Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 516 (1915)

Arch Street Presbyterian Church
1724 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA

Images

2022-01-25 - Exterior front view (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-02-14 - Church exterior side view (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-08-08 - Church interior and Antiphonal façade pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Presyterian Historical Society, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Gallery organ facade (Peter Olson, Photographer, Olson Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia./John K. Robinson)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
31 stops
45 registers
7 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: Adjustable Combination 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

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1914 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Arch Street Presbyterian Church

     Austin   Op. 516   1915
     _______________________________________________

     The Gallery Organ is located in a case in the
     gallery; the Antiphonal Organ is located behind
     facade pipes on the front chancel center wall.

     GALLERY GREAT              GALLERY SWELL
 16' Bourdon                16' Lieblich Gedeckt
  8' 1st Open Diapason       8' Diapason Phonon
  8' 2nd Open Diapason       8' Rohr Flute
  8' Grossgedeckt            8' Viole d'Orchestre
* 8' Gamba                   8' Viole Celeste
* 8' Melodia                 8' Echo Salicional  
  4' Principal               4' Flauto Traverso
* 4' Harmonic Flute          2' Flautino
* 8' Tuba Harmonic          16' Double Oboe Horn
     Sub                     8' Cornopean
     Unison Off              8' Oboe
     Super                   8' Vox Humana
     Chimes                  4' Clarion
                                Tremulant
     GALLERY CHOIR              Sub
  8' Violin Diapason            Unison Off
  8' Melodia        GT          Super
  8' Dulciana       GT
  4' Harmonic Flute GT          ANTIPHONAL SWELL
  8' Harmonic Tuba  GT       8' Rohr Flute       CH
  8' Clarinet                8' Viole d'Amour    CH
     Tremolo                 8' Nitsua           CH
     Sub                     8' Unda Maris       CH
     Unison Off              4' Flute d'Amour    CH
     Super                      TREMOLO

     ANTIPHONAL CHOIR           GALLERY PEDAL
  8' Open Diapason          32' Resultant Bass   --
  8' Hohl Flute             16' Open Diapason    32
  8' Viole d'Amour          16' Bourdon          GT
  8' Nitsua                 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
  8' Unda Maris              8' Gross Flute      12
                             8' Dolce Flute      12
  *  enclosed in Choir
                                ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
                            16' Sub Bass         12 AN

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 6, 2014]