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Austin Organ Co. Opus 507 (1914)

St. Clement's Church, Episcopal: Church
2013 Appletree Street
Philadelphia, PA

OHS convention: 1996, 2016

Images

2023-03-19 - Church interior (Photograph by Dylan David Shaw, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-12-08 - Church interior (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

c. 1919 - Choir and right organ case, showing newly installed upper windows in the Choir. (Photograph courtesy of Jim Stettner, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Cases (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of William Dunklin (1921)/Database Manager)

2015-02-15 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel. and Twin Organ Cases (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2015-02-15 - Left Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
44 stops
55 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-12-21 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 20, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2014-06-07 - The organ retained 24 ranks from 1883 Hilborne L. Roosevelt Op. 125; according to the church website "In 1948, a new Austin console was installed, and some tonal changes were made; additional tonal 'modernizations' occurred in the 1960's. With the exception of a few new voices, the instrument is now restored to its original 1914 specification, using vintage Austin pipework wherever possible. Several orchestral voices, including a French Horn (E.M. Skinner) have been added to the specification. A comprehensive restoration project, completed in 1997, involved several fine craftsmen: Samuel H. Hughes (reed voices restoration), Steven Emery (mechanical restoration and tuning), Robert Wuestoff/Fritzsche Organ Co. (chamber and pipe cleaning), Bynum Petty (Choir Organ pipework revoicing) and Bob Schopp (Façade refinishing and Trumpets En Chamade)." -Database Manager

2020-12-29 - The 1997 renovations included installing a new console built by R.A. Colby, including expression slide bars on the manual keyslips "a la" Wanamaker Organ. -Paul R. Marchesano

2022-10-20 - The Austin organ Op. 507, 1914, which cost $11,900, incorporated much of the 1883 Roosevelt pipework (and therefore, possibly, some of the Standbridge pipework.) -- *1996 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist from the 1996 edition of the OHS <i>The Tracker</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     St. Clement's Episcopal Church

     Austin   Op. 507   1914   4/49
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     r - retained from 1883 Hilborne Roosevelt Op. 125
     
     GREAT (*encl w/Choir)            SWELL
r16' Double Diapason    61      r 16' Bourdon            73
r 8' Principal Diapason 61      r  8' Open Diapason      73
  8' Open Diapason      61      r  8' Stopped Diapason   73
r 8' Violoncello        61 *    r  8' Melodia            73
  8' Gross Gedackt       5 PD      8' Viole d'Orchestre  73
r 8' Hohl Flute         61 *       8' Viole Celeste II  134
r 4' Octave             61         8' Quintadena         73
r 4' Wald Flute         61 *    r  8' Dolce              73
r 2' Super Octave       61      r  4' Octave             73
III  Mixture (r)       183 *    r  4' Harmonic Flute     73
  8' Trumpet            61 *    r  2' Flageolet          61
                                rIII  Mixture           183
     SOLO                         16' Double Oboe Horn   61
  8' Grand Diapason     73         8' Cornopean          73
  8' Flauto Major       73      r  8' Oboe               12
  8' Gross Gamba        73         8' Vox Humana         61
  8' Gamba Celeste      73         4' Oboe Clarion       12
  8' Tuba Harmonic      73            Tremolo
  8' Orchestral Oboe    73            Sub
     Tremolo                          Unison Off
     Sub                              Super
     Unison Off
     Super                            CHOIR
                                r  8' Open Diapason      73
     PEDAL                      r  8' Stopped Flute      73
 32' Resultant Bass     --         8' Concert Flute      73
 16' Magnaton           32         8' Salicional         73
r16' Open Diapason      32         8' Vox Angelica       61
r16' Bourdon            32         8' Unda Maris         61
r16' Violone            32      r  4' Rohr Flute         73
 16' Lieblich Gedackt   SW      r  2' Piccolo            61
  8' Octave             12         8' Clarinet           73
  8' Flute              12            Tremolo
  4' Octave Flute       12            Sub
 16' Trombone           12 SO         Unison Off
 16' Double Horn        SW            Super
  8' Tromba             SO

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 7, 2014]

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