Scottish Rite Cathedral: Auditorium
3633 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO
Images
1924 - Console (Photograph by From THE DIAPASON November 1924, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
December 2020 - Coupler rail and builder nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
December 2020 - Balcony (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
December 2020 - Organ chamber and console (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
December 2020 - Auditorium and organ (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-02-06 - Console (Photograph by Photograph by Edward Pitt, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-02-06 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Edward Plitt/Database Manager)
2011-12-02 - Solo Chamber Pipework (Photograph by Edward Plitt/Database Manager)
2012-02-06 - Xylophone and Marimba (Photograph by Edward Plitt/Database Manager)
2012-02-06 - Part of the Original Relay (Photograph by Edward Plitt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 48 stops
- 110 registers
- 9 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Included in Sept. 1995 organ crawl by St. Louis AGO. Some alterations in console by George Kavanaugh. -Database Manager
2011-03-27 - Updated through online information from Dr. Steven C. Monrotus. -Database Manager
2012-02-20 - Updated through online information from Alan Haker. -- This organ is still in its original location, not in storage. It is undergoing renovation with releathering, cleaning and installation of a solid state relay. No changes to stops or ranks. Expected to be completed by the end of 2012. There are both unit EP chests and pitman EP chests. -Database Manager
2012-06-25 - Updated through online information from Edward Plitt. -- Renovation is in progress. the Great/Choir, and Swell pipes have all been cleaned and are back in place. The Solo division pipes are about done and ready to reinstall. The Marimba and Xylophone are having new cord installed to hold the bars. The Celesta (Deagan) has had the action and hammers serviced. The toy counter has been cleaned and adjusted. The swell shade "dampers" are being releathered. The Uniflex relay is being installed. The Antiphonal and Echo divisions are still to be done. We are trying for a Spring 2013 completion depending on any unexpected problems. -Database Manager
2013-07-30 - Updated through online information from Alan Haker. -- All pipework, chests, wind pressures, restored to original. Replaced relay and Peterson combination action with Uniflex Relay. Work done by Al Haker & crew. -Database Manager
2015-12-28 - Updated through online information from Alan Haker. <br>Please eliminate the stop list from the 2008 Diapason Article sent in by Steven Lawson? 7/10/15. It is not accurate. Keep the stop list below that one sent in by the restorer, Alan Haker -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from the console 1995 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Saint Louis, Missouri
Scottish Rite Cathedral
W.W. Kimball Company, K.P.O. 6763, October 1924
144 stops, 53 ranks, 3,859 pipes
10 inches wind unless noted
(p.f.) = prepared for in original relay; piano never installed
PEDAL: 33 Stops, 2 Ranks, 121 pipes
64’ Gravissima (Resultant) 32 notes Contra Bourdon (32’) &
Tibia Clausa (21 1/3)
32’ Contra Bourdon (Swell) 12 pipes Gedeckt Extension
32’ Acoustic Bass (Resultant) 32 notes Great Principal Diapason (16’)
& Great Bourdon (10 2/3)
16’ Open Diapason (Wood, Great) 12 pipes Principal Diapason
16’ Open Diapason (Metal, Great) 32 notes English Diapason
16’ Waldhorn (Great) 32 notes Waldhorn
16’ Contra Tibia Clausa (Swell) 17 pipes GGGG-BBB for 64’ Resultant
16’ Violone (Solo) 12 pipes Cello
16’ Contra Viole (Swell) 32 notes Viole D’Orchestra
16’ Bourdon (Great) 32 notes Concert Flute
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt (Swell) 32 notes Gedeckt
8’ Octave (Swell) 32 notes English Diapason
8’ Flute (Great) 32 notes Concert Flute
8’ Still Gedeckt (Swell) 32 notes Gedeckt
8’ Violoncello (Solo) 32 notes Cello
8’ Cellos III (Swell) 32 notes Viole d’Orchestra &
Viole Celestes II
4’ Super Octave (Great) 32 notes English Diapason
4’ Flute (Swell) 32 notes Gedeckt
4’ Violins III 32 notes See 8’ Cellos III
32’ Contra Bombarde 12 pipes Bombarde 25”
16’ Bombarde 32 pipes 25”
16’ Trombone (Great) 32 notes Harmonic Trumpet
16’ Bassoon (Swell) 32 notes Tuba Horn
16’ Tuba Profunda (Solo) 32 notes Tuba Sonora
8’ Tromba 12 pipes Bombarde 25"
4’ Clarion 12 pipes Bombarde 25"
16’ Piano (p.f.)
8’ Piano (p.f.) now Triangle
Chimes 12 notes Solo
Cymbal
Bass Drum Stroke
Bass Drum Roll
Snare Drum Roll
GREAT (enclosed with Choir) 25 stops 9 ranks 705 pipes
16’ Major Diapason 12 pipes English Diapason
16’ Bourdon 12 pipes Concert Flute
8’ Principal Diapason (Wood) 73 pipes
8’ English Diapason (Metal) 61 pipes
8’ Clarabella 73 pipes
8’ Waldhorn 73 pipes
8’ Concert Flute 61 pipes
8’ Gamba 73 pipes
8’ Gemshorn 73 pipes
4’ Octave 12 pipes English Diapason
4’ Traverse Flute 12 pipes Concert Flute
2 2/3 Twelfth Concert Flute
2’ Fifteenth 12 pipes Concert Flute
16’ Double Trumpet 12 pipes Harmonic Trumpet
8’ Harmonic Trumpet 61 pipes 15”
8’ Tromba 73 pipes
4’ Clarion 12 pipes Harmonic Trumpet
8’ Marimba 49 notes wood bars (Deagan)
8’ Harp 49 notes from Marimba
Chimes 20 tubes Echo (A to E) Deagan Class A
8’ Piano (p.f.)
