Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Episcopal [National Cathedral]
3101 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Mount Saint Alban
Washington, DC
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Unknown - Organ Case (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1960s)/Database Manager)
1938-04-16 - Console, Robert J. Barrow (Cathedral Organist), and E. M. Skinner (Builder) (Photograph by Harris and Ewing; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console (Photograph by Theodor Hordczak; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ Case (Photograph by Theodor Hordczak; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
Unknown - Nave and Organ Case (Photograph by Theodor Hordczak; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
2010-11-15 - Facade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 4 manuals
- 94 stops
- 116 registers
- 8 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Notes
2004-10-30 - Modifications to Aeolian-Skinner 883. Converted to direct electric action 1993. Tonally altered. -Database Manager
2012-02-05 - Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. -- In both the transepts in the Cathedral there are two organs in either of them with two identical visible organ chambers in the Great Choir area with the organ console on the right side. Pipes are in the triforium level of the cathedral. At triforium level at the High Altar just opposite of the West End is a rank of Trompette en Chamade pipes; most of them are horizontal and rest are behind in an unenclosed chamber. -Database Manager
2013-05-17 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by Sam Cherubin, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- Revisions completed in 1963 (Opus 883-A, 883-B, 883-C). -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist Source: from <i>The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner</i>, by Dorothy J. Holden Date not recorded
Washington, District of Columbia
Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Episcopal
Ernest M. Skinner & Son Organ Co. Opus 510 1938 4 manuals, 94 stops, 132 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 61 16' Dulciana 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' First Diapason 73
8' Third Diapason 61 8' Second Diapason 73
Muted String Ensemble SW 8' Claribel Flute 73
(four 8' and one 4' rank) 8' Gedackt 73
8' Principal Flute 61 8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
8' Clarabella 61 8' Viol Celeste 73
8' Viola 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Erzähler 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
5 1/3' Quint 61 8' Flauto Dolce 73
4' Octave 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61
4' Principal 61 Muted String Ensemble
4' Harmonic Flute 61 8' Aeoline 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Unda Maris 73
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Octave 73
IV Harmonics 244 4' Harmonic Flute 73
VII Plein Jeu 427 4' Gemshorn 73
III Cymbale 183 4' Violin 73
16' Posaune 61 4' Unda Maris II 122
8' Tromba 61 2 2/3' Twelfth 61
8' Trumpet 61 2' Fifteenth 61
4' Clarion 61 V Cornet 305
V Full Mixture 305
CHOIR ORGAN III Carillon 183
16' Gemshorn 73 16' Posaune 73
8' Diapason 73 8' Trumpet 73
8' Concert Flute 73 8' Cornopean 73
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Flugel Horn 73
8' Viol d'Orchestre 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Viol Celeste 73 4' Clarion 61
8' Kleiner Erzähler II 134 Tremolo
4' Harmonic Flute 73
4' Gemshorn 73 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Violin 73 32' Diapason 12
2 2/3' Nazard 61 32' Violone 12
2' Piccolo 61 16' Diapason 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Diapason (metal) 32
1 1/7' Septieme 61 16' Contra Bass 32
III Carillon 183 16' Violone 32
16' Orchestral Bassoon 61 16' Bourdon 32
8' Trumpet 73 16' Echo Lieblich SW
8' Clarinet 61 16' Gemshorn CH
8' Orchestral Oboe 61 16' Dulciana SW
Tremolo 8' Octave 12
8' Celesta Sub 61 bars 8' Principal (metal) 12
4' Celesta 61 bars 8' Gedackt 12
8' Still Gedeckt SW
SOLO ORGAN 8' Cello 12
8' Flauto Mirabilis 73 8' Gemshorn CH
8' Gamba 73 5 1/3' Quinte CH
8' Gamba Celeste 73 4' Super Octave 32
4' Orchestral Flute 61 4' Still Flute 32
VII Compensating Mixture 427 4' Still Gedeckt SW
16' Ophicleide 73 V Mixture 160
16' Corno di Bassetto 12 IV Harmonics 128
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 32' Bombarde 12
8' Trumpet 73 32' Fagotto 12
8' French Horn 61 16' Trombone 32
8' Cor d'Amour 61 16' Fagotto 32
8' English Horn 61 8' Tromba 12
8' Corno di Bassetto 61 8' Fagotto 12
4' Clarion 73 4' Clarion 12
Tremolo 4' Fagotto 12
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-09-27]
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