St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Sanctuary; front
233 West Main
Saltville, VA
Images
2022-07-31 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Kimberly Ryan Clark, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-07-31 - Pedalboard from above. Expression shoe missing. (Photograph by Kimberly Ryan Clark, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-07-31 - Pedalboard from right (Photograph by Kimberly Ryan Clark, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-07-31 - Haskell stop rail (Photograph by Kimberly Ryan Clark, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-07-31 - Keydesk (Photograph by Kimberly Ryan Clark, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-07-31 - Organ from the right (Photograph by Kimberly Ryan Clark, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-07-31 - Organ from the left (Photograph by Kimberly Ryan Clark, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-07-31 - Organ case in left transept (Photograph by Kimberly Ryan Clark, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date Unknown - Organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Estey Organs website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2021-11-07 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Parish Facebook page (Don Smith), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 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: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2007-06-30 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager
2022-07-30 - The organ is at the front of the church on the left-hand side. It is recessed into an alcove. The stop controls are the Haskell miniature keyboard. The 3-sectional facade contains 25 gold-painted pipes arranged: 5-15-5. Part of the Great 8' Open Diapason bass is en facade. -Jim Stettner
2024-02-09 - While Instrument is Extant, it is no longer playable - a complete re-manufacturing of the chests and action, and major repair work on the pipes would be required. Due to financial constraints, a partial rebuild, as well as protecting the pipe-work on the main chests, has been placed on permanent hold. (Feb 2024) -Otto Pebworth
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from photos of the keydesk and stops July 31, 2021
Saltville, Virginia
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Estey Organ Co., Opus 473, 1908 - Original Specifications
GREAT COUPLERS
Grt. 8' Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal [8]
Grt. 8' Dulciana 61 Great to Pedal [8]
Grt. 4' Principal 61
Swell to Great [8]
Swell to Great 8ves [4]
SWELL (Expressive)
Sw. 8' Stopped Diapason 61
Sw. 8' Salicional 49 FINGER PISTONS
Sw. 4' Flute Harmonic 61 None
Sw. Tremulant
FOOT LEVERS
PEDAL None
Ped. 16' Bourdon 30
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression [gone] (bal.)
ACTION: Tubular-Pneumatic VOICES: 7 STOPS: 7 RANKS: 7 PIPES: 384
Key & Stop
NOTES
The organ is an original installation. It is installed in a left-side
transept at the front of the room. The keydesk is attached and projecting
with a lid that lifts to form a music rack. Stops are a miniature Haskell
keyboard where pressing the white key actuates the stop, and pressing the
adjacent black key disengages it. The 3-sectional facade contains 25 gold-
painted pipes arranged: 5-15-5, and includes some of the basses of the
Great 8' Open Diapason.
The Swell 8' Salicional likely shares the bass of the 8' Stopped Diapason.
And the bass of the Great 8' Dulciana is either stopped wood or canistered
metal.
Sources: Estey opus list; photos of the extant organ; James R. Stettner
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
233 West Main
Saltville, VA. 24370
(276) 706-0332 Documented: July 31, 2021
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