Better Pipe Organ Database

Hook & Hastings (1899)

Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church
100 W. Allen Street
Philadelphia, PA

Images

Unknown - Church interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by via John Bishop, Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Dr. Stuart P. Brian/Database Manager)

2012-11-21 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Dr. Stuart P. Brian/Database Manager)

2012-11-21 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Dr. Stuart P. Brian/Database Manager)

2012-11-21 - Pedalboard, Foot Levers, and Expression Shoe (Photograph by Dr. Stuart P. Brian/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Dr. Stuart P. Brian/Database Manager)

Unknown - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph by Dr. Stuart P. Brian/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2005-02-25 - Organ was playing through at least the 1990s. In need of restorative repairs. -Database Manager

2009-04-09 - Updated through online information from John McEnerney. -- Typical 3m tracker with bright commanding tone given by III mixture. The loft is much larger than the freestanding organ requires so it is not "packed in" to a small chamber. Church has a high ceiling so the sound is not swallowed up. -Database Manager

2011-04-06 - Updated through online information from Stuart P. Brian. -- The organ is played at 10:00 Sunday Mass as of April 2011. -Database Manager

2013-04-22 - Updated through online information from Ken Houser. -Database Manager

2017-05-03 - Updated by Paul Marchesano, who has heard or played the organ.<br> The church was closed in 2012. I believe the organ is still in situ, but is not played. Unfortunately, neither 1996 (when the church was open and the organ was in use regularly) nor in 2016 did the OHS National Convention visit the organ. At both times it was the only extant 3 manual Hook & Hastings tracker in Philadelphia. -Database Manager

2017-05-03 - Updated by Paul Marchesano, who has heard or played the organ.<br> Update to previous entry - the church was closed in 2011 (not 2012) and was suppressed at that time to an alternate worship site for St. Michael Roman Catholic Church. A brief history plus several photos of the room and organ are available on the Philadelphia Church Project web site. -Database Manager

2021-02-02 - The church building, designed by Edwin Forrest Durang, was designated as a historic building by the Philadelphia Historical Commission on February 6, 2019. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console December, 2015 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Immaculate Conception Organ
Hook & Hastings (1899, opus 1852)
Stop List

SWELL							GREAT
16’ Bourdon						16’ Open Diapason
8’ Open Diapason					unidentified (16’ Bourdon?) [ed.: I believe it is a Second 8' Diapason, but not positive]
8’ Salicional						8’ Open Diapason				
8’ AEoline						8’ Viola da Gamba
8’ Stop’d Diapason					8’Doppel Flote
4’ Flute Harmonique					4’ Octave
4’ Violina						3’ Twelth
2’ Flautino						2’ Fifteenth
8’ Oboe							3 Rks Mixture
8’ Vox Humana						8’ Trumpet
Tremolo

PEDAL							CHOIR
16’ Open Diapason					8’ Geigen Principal
16’ Bourdon						8’ Dulciana
8’ Violoncello						8’ Melodia
Ch to Gr Coupler					4’ Flute d’Amour
Sw to Gr Coupler					8’ Clarinet
Gr to Ped Coupler					2’ Piccolo
Sw to Ped Coupler					Sw to Ch Coupler
Ch to Ped Coupler



 [Received from Dr. Stuart P. Brian 2016-01-15.]