Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul [Roman Catholic]
18th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Logan Square)
Philadelphia, PA
Images
2013-05-03 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-01-19 - Cathedral interior to front (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-01-19 - Cathedral interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2006-09-04 - View of the dome, painted by Carlo Brumidi, 1860 (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2006-09-04 - Detail view of one of the carved angels in the organ case. (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2006-09-04 - Detail view of the case showing one of the carved angels. (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2006-09-04 - Close view of Antiphonal facade, front left of the cathedral where the Moller ranks were installed in the 1980s. (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2006-09-04 - View of Antiphonal facade, right front of the cathedral where the Austin Echo Division is installed. (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2006-09-04 - Closer view of organ case and loft. (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2006-09-04 - View of nave and organ in loft. (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
1984-06-06 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1984-06-06 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 68 stops
- 90 registers
- 8 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- 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
2016-04-14 - Updated through online information from Philip J. Fillion. <br>The organ is in a deplorable condition due to minimal maintenance, and some unfortunate work. Presently the entire Gallery Swell division is unplayable, since at an unknown time the wind trunk to its windchest was cut to stop ciphers.<br><br>This wind trunk also fed the C# side of the Pedal Principal 16 and all Pedal stops from 8' up (added by Brantley Duddy on new chests next to the old case); thus they no longer play. A variety of action problems have caused a number of dead notes, and the combination action is no longer reliable, failing to both add and cancel stops in every division at various times.<br><br>The shutters to the Chancel Swell no longer function, nor do any stops in the Antiphonal. The electronic 32s continue to operate with some regularity. The Serpent 16' has been returned to its original home in St. Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill. -Database Manager
2019-05-27 - The console is from Austin Op. 1010 (1922), Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York. -Database Manager
Stoplist
List only of functioning stops, as of April 2016 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul
Brantley Duddy, 1977
Additions, 1988-89, C. W. Gibson, Moorestown, NJ
Great (unenclosed)
16 Montre (in facade, bass mostly silent)
8 Principal (bass mostly silent)
8 Montre
4 Octave
2 2/3' Quint
2 Super Octave
IV Fourniture
8 Trumpet (militaire-type, from TC, bass removed)
16, UO, 4
Gallery Swell (enclosed, but shades do not function)
4 Octave
2 Principal
III Carillon
(these three functioning stops are on a separate chest from the main Swell chest,
to which the wind line has been cut)
16, UO, 4
Chancel Swell (enclosed, but shades do not function)
8 Rohrflöte
8 Viol
8 Viol Celeste
4 Octave
4 Flute Traversiere
8 Trompette
8 Vox Humana
16, UO, 4
Choir (enclosed)
16 Quintaten (bass mostly silent)
8 Geigen
8 Holz Gedackt
8 Dulciana
8 Unda Maris
4 Prestant
4 Flute Ouverte
2 Blockflöte
1 1/3 Larigot
8 Clarinet
4 Rohr Schalmei
16, UO, 4
Tremolo
Solo (enclosed)
8 Solo Flute
8 Cello
4 Doppel Flute (replaced with an open flute of unknown origin)
IV Tierce Mixture
16 Ophicleide
8 Trompette Harmonique
4 Clarion Harmonique
(these last three are the old Austin Tuba unit, playing on lower wind than their original 15")
8 Trompette en Chamade (unenclosed, 15")
16, UO, 4
Tremolo
Positiv (unenclosed, floating)
8 Nason Flute
4 Koppelflöte
2 2/3 Nasat
2 Lieblich Principal
1 3/5 Terz
1 Gemshorn
III Zimbel
Pedal
32 Contre Basse (electronic)
32 Contra Bourdon (electronic)
32 Harmonics of 32, IV
16 Contrebasse
16 Montre (Gt, bass mostly silent)
16 Bourdon (a few notes play)
8 Montre (Gt)
32 Bombarde (electronic)
32 Fagotto (electronic)
16 Ophicleide (Solo)
8 Trompette Harmonique (Solo)
4 Clarion (Solo)
Usual Austin couplers, including Choir to Pedal 5 1/3' and Pedal to Solo.
These are the stops which presently function; the remainder cannot play without major repairs.
A complete stoplist can be found as a PDF from Paul Marchesano, in the description section of this page.
[Received from Philip Fillion 2016-04-04.]
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