Immanuel Baptist Church / University of Scranton: Houlihan-McLean Center
Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue
Scranton, PA
Images
2023-03-07 - Universal Air Chest interior (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-07 - Universal Air Chest interior (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-07 - Universal Air Chest interior (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-07 - Glass viewing window into Universal Air Chest (these windows were added to the ceiling of the hallway that separates the console and organ chamber) (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-07 - The Great pipework viewed from the Swell chamber (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-07 - Choir chamber pipework (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-06 - A portion of the Great chamber behind the 16' facade pipes (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-06 - Back of the facade and 16' face pipes from the instrument's top chamber roof (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-07 - Choir chamber pipework (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-07 - Console (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2023-03-07 - 16' Diapason facade (Photograph by Kreg Ulery/Kreg Ulery)
2017-04-25 - Great/Choir Pipework (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)
2017-04-25 - Builder Nameplate (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)
2024-05-10 - Building Interior (Jim Tartella, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 39 stops
- 58 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
Notes
2010-11-25 - Identified through online information from Matthew J. Geda. -- Restoration of and renovations to existing Austin organ of 1910. Pipework fully restored in the mid 2000s; alterations made to to original stoplist; new type Austin actions in original chests; new solid state memory system; in regular use by the University of Scranton. This instrument is a FINE example of Austin's earlier work. Excellent for all Symphonic and Romantic literature. -Database Manager
2021-01-19 - When the original organ was installed, there were preparations that were provided for on the console and in the chamber, but no pipes were included. A Gross Flute for the great division was prepared for and we chose to add a Doppel Flute in its place. The Great was not supplied with a Mixture, so we added new a Mixture V in the position the Vox Humana had occupied in the Solo. The Vox Humana was then mounted in an Austin “Vox in a Box” on the back wall of the Solo. The Solo Gamba and Gamba Celeste had been moved to the Swell in the past; the Swell Viol d’Orchestra and corresponding Celeste were missing at the start of the rebuilding project. The Solo strings were returned to the Solo Division, and replacement VDO’s were obtained and installed to match the era and sound. -- from Patrick J. Murphy & Assoc. website, with corrections. -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
Typed Specification Source: From builder's website Date not recorded
Scranton, Pennsylvania
University of Scranton - Houlihan-McLean Center
Patrick J. Murphy & Assoc. Organbuilders 2004
Rebuild of Austin Organ Co. Opus 301 1910
4 manuals, 38 stops, 46 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 61 16' Quintaton 73
16' Bourdon (Ch) -- 8' Diapason Phonon 73
8' Principal Diapason 61 8' Gross Gedeckt 73
8' Small Open Diapason 61 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Doppel Flute 61 8' Viole Celeste 73
8' Claribel Flute (Ch) -- 8' Vox Seraphique (TC) 61
8' Salicional (Ch) -- 4' Principal 73
4' Octave 61 4' Octave Viole 73
4' Waldfloete (Ch) -- 4' Flauto Traverso 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 Mixture III-V 269
2' Fifteenth 61 16' Contra Oboe Horn 73
V Mixture (encl in Solo) 305 8' Cornopean 73
16' Double Trumpet 61 8' Oboe 73
8' Trumpet (fr. 16') 12 4' Clarion 73
4' Clarion (fr. 16') 12 Tremulant
Great 16, Unison Off, 4 Swell 16, Unison Off, 4
Swell to Great 16, 8, 4 Solo to Swell 8
Choir to Great 16, 8, 4
Solo to Great 8, 4 PEDAL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason 44
CHOIR ORGAN 16' Bourdon 44
16' Bourdon 73 16' Violone (Gt) --
8' Claribel Flute 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Ch) --
8' Salicional 73 10-2/3' Quint (Bourdon) --
8' Concert Flute 73 8' Octave (Op Diap) --
4' Waldflute 73 8' Octave Bourdon (Bdn) --
2' Piccolo Harmonique 61 8' Violoncello (So) --
8' Flugel Horn 73 16' Tuba Profunda (So) --
8' Clarinet 73 16' Double Trumpet (Gt) --
Tremulant 16' Fagotto (Sw) --
Choir 16, Unison Off, 4 8' Harmonic Tuba (So) --
Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4 4' Harmonic Clarion (So) --
Solo to Choir 8 Great to Pedal 8, 4
Swell to Pedal 8, 4
SOLO ORGAN Choir to Pedal 8, 4
8' Flauto Major 73 Solo to Pedal 8
8' Gross Gamba 73 Pedal to Pedal 8
8' Gross Gamba Celeste 73
8' Vox Humana 73 MIDI
16' Tuba Profunda 61 Great MIDI
8' Harmonic Tuba (fr. 16') 12 Swell MIDI
4' Harmonic Clarion (16') 12 Choir MIDI
Tremulant Solo MIDI
Solo 16, Unison Off, 4
Swell to Solo 8
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-06-06]
[Corrections from Paul R. Marchesano 2021-01-19]
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