St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cathedral (3rd)
108 North Dithridge Street
Pittsburgh, PA
OHS convention: 2010
Images
2018-09-26 - Console (Photograph by Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Organ Studies, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Cathedral interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
Unknown - Cathedral interior from floor (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1950s)/Database Manager)
2017-06-26 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Benjamin Stalder/Database Manager)
2017-06-26 - Keydesk (Photograph by Benjamin Stalder/Database Manager)
2009-09-18 - Cathedral interior and organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2009-09-18 - Nave & organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2009-09-18 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2009-09-18 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2009-09-18 - Keydesk (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2010-01-19 - Organ case in gallery (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2010-01-19 - Façade and Chamade (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2010-01-19 - Chamade and Façade (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2010-01-19 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2010-01-19 - Swell pipework - Cornet (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 4 manuals
- 67 stops
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - 6 gen., 6 div combinations. -Database Manager
2005-06-25 - On-line update from Russell Weismann -- This organ is in fair working condition as of now. There are 3 stops that are silent. The organ is currently waiting for a major restoration that should happen in a few years -Database Manager
2009-04-14 - Updated through on-line information from Joseph Tuttle. -- Just renovated by Taylor & Boody. Seventeen collapsing 32' pipes were replaced, the sides of the case were strengthened, the pneumatic stop action was replaced with electric, a Great to Pedal coupler was added, and reed tuning was stabilized. -Database Manager
2016-05-16 - Updated through online information from Russell Weismann. <br>Restored by Taylor and Boody 2008 -Database Manager
Stoplist
From 2005 AIO convention brochure Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Saint Paul Cathedral
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Rudolph van Beckerath Orgelbau GmbH (1962)
Great:
16' Principal
8' Principal
8' Koppel Gedackt
4' Octave
2 2/3' Quinte
2' Octave
1 1/3' Mixture V
2/3' Scharf IV
16' Trompete
8' Trompete
4' Trompete
Swell:
16' Quintadena
8' Violflöte
8' Flute
8' Gemshorn
8' Gemshorn Celeste
4' Violflöte
4' Nachthorn
2 2/3' Nasat
2' Blockflöte
V Cornet (tenor F)
1 1/3' Mixture VI
16' Fagott
8' Oboe
4' Schalmei
8' Trompette-en-chamade
4' Clarion-en-chamade
Tremulant (piston)
Rückpositiv:
8' Principal
8' Rohrflöte
8' Quintadena
4' Octave
4' Blockflöte
2 2/3' Nasat
2' Octave
2' Gemshorn
1 1/3' Quinte
2 2/3' Sesquialtera II
1' Scharf V
16' Bärpfeife
8' Cromorne
Brustwerk:
8' Gedackt
4' Principal
4' Rohrflöte
2 2/3' Quintflöte
2' Waldflöte
1 3/5' Tierce
1 1/3' Nasat
1' Sifflöte
1/2' Zimbel III
8' Vox Humana
4' Musette
Tremulant (piston)
Pedal:
32' Principal (low 5 resultant)
16' Principal
16' Subbass
16' Flute
8' Octave
8' Spielflöte
4' Octave
4' Rohrflöte
2' Nachthorn
4' Rauschpfeife III
2' Mixture VI
32' Posaune
16' Posaune
16' Fagott
8' Trompete
4' Trompete
[Received from Connor Annable 2012-01-20.]
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