4’ Piano (p.f.)
4’ Xylophone 37 notes wood bars (Deagan)
Snare Drum Roll
Snare Drum Tap
Tremolo
SWELL (enclosed) 28 stops, 17 ranks, 1,196 pipes
16’ Open Diapason 12 pipes Horn Diapason
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt 12 pipes Gedeckt
16’ Contra Viole 12 pipes Viole d’Orchestra
8’ Diapason Phonon 73 pipes
8’ Horn Diapason 73 pipes
8’ Tibia Clausa 73 pipes
8’ Gedeckt 61 pipes
8’ Flute Celeste 73 pipes
8’ Viole d’Orchestra 61 pipes
8’ Viole Celestes II 122 pipes
8’ Salicional 73 pipes
8’ Voix Celeste 73 pipes
4’ Octave 12 pipes Horn Diapason
4’ Flute 12 pipes Gedeckt
4’ Tibia 12 pipes Tibia Clausa
4’ Violin I 12 pipes Viol d’Orchestre
4’ Violins II 12 pipes Viole Celestes II
2 2/3 Flute Twelfth Gedeckt
2’ Flautino 12 pipes Gedeckt
1 3/5 Tierce 4 pipes Gedeckt
III Soft Mixture 183 pipes 15 17 19
16’ Contra Fagotto 12 pipes Oboe Horn
8’ Posaune 73 pipes
8’ Oboe Horn 61 pipes
8’ Vox Humana 61 pipes 7 ½”
4’ Oboe Clarion 12 pipes Oboe Horn
8’ Celesta 49 notes Metal bars (Deagan)
4’ Celesta
Tibia Clausa Tremolo
String Tremolo Fast
String Tremolo Slow
Vox Humana Vibrato
Tremolo
CHOIR (Enclosed with Great) 25 stops, 6 ranks, 438 pipes
16’ Waldhorn 12 notes duplexed from Great
8’ English Diapason 61 notes duplexed from Great
8’ Tibia Minor 73 pipes
8’ Concert Flute 61 notes duplexed from Great
8’ Waldhorn 61 notes duplexed from Great
8’ Viola 73 pipes
8’ Dulciana 73 pipes
8’ Unda Maris 73 pipes
4’ Waldhorn 12 notes duplexed from Great
4’ Traverse Flute 12 notes duplexed from Great
2’ Piccolo 12 notes duplexed from Great
8’ Orchestral Oboe 73 pipes
8’ Clarinet 73 pipes
8’ Piano (p.f.) change to 8’ Celeste from Swell
8' Harp
4’ Harp
4’ Xylophone from Great
2’ Glockenspiel from Solo
2’ Orchestral Bells from Solo
Chinese Block
Tom Tom
Castanet
Tambourine
Snare Drum Roll
Snare Drum Tap
Tremolo
SOLO (enclosed) 16 stops, 9 ranks, 657 pipes
8’ Diapason Stentor 73 pipes Scale 36
8’ Mellophone 73 pipes
8’ Cello 73 pipes
8’ Cello Celeste 73 pipes
16’ Tuba Profunda 12 pipes Tuba Sonora 20"
8’ Tuba Mirabilis 61 pipes 20”
8’ Tuba Sonora 61 pipes 20” all harmonic
8’ French Horn 73 pipes
8’ English Horn 73 pipes
8’ Kinura 73 pipes
4’ Tuba Clarion 12 pipes Tuba Sonora
Chimes 25 tubes unknown origin G to G
8’ Marimba from Great
4’ Marimba from Great
2’ Glockenspiel 37 notes metal bars (Deagan)
2’ Orchestral Bells 37 notes Glockenspiel reiterate
Tuba Tremolo
Tremolo
ANTIPHONAL GREAT (enclosed with Ant. Swell & Pedal) 4 stops, 2 ranks, 146 pipes
8’ Open Diapason 73 pipes
8’ Claribel Flute 61 notes from Ant. Swell
8’ Gemshorn 73 pipes
4’ Forest Flute 12 notes from Ant. Swell
ANTIPHONAL SWELL (enclosed with Ant. Great & Pedal) 6 stops 3 ranks, 243 pipes
16’ Bourdon 12 pipes Claribel Flute
8’ Claribel Flute 61 pipes
8’ Viola 73 pipes
4’ Forest Flute 12 pipes Claribel Flute
2’ Piccolo 12 pipes
8’ Horn 73 pipes
ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (enclosed with Ant. Great & Swell) 2 stops
16’ Bourdon 12 notes Claribel Flute
8’ Flute 12 notes Claribel Flute
ECHO (enclosed in ceiling) 5 stops, 5 ranks, 353 pipes all on 7 ½”
8’ Viola Aetheria 73 pipes
8’ Vox Angelica 73 pipes
8’ Fern Floete 73 pipes
8’ Corno D’Amour 73 pipes
8’ Vox Humana 61 pipes
Vox Humana Vibrato
Tremolo
[Received from Alan Haker 2013-07-30.]
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