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Taylor & Boody Organbuilders Opus 59 (2007)

Calvary Episcopal Church
315 Shady Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA

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2007 - Organ cabinet wood carving (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Organ cabinet from rear (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007 - Organ cabinet (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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2008-05-31 - Listed in "Recent Installations," <i>The American Organist</i> Vol. 41 No. 7 [July, 2007] -Database Manager

2009-06-24 - Updated through on-line information from Paul Marchesano. -- [from church website] This tracker-action instrument can be played at three different pitch-standards (A=415, 440, and 465), for use with different varieties of instrumental and vocal ensembles. A single keyboard of ebony and bone, spanning 51 notes (C to d), plays the following five registers: <br>8 Gedackt (oak) <br>4 Rohrflöte (cherry) <br>2 2/3 Hohlquinte (metal; from Middle C) <br>2 Principal (metal) <br>8 Regal (oak resonators) -- Continuo organ -Database Manager


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Source: Taylor & Boody website

Taylor & Boody Organbuilders (Opus 59, 2007)
Calvary Episcopal Church
Pittsburgh, PA

8' 	Gedackt (wood)
4' 	Rohrflöte (wood)
2 2/3'	Hohlquinte (metal,  from c')
2'	Principal (metal)
8'	Regal
 
Compass at a' = 440: C-c#''' (50 notes)
Compass at a' = 415: C-d''' (51 notes)
Compass at a' = 392: C, D-d''' (50 notes)
Boxwood naturals with ebony sharps
Sticker action
Organ is divided: lower case contains the wind
   system, upper case contains keyboard and pipes
Case of solid white oak, fumed and oiled
Hand-forged iron lifting handles (upper case)
Metal pipes fitted with tuning sleeves for easy 
   re-tempering
Quilted cover and bench
Stops: 5
Pipes: 231
Wind pressure: 65mm

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