University of Pittsburgh: Heinz Memorial Chapel
South Bellefield Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
Images
2022-10-03 - 8' Tromba and Great chamber (Photograph by Benjamin Sommer/Benjamin Sommer)
2020-04-20 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1940's - Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Chapel, with St. Paul's Cathedral upper right and First Baptist Church upper left (Photograph from an archival source: Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-03-13 - Heinz Chapel and Cathedral of Learning (Photograph by Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-08-12 - View from the tower (Photograph by Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-08-12 - Tuba chamber in the base of the tower (Photograph by Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-08-12 - Tuba pipes in tower (Photograph by Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2002-03-03 - Chapel chancel (Photograph by flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-06-26 - Chapel interior from balcony, Tuba chamber top center (Photograph by Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-12-06 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1995-09-24 - Console shell decor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1995-09-24 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1995-09-24 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 96 stops
- 58 registers
- 7 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager
2009-11-23 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2022-12-06 - Organ's condition is very deteriorated from what it once was. -Benjamin Sommer
Stoplist
Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> September 1996 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Heinz Memorial Chapel
Reuter Op. 2176 1994-95 3/73
The Antiphonal organ has its own 2-manual console.
GREAT SWELL
16' Rohrbourdon 61 16' Contra Gamba 68
8' Principal 61 16' Flûte à cheminée 68
8' Harmonic Flute 61 8' Viola da Gamba 12
8' Rohrbourdon 12 8' Voix Céleste 56
4' Octave 61 8' Flûte à cheminée 12
4' Harmonic Flute 12 4' Principal 68
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Flûte harmonique 68
IV Fourniture 244 2 2/3' Nazard 61
III Cymbale 183 2' Flûte à bec 61
Tremulant 1 3/5' Tierce 61
Sub IV Plein Jeu 244
Unison Off 16' Bombarde 68
Super 8' Trompette 68
Chimes 25 8' Hautbois 68
16' Tromba 61 8' Voix humaine 68
8' Tromba 12 4' Clairon 68
4' Tromba 12 Tremulant
8' Tuba 61 (1) Sub
Unison Off
ANTIPHONAL GREAT Super
8' Prestant 56 8' Tuba GT
8' Hohlflute 56
8' Gemshorn 56 PEDAL
4' Prinzipal 56 32' Untersatz dg
2' Blockflöte 56 32' Sub Bourdon dg
1 1/3' Quint 56 16' Principal 32
II Sesquialtera 60 16' Bourdon 32
Tremulant 16' Rohrbourdon GT
Sub 16' Contra Gamba SW
Unison Off 16' Flûte à cheminée SW
Super 8' Octave 32
Zimbelstern 8' Bourdon 12
8' Rohrbourdon GT
CHOIR 8' Viola da Gamba SW
8' Diapason 61 8' Rohrbourdon SW
8' Stopped Flute 61 8' Spitzflute 32
8' Dolcan 61 4' Choralbass 32
8' Dolcan Celeste 49 tc 4' Bourdon 12
4' Octave 61 4' Spitzflute 12
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Harmonic Flute GT
2' Recorder 61 2' Nachthorn 32
1 3/5' Seventeenth 61 III Mixture 96
1 1/3' Nineteenth 61 32' Contra Posaune dg
III Scharf 183 16' Posaune 32
16' Dulcian 61 16' Tromba GT
8' Trumpet 61 16' Bombarde SW
8' Shawm 61 8' Posaune 12
Tremulant 8' Tromba GT
Sub 8' Bombarde SW
Unison Off 4' Posaune 12
Super 4' Bombarde SW
16' Tuba GT Chimes
8' Tuba GT 8' Tuba GT
8' Tromba GT
4' Tuba GT ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
16' Holzgedeckt 12
ANTIPHONAL POSITIV 8' Prestant GT
8' Holzgedeckt 56 8' Holzgedeckt PO
4' Koppelflute 56 4' Prestant GT
2' Weitprinzipal 56 8' Krummhorn GT
1' Sifflöte 56 4' Krummhorn GT
III Zimbel 168
8' Petite Trompette 56
8' Krummhorn GT
Tremulant
Sub
Unison Off
Super
(1) The Tuba, on 25" wind, is located in the former Skinner Echo expression chamber 90' above the floor at the central peak of the roof
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield November 23, 2009.]
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