Better Pipe Organ Database

Frank Roosevelt Opus 484 (1891)

Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal
1210 Locust and Chestnut
St. Louis, MO

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

Images

Unknown - Facade (Photograph ca. 1891, courtesy of OHS Archives/Database Manager)

1900-05-31 - Chancel and organ (Archival photograph, courtesy of John L. Speller/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
47 stops
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2004-10-30 - Some additions made by the builder in 1893. Rebuilt and probably electrified in 1919 by Gustav Treu. Replaced in 1926 by Skinner Organ Co. Op. 610 which retained the Roosevelt case (altered). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: from <i>The Organ</i>, May 1892 Date not recorded

St. Louis, Missouri
Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal

Frank Roosevelt   Opus 484   1891              3 manuals, 47 stops, 58 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN (enclosed)
     16' Double Open Diapason  58          16' Bourdon               58
      8' First Open Diapason   58           8' Open Diapason         58
      8' Second Open Diapason  58           8' Violin Diapason       58
      8' Viola di Gamba        58*          8' Spitz Flöte           58
      8' Gemshorn              58*          8' Æoline                58
      8' Doppel Flöte          58*          8' Vox Celestis          58
      4' Octave                58*          8' Stopped Diapason      58
      4' Hohl Flöte            58*          4' Octave                58
  2 2/3' Octave Quint          58*          4' Salicet               58
      2' Super Octave          58*          4' Flute Harmonique      58
         Mixture 4 Rks.       232*          2' Flageolet             58
      8' Trumpet               58*             Cornet 3, 4 & 5 Rks. 245
         * enclosed in Choir Swell-box     16' Contra Fagotto        58+
                                            8' Cornopean             58
         CHOIR ORGAN (enclosed)             8' Oboe                  58
     16' Contra Gamba          58+          8' Vox Humana            58
      8' Open Diapason         58+             Tremulant
      8' Salicional            58+
      8' Concert Flute         58+             PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Quintadena            58+         16' Open Diapason         30
      4' Flute d'Amour         58+         16' Violone               30+
      4' Fugara                58+         16' Dulciana              30
      2' Piccolo Harmonique    58+         16' Bourdon               30
         Dolce Cornet 5 Rks.  290+     10 2/3' Quint                 30
      8' Orchestral Oboe       58+          8' Violoncello           30
      8' Clarinet              58+          8' Flute                 30+
         Tremulant               +         16' Trombone              30+

      +  Prepared-for; added in 1893

         COUPLERS
         6 unison couplers + Swell to Great at Octaves

         PEDAL MOVEMENTS
         Three, affecting Great and Pedal Stops with Couplers
         Three, affecting Swell and Pedal Stops with Couplers
         Two,   affecting Choir and Pedal Stops with Couplers
         Full Organ Pedal (without throwing out the knobs)
         Pedal Organ Ventil

         The organ is divided into two parts, the parts being 33 ft. apart.
         The "Roosevelt Patent Wind-Chests" are used throughout the organ
         and the Combination Action is Automatic and Adjustable. Blown by a
         Water Motor.


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-10-16]

Documents

Roosevelt Organ Company: Opus 484, 1891 Annotated Stoplist -Database Manager