Church of the Covenant, Presbyterian / First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
250 West Seventh Street
Erie, PA
Images
0023-04-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-09-01 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017 - Console (Photograph by Jennifer Hubert, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Jennifer Hubert, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Gallery, Antiphonal and en-Chamade (Photograph by Karpinski Engineering, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Chancel and organ cases (Photograph by Karpinski Engineering, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1983 - Chancel, console and organ cases (Photograph by Schantz Organ Co., via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-08-12 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by David Ruler/Database Manager)
2018-08-12 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by David Ruler/Database Manager)
2018-08-12 - Console (Photograph by David Ruler/Database Manager)
2018-08-12 - Console (Photograph by David Ruler/Database Manager)
Unknown - Nave, Balcony, and Antiphonal Pipe Displays (2013) (Photograph by David Ruler/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 5 manuals
- 93 stops
- 76 registers
- 7 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2006-05-15 - 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> Replaced Skinner Opus 828, retaining 23 ranks.</i> -Database Manager
2009-05-30 - Updated through online information from ERIC J GASTIER. -- THE ORGAN RETAINS 48 RANKS FROM SKINNER OP. 828, C. 1930 (NOT 23 RANKS AS NOTED IN THE SKINNER OPUS LIST). SWELL ONLY IS 73 NOTE [Chest] COMPASS -Database Manager
2011-07-08 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- According to the church's website and Schantz's writeup in THE AMERICAN ORGANIST, 49 existing ranks were retained [from the Teller's 1959 rebuild], including 24 original Skinner stops; console rebuilt in 2002 by Fischer Organ Co., which also enabled the chapel organ to be played from the main console. -Database Manager
2012-12-18 - Updated through online information from Burton K. Tidwell. -- I was organist at First-Covenant from Jan. 1982 - Dece. 1986 and thus organist when the Schantz was installed in early 1983. I inspected the pipes to be reused thoroughly before the organ was removed and had input on site with James Madden and later with John Schantz regarding the precise use of existing ranks based on pipe construction and revoicing potential vs. the sound as voiced by Tellers. During that four year period, I supervised all work/tuning done to the organ.
<br><br>There is some incorrect information above regarding old pipes in the organ. There are 23 complete Skinner ranks; the balance of used pipes are a combination of Skinner basses and pipes from the William Barnes/Tellers rebuild of the late 1950s. -Database Manager
2018-08-14 - Updated by David Ruler, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from a Schantz sales promotional flyer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Erie, Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Schantz Op. 1727 1982 5/102
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* existing pipework
GREAT (II) POSITIV (I)
16' Gemshorn 61 * 8' Holzgedackt 61
8' Principal 61 4' Principal 61
8' Spitzflöte 61 4' Rohrflöte 61
8' Gemshorn 12 * 2' Octave 61
4' Octave 61 1 1/3' Larigot 61
4' Gedackt 61 1' Octave 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 II Sesquialtera tc 98
2' Fifteenth 61 IV Zimbel 244
V Mixture 305 * 8' Krummhorn 61
III Scharf 183 Tremulant
16' Kontra Trompete 61 Zimbelstern 5
8' Trompete 61
4' Klarine 61 SOLO (IV)
8' Trompette-en-Chamade AN 8' Orchestral Flute 61 *
4' Trompette-en-Chamade AN 8' Gamba 61 *
Bells 8' Gamba Celeste 61 *
4' Principal 61 *
SWELL (III) IV Mounted Cornet tg 210
16' Bourdon 73 * IV Harmonics 244 *
8' Diapason 73 * 8' Tuba Mirabilis 61 *
8' Chimney Flute 73 * 8' French Horn 61 *
8' Salicional 73 * 8' English Horn 61 *
8' Vox Celeste 73 * Tremulant
4' Geigen Octave 73 Harp pf
4' Harmonic Flute 73 *
2' Gemshorn 61 ANTIPHONAL (V)
IV Plein Jeu 244 8' Principal 61
16' Fagotto 73 * 8' Pommer 61
8' Trumpet 73 4' Octave 61
8' Oboe 73 * II Mixture 122
8' Vox Humana 61 * 8' Trumpet 61
4' Clarion 73 * 8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61
Tremulant 4' Trompette-en-Chamade 12
16' Pommer 12
CHOIR (I)
16' Quintaton 61 PEDAL
8' Geigen 61 * 32' Bourdon 32 *
8' Gedackt 61 * 16' Principal 32
8' Dulciana 61 * 16' Bourdon 12 *
8' Unda Maris 49 * 16' Violone 32 *
4' Prestant 61 16' Gemshorn GT
4' Koppelflöte 61 * 16' Quintaton CH
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Lieblich Gedackt SW
2' Flute 61 8' Octave 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61 8' Bourdon 12 *
III Mixture 183 * 8' Gemshorn GT
16' Dulzian 61 8' Open Flute 32 *
8' Clarinet 61 * 8' Dolce Flute SW
4' Rohr Schalmey 61 4' Choral Bass 32
Tremulant 4' Open Flute 12 *
8' Trompette-en-Chamade AN IV Mixture 128 *
4' Trompette-en-Chamade AN 32' Contre Bombarde F/L 32
16' Bombarde 12
ECHO (V) 16' Kontra Trompete GT
8' Vox Angelica II 110 * 16' Fagotto SW
8' Spitzflöte Cel II 110 * 8' Bombarde 12
8' Vox Humana 61 * 8' Trompete GT
Chimes 4' Trompete GT
4' Rohr Schalmey CH
[Received online from Jeff Scofield July 6, 2011]
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