2005-03-01 - Additions and alterations to existing Hook & Hastings Opus 2139. Identified through online information from James Pavlock. -Database Manager
2005-09-09 - On-line update from Fr. George Hafemann -- I counted only 22 ranks. The three manual divisions are all enclosed, each in a separate box with a separate expression pedal. The only unenclosed stops are the Pedal Open Wood and Bourdon. It appears that the Great Gamba was removed and replaced with a very high-pitched (and out of place) mixture, which really adds nothing to the ensemble. The combination action does not work; I did not see a "set" piston, nor did I find a setter board, so not sure about details. Incidentally, there are no name plates on the console. [Ed. Note -- see information below.] -Database Manager
2013-10-25 - Updated through online information from James Pavlock. -- This organ was originally built by Hook and Hastings. -Database Manager
2013-10-28 - Updated through online information from James Pavlock. -- The amendment from Fr. Hafemann a few years ago is now incorrect. The Patrick Murphy Company, organ builders, has digitized the console, and the combination pistons, including the "set" piston, do work. The organ is fully functional as it is constituted, except for the "Aeoline" tab (rank removed). <br>The "mixture" that was added by Tellers is wonderful--it adds a brightness to the organ which cuts through the significant reverberation in the church. -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from console Feb. 18, 2013 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, 2400 Green Street, Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Hook and Hastings, Opus 1812 Great: 8' Open Diapason 8' Doppel Flute 4' Octave 2 2/3 Twelfth 2' Fifteenth Mixture IV 8' Trumpet Couplers: G-G 16,4; S-G 16,8,4; C-G 16,8,4 Swell: 8' Open Diapason 8' Stopped Diapason 8' Salicional 8' Aeoline (removed) 8' Vox Celeste 4' Harmonic Flute 4' Violina 8' Oboe 8' Vox Humana Tremolo Swell Unison Off Couplers: S-S 16,4 Choir 8' Geigen 8' Melodia 8' Dulciana 4' Flute D'Amour 4' Dulcet 2' Dulcet Tremolo Choir Unison Off Couplers: C-C 16,4; S-C 16,8,4 Pedal: 16' Open Diapason 16' Bourdon 16' Dulciana 8' Flute Couplers: G-P, S-P, C-P [Received from James Pavlock 2013-02-19.]
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