Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 259 (1906)

Northeast Manual Training High School
Lehigh Ave and Eighth St
Philadelphia, PA

Images

1934-12-18 - Stage and organ after a fire. (Photograph from an archival source: DOR Archive Philadelphia, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
18 stops
22 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Haskell Style Stop-Keys/Keyboard
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Mechanical
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2007-06-28 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

2020-09-30 - School abandoned and closed. Organ no longer extant. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Taken from Contributors Recital and Dedication program March 14, 1906

Estey Organ Co. (Opus 259, 1906)
Northeast Manual Training School
Philadelphia, PA

SPECIFICATION
Two Manuals of 61 notes and Pedal of 30 notes.

GREAT ORGAN-427 PIPES
8’ Open diapason
8’ Viola di Gamba
8’ Dulciana
8’ Melodia
4’ Principal
4’ Flute d’Amour
8’ Saxophone

SWELL ORGAN- 476 PIPES
16’ Bourdon Treble/ Bourdon Bass
8’ Violin Diapason
8’ Salicional
8’ Aeoline
8’ Stopped Diapason
8’ Voix Celeste
4’ Flute harmonic
8’ Oboe

PEDAL ORGAN- 60 PIPES
16’ Bourdon
16’ Open Diapason

Documents

(1906-03-14) Contributors' Recital and Dedication of Pipe Organ Dedicatory program. Frederick Maxson, organist. Specs included. -Jeff Fowler

Websites

Gothic Ruins: A Last Glimpse Inside Northeast Manual Training High School - Building history, historic and contemporary photos including abandoned state and auditorium where the organ was installed. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)