Dumbarton Ave M E Church / Dumbarton Avenue United Methodist Church: Sanctuary; front
3133 Dumbarton Ave. NW
Washington, DC
OHS convention: 1964
Images
ca. 1906 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage church bulletin, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1906 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: National Park Service - vintage photo, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2015-09-21 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by Wikipedia (user Fourandsixty), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-12-08 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-01-06 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2005-01-04 - Keydesk (Photograph by David Storey/david Storey)
2005-01-04 - Pedalboard (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2005-01-04 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by David Storey/david storey)
2005-01-04 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2005-01-04 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2005-01-04 - Organ case and facade (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 17 stops
- 17 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination trundles
- Has coupler trundles
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2004. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Unused. -Database Manager
2017-05-04 - Updated by Daniel Fisher -Database Manager
2022-10-31 - nameplate: Wilson S. Reiley / Georgetown, / D. C.
The mark WSR appears on tC dulciana pipe and on CC fifteenth pipe. Great flute d'amour is stopped wood with 24 open metal trebles. Swell stopped diapason has 9 open metal trebles. Swell flute is open wood with 8 open metal trebles. Swell oboe pipes are capped. Case has 15 open diapason pipes in center ; wood dummies in ends. This is the only known surviving organ by this Georgetown builder. Note also in this church the Mason & Hamlin reed organ with dummy pipes.
-- *1964 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from console photos March 26, 2022
Washington, D.C.
Dumbarton Avenue United Methodist Church
Wilson S. Reiley, 1898 - Original Specifications
GREAT
8 ft Open Diapason
8 ft Melodia
8' Gemshorn
8 ft Dulciana
4 ft Principal
4 ft Flute d'Amour
2 ft Fifteenth
SWELL (Expressive)
16 ft Bourdon
8' Viola Diapason
8 ft Std Diapason
8 ft Salicional
4' Violina
4' Flute
2' Picolo. [sic]
8 ft Oboe
PEDAL
16' Ped. Open Diap.
16 ft Ped Bourdon
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Sw. to Ped. Coupler
Gr. to Ped. Coupler
Sw. to Gr. Coupler
FOOT TRUNDLES
Great Piano -
Great Forte -
Gr. to Ped. - Reversible
Swell Piano -
Swell Forte -
Water Motor - hitch-down
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
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