Better Pipe Organ Database

George Jardine & Son (1881)

St. David's Episcopal
150 Dupont Street
Philadelphia: Manayunk, PA

OHS convention: 1996

Images

2021-01-15 - Front of church and facade pipes (Photograph by Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1995 - Organ case in front corner (Photograph from an archival source: 1996 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
24 stops
29 registers
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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - In new building after an 1879 fire. Electrified by Bartholomay c. 1929 with tonal changes. Bartholomay console replaced with refurbished Austin console by Brantley Duddy. Renovated 1994 by Patrick J. Murphy with tonal restorations. -Database Manager

2021-02-21 - On December 23, 1879, the building was destroye by fire. In May 1880 the cornerstone of the new brownstone building was laid. The consecration of the new church took place on Decmeber 26, 1881; reported cost of $40,000. St David's is responsible for the establishment of three parishes in the 21st ward: St. Alban's, St. Stephen's, St. Timothy's. The Jardine organ cost $4000; the previous organ that had burned was valued at $2000. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

From 1996 OHS Handbook; "original stoplist from the dedication program" Source: Alan Laufman

George Jardine & Son (1881)
St. David's Episcopal
Philadelphia (Manayunk), PA

GREAT - 58 notes
16' Double Open Diapason   58 w&m
 8' Open Diapason          58 m
 8' Clarabella             58 w
 8' Gamba                  58 m
 8' Doppel Flute           58 w
 4' Princpal               58 m
 4' Flute Harmonique       58 w&m
2⅔' Twelfth                58 m
 2' Fifteenth              58 m
III Sesquialtera          174 m
 8' Trumpet                58 m

SWELL - 58 notes, enclosed
16' Bourdon (TC)           46 w&m
16' Bourdon Bass           12 w
 8' Open Diapason          58 w&m
 8' Lieblich Gedeckt       58 w&m
 8' Salicional             58 m
 8' Æolina                 58 m
 4' Violino                58 m
 2' Flageolet              58 m
II  Cornet                116 m
 8' Oboe                   58 m
    Tremulant

PEDAL - 30 notes
16' Open Diapason          30 w
16' Bourdon                30 w
 8' Violoncello            30 m

COUPLERS
Swell to Great Organ
Great to Pedal Organ
Swell to Pedal Organ

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
2 single-acting combination pedals:
  Forte to Great Organ
  Piano to Great Organ

Balanced well pedal
Bellows signal

mechanical action

Documents

(1881-11-29) Organ Recital Description of recital program, some organ info. -Paul R. Marchesano