Better Pipe Organ Database

Hall Organ Co. (1924)

St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
6344 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA

Images

2020-02-02 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Echo Organ façade pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-01-25 - Chancel and Organ (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-09-09 - Right stopjamb (Solo, Choir and Great) (Susanna Faust/Susanna Faust)

2024-09-09 - Great and Choir couplers (Susanna Faust/Susanna Faust)

2024-09-09 - Pedal couplers (Susanna Faust/Susanna Faust)

2024-09-09 - Builder's nameplate (Mangam maintained the organ in the 1960s or 70s) (Susanna Faust/Susanna Faust)

2024-09-09 - Left stopjamb (Swell and Pedal) (Susanna Faust/Susanna Faust)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
48 stops
62 registers
8 divisions
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

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

2022-11-23 - A 2015 photo on the church's Facebook shows a gentleman playing the organ from the original Hall console. -Jeff Scofield

2024-02-06 - Updated through online information from Luke Staisiunas: Organ is extant and partially playable. A choir member from my church assists a local firm with the maintenance of the instrument. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON July 1923

        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
        St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran

        Hall   1924   4/50
        ________________________________________________

        GREAT                      CHOIR
    16' Open Diapason     61    8' Violin Diapason    73
     8  1st Open Diapason 61    8' Melodia            73
     8' 2nd Open Diapason 12    8' Dolce              73
     8' 3rd Open Diapason 61    8' Unda Maris         61
     8' Doppelflöte       61    4' Flute a Cheminee   73
     8' Dulciana          61    2' Piccolo            61
     4' Octave            61    8' Clarinet           73
     4' Flute d'Amour     61       Tremolo
     2' Fifteenth         61       Harp               49
     8' Trumpet           61
        Chimes            20       ECHO
                                8' Orchestral Flute   73
        SWELL                   8' Flute Celeste      61
    16' Bourdon           73    8' Vox Humana         73
     8' Open Diapason     73       Tremolo 
     8' Stopped Diapason  73       Chimes             21
     8' Salicional        73
     8' Vox Celeste       61       STRINGS
     8' Aeoline           73   16' Contra Viole       61
     4' Violina           73    8' Viole d'Orchestre  12
     4' Harmonic Flute    73    8' Viole Vibrato      61
     2' Flageolet         61    8' Salicional         61
   III  Cornet           183    8' Salicional Vibrato 61
     8' Cornopean         73    8' Viola              61
     8' Oboe              73    4' Viole d'Orchestre  12
     8' Saxophone         73    3' Nazard              7
        Tremolo                 2' Viole               5
                                   Tremolo
        CHORAL
     8' Open Diapason     39       PEDAL
                               32' Resultant          --
        SOLO                   16' Open Diapason      32
    16' Gamba             73   16' Contra Bass        32
     8' Gamba             12   16' Bourdon 1          30
     8' Gamba Celeste     61   16' Bourdon 2          32
     8' Open Flute        73   16' Violone            GT 
    16' Tuba              73   16' Contra Viole       SO
     8' Tuba              12    8' Cello              30
     8' Orchestral Oboe   73    8' Flute (Bourdon 2)  12
     8' Cor Anglais       73   16' Tuba               SO
     4' Tuba              12    8' Tuba               SO
        Tremolo 

        [Received from Jeff Scofield November 23, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON July 1923 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield