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John Roberts (1874)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

pre-1987 - Console (North Hills News-Record/J. A. Hefner)

ca. 1900, pre-1906 - Organ in rear gallery in original 1874 building (Archives of New Jerusalem Christian Church of Pittsburgh/J. A. Hefner)

1874-1906 - Church exterior in 1874 (Archives of New Jerusalem Christian Church of Pittsburgh/J. A. Hefner)

2004 - Photo of organ from a museum display card (Swedenborgian Church, Urbana, OH/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Keydesk

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 14 stops
• 20 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 58 notes
• Pedal compass: 25 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
• Has combination trundles

Notes

2004-10-30 - Moved to Swedenborgian Church, Urbana, OH. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Bellows Signal. Couplers and Pedal stops unoriginal engraving and knobs: appear to be reed organ style black knobs with sans serif block type (original knobs natural with script engraving). Two combination trundles, unmarked. Pitches not marked on stop knobs, those given are according to knob order and standard use. Source: Taken from console photos

Great Open Diapason 8, Dulciana 8 (appears to use common bass), Stopped Diapason Bass 8 (Knob engraved "St.Diap^n"), Melodia 8, Principal 4, Flute Harmonique 4, Fifteenth 2

Swell Violin Diapason 8 (assumed to use common bass), Bourdon [?] (Unknown if 16' or 8'), Salicional 8 (assumed to use common bass), Stopped Diapason Bass 8 (Knob engraved "St.Diap^n"), Stopped Diapason Treble 8 (Knob engraved "St.Diap^n"), Spitzflute 8 (might be 4'), Celeste 8, Tremolo (marked: "Tremolo to Swell")

Pedal Subbass 16 (new knob/engraving (reed organ style knob))

Swell to Great 8, Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 8

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• #1716 - Harry J. Ebert (Organ Co.) (1986)

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