Tindley Temple Methodist Church: Sanctuary
750 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
OHS convention: 2016
Images
2016 - Church interior, chancel and pipe facade (Photograph by Photograph in the OHS Library and Archives collection; image courtesy of Bynum Petty. , submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1960's - Chancel and facade pipes (Photograph by Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019 - Church interior and pipe facade (Photograph by Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper., submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019 - Chancel and facade pipes (Photograph by Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper., submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019 - Church interior and pipe facade (Photograph by Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper., submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019 - Console (Photograph by Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper., submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019 - Building (Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
2019 - Pipework (Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
2016-06-30 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-06-30 - Organ Case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-06-30 - Nave, Balcony, Console, and Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Möller Drawing of Pipe Facade ((ca. 1926) Drawing in the OHS Library and Archives collection; image courtesy of Bynum Petty/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 84 stops
- 53 registers
- 6 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2008-01-26 - Identified through online information from Wesley Paulson. -- Status unknown. I learned about the instrument from a colleague who was the minister's wife ca. 2001. -Database Manager
2012-01-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Main organ located on a shelf above and behind the pulpit at the front of the 3200-seat room; console located in rear gallery with the choir and with the Antiphonal and Aetherial divisions; console replaced in 1980's by Austin, who also added an en-chamade on the back wall; the Möller console has remained on display in the church; a half-length 32' reed was also added by Austin. -Database Manager
2012-01-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2012-10-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Contract signed as East Calvary Methodist Church; name changed to Tindley Temple Methodist Church just before the organ was installed. -Database Manager
2017-02-05 - Moller console renovated and reinstalled ca.2015 and the Austin console was removed. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Factory Specifications Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tindley Temple Methodist Church
(Contract signed as East Calvary Methodist Church;
church renamed Tindley Temple in 1927)
Möller Op. 3886 1927 4/58
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GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive)
16' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' 1st Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 12 8' Geigen Diapason 73
8' 3rd Open Diapason 61 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Doppelflöte 73 8' Salicional 61
8' Claribel Flute 73 8' Salicional Celeste 61
8' Viole d'Gamba 73 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Viole Celeste 61
4' Octave 12 8' Dolce 73
4' Flute Harmonic 61 4' Flauto Traverso 61
2' Piccolo 12 4' Salicional 12
III Mixture 183 2 2/3' Flute 12th 7
8' Trombone 61 2' Flautina 5
Sub IV Dolce Cornet 244
Unison Off 16' Contra Oboe 73
Super 8' Cornopean 61
8' Oboe 12
AETHERIAL (Expressive; on Great) 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Muted Viole II 134 4' Cornopean 12
8' Salicional 73 Tremulant
8' Salicional Celeste 61 Sub
8' Violin 61 Unison Off
4' Rohr Flute 61 Super
4' Violina 12
2' Piccolo 12 CHOIR (Expressive)
8' Vox Humana 61 16' Contra Viole 61
8' English Open Diapason 73
ANTIPHONAL (Expressive; on Solo) 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Violin Diapason 61 8' Viola 12
8' Fernflöte 61 8' Dulciana 73
8' Flute Celeste 61 8' Unda Maris 61
8' Dulciana 61 4' Rohrflöte 73
4' Waldflöte 12 4' Violetta 12
4' Dulcet 12 2 2/3' Nazard 7
8' French Trumpet 73 2' Octave Violina 5
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 8' French Horn 61
Tremulant 8' Clarinet 61
Chimes (20) Tremulant
Sub
PEDAL Unison Off
32' Resultant -- Super
16' 1st Open Diapason 32 Harp (49)
16' 2nd Open Diapason 12 (20 from SO Gross Fl)
16' 3rd Open Diapason GT SOLO (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 32 8' Stentorphone 61
16' Viol CH 8' Grossflöte 61
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW 8' Gross Gamba 61
8' Octave 12 8' Gross Gamba Celeste 49
8' Major Flute 12 4' Suabe Flute 61
8' Violoncello SO 16' Tuba 61
8' Dolce Flute SW 8' Tuba Mirabilis 12
16' Tuba SO 4' Clarion 12
16' Contra Fagotta SW Sub
8' Trombone GT Unison Off
8' Tuba SO Super
4' Clarion SO
[Received online from Jeff Scofield - December 31, 2011. Minor corrections from factory specifications from Paul Marchesano-- see Documents tab - Oct 23, 2021]
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