The Catholic University of America: St. Vincent de Paul Chapel
Washington, DC
Images
2016-10-07 - Left jamb: Ped on left, Recit on right (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2018-10-11 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2018-10-11 - Right jamb: Pos on left, G.O. on right (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2016-10-07 - Keydesk (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2018-11-10 - Organ case (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 3 manuals
- 23 stops
- 22 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1982. -Database Manager
2008-07-28 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Case of Hunduras mahogany. Hand-carved cherry pipe shades. Facade pipes of 80% polished tin and also flamed copper. Pearwood drawknobs with porcelain inserts. Gr. Orgue at center of case - impost level. Pedal divided to either side of Great, Kron-Positiv above Gr. Orgue. Récit directly behind Gr. Orgue. The Gr. Orgue 8' Trompette is mechanically duplexed to the Pedal. Organ formally dedicated at a convocation in honor of Jean Langlais on Sept. 19, 1981. Source: TAO, Feb. 1982, pg. 49; & personal files. -Database Manager
2020-06-08 - Mechanical key action rebuilding by Lively-Fulcher Pipe Organ Builders, Rocky Mount VA, approximately 2010. -George Gilliam
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