Better Pipe Organ Database

Hall Organ Co. (1926)

Highland United Presbyterian Church
708 Highland Ave.
New Castle, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2020-04-22 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console and organ case façade pipes (Photograph from an archival source: From a Hall ad in THE DIAPASON 1926, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

ca 1929 - Organ facade and console (Builder's promotional photograph, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
32 stops
38 registers
5 divisions
Key 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 (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-06-28 - Identified through information in <i>Classified List of Hall Organs</i>, published in 1929 by Hall Organ Co., West Haven, Connecticut. -Database Manager

2023-01-12 - Facebook photos show speaks for an electronic organ on the back wall. -Jeff Scofield

2024-09-17 - According to The Diapason April 1926, the great division was enclosed save for the 8' diapason which was 36 scale and leathered. The swell diapason was 40 scale. The great tuba and French Horn were on 10 inches of wind. -Christian Tedesco

Stoplist

[Received from Jeff Scofield January 12, 2023] Source: The Diapason April 1926

GREAT Diapason 8 (36 scale, leathered lips), Horn Diapason 8, Grossflöte 8, Clarabella 8, Erzähler 8, Erzähler Celeste 8, Octave 4, Harmonic Flute 4, Tuba 8 (10" wind), French Horn 8 (10" wind), Tremulant, Cathedral Chimes, Celestial Harp (61 bars)

SWELL Bourdon 16, Diapason 8 (40 scale), Rohrflöte 8, Melodia 8, String Celeste II 8, Flute d'Amour 4, Cornopean 8, Salicional 8, Oboe 8, Tremulant

CHOIR English Diapason 8, Concert Flute 8, Dulciana 8, Flauto Traverso 4, Unda Maris 8, Clarinet 8, Orchestral Oboe 8, Tremulant

ECHO Vox Angelica II 8, Chimney Flute 8, Spitzflöte II 8, Vox Humana 8, Celestial Harp, Cathedral Chimes (21 tubes)

PEDAL Resultant 32, Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Major Flute 8, Dolce Flute 8, Tuba 8, Tuba Major 16

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON April 1926 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield