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George Jardine & Son (ca. 1870)

OHS convention: 1989

Images

2005-08-19 - Church Exterior (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-08-19 - Gallery and Organ Case (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-08-19 - Church+B91 Interior and Altar (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-08-19 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• 2 manuals
• 18 stops
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1989. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Organ is second hand, source unknown. 1988 volunteer restoration by New Orleans OHS members, directed by Roy Redman. Historic Organs Recital 6 Nov 1988. -Database Manager

2024-08-02 - Parish merged July 1, 2024. Building is surplus and for sale. Information received online form Robert Zanca on 2024-07-23 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Organ Handbook 1989 1989

George Jardine & Son (1870ca.)
St. Theresa of Avila R.C. Church
New Orleans, LA

Great: 56 notes
8'   Open Diapason  56m
8'   Melodia (TC)  44w
8'   Stopd Diap. Bass 12w
8'   Clariana (TC) 44m
4'   Principal  56m
4'   Harmonic Flute  56w&m
2'   Fifteenth  56m

Swell:  56 notes, enclosed
16'  Bourdon (TC)  44w&m
8'   Open Diapason (TC)  44m
8'   Diapason Bass  12w
8'   Viol d'Amour (TC)  44m
8'   Dulciana  56m*
8'   Clarinet Flute (TC)  442&m
4'   Violino  56m
2'   Flageolet  56m
8'   Trumpet (TC)  44m
     Tremulant

Pedal:  25 notes
16'  Double Open  27w^
16'  Bourdon  27w

Couplers:
     Swell to Great (on/off thumb pistons)
     Swell to Pedal (drawknob)
     Great to Pedal (drawknob)

balanced Swell pedal


*addition, mounted at the rear of the Swell on a jump slide
^addition, mounted outsie the case at the sides

Websites

• 8 Of 24 Short Preludes - Piece by Carl Nielsen. Performed by Bruce Stevens. Produced by The Organ Historical Society in 1989 with the title: Historic Organs of New Orleans: Seventeen Historic Pipe Organs, The Bayous to Natchez (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Piece by Hymn. Performed by Bruce Stevens. Produced by The Organ Historical Society in 1989 with the title: Historic Organs of New Orleans: Seventeen Historic Pipe Organs, The Bayous to Natchez (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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