs, they often have independent great celeste frequency and tone generation, and then the (SW) goes away.

It's a way to stretch small resources to provide greater flexibility.