First Presbyterian / United Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
214 Mahantongo Street
Pottsville, PA
Images
2015-11-22 - 1908 Midmer facade retained by Skinner. Console in fixed position at center. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-11-30 - Facade in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-11-27 - Facade in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1923 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- 3 manuals
- 41 stops
- 53 registers
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
Notes
2006-04-15 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Designed by Charles M. Courboin; mechanically overhauled and console rebuilt by Fritzsche in 1984.</i> -Database Manager
2012-05-08 - Updated through online information from Rev. Jeffrey Colarossi. -- The facade and the following stops of the Midmer Organ were retained and used in the Skinner: 32' Pedal Bourdon, 16' Pedal Diapason, 16' Great Diapason, and 8' Great Diapason -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist Source: From Jonathan Bowen Date not recorded
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 628 1927 3 manuals, 41 stops, 47 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 73 8' Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 73 8' Rohr Flute 73
8' Doppel Flute 73 8' Salicional 73
8' Erzähler 73 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Octave 73 8' Flauto Dolce 73
4' Flute 73 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Octave 73
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
III Mixture 183 2' Piccolo 61
8' Tromba 73 V Chorus Mixture 305
8' French Horn 73 16' Waldhorn 73
Chimes 25 tubes 8' Cornopean 73
Harp CH 8' Oboe d'Amour 73
5 blank knobs 8' Vox Humana 73
4' Clarion 73
CHOIR ORGAN Tremolo
16' Gamba 73 Chimes GT
8' Geigen Principal 73 8' Harp CH
8' Concert Flute 73 4' Celesta CH
8' Dulciana 73
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Flute 73 32' Contra Bourdon 32
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Diapason 32
2' Piccolo 61 16' Bourdon 12
8' Clarinet 73 16' Violone 32
Tremolo 16' Gamba CH
Chimes GT 16' Echo Bourdon SW
8' Harp (TC) -- 10 2/3' Quint (Bourdon) --
4' Celesta 61 bars 8' Octave 12
8' Gedeckt 12
8' Cello 12
8' Still Gedeckt SW
4' Super Octave 12
4' Bourdon 12
16' Trombone (in GT) 32
16' Waldhorn SW
8' Tromba GT
Chimes GT
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-05-24]
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