St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
1719 Morris St.
Philadelphia, PA
Images
ca. 2020's - Rear gallery with organ (Photograph from an archival source: MapQuest [Unattributed], submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2020's - Rear gallery with organ facade from below (Photograph from an archival source: MapQuest [Unattributed], submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2020's - Church interior with organ on rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: MapQuest [Unattributed], submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-07-11 - Organ façade pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-08-18 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Grace Maiorano, South Philadelphia Review, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 31 stops
- 44 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2009-08-16 - Identified through online information from Paul Marchesano. -- From parish history: The church pipe organ built by C.F. Haskell & Co. was installed in 1914 and was declared to be one of the finest such instruments in the city. The large console contained four manuals and forty four stops. -Database Manager
2010-02-23 - Updated through online information from John McEnerney. -- Possibly 4 manuals originally. Now controlled by a used 3 manual Austin Console. Four keyboard chests present although the solo (sparse) is wired to the GT. Some unification. Very beautiful Romantic tone, no upperwork to speak of. Numerous cyphers and dead notes. Pastor considering a rebuild of mechanism which will do wonders for the instrument. The organ is very substantial and is a gem in the rough. Slider chests with C.S. Haskell pulldown mechanism. Not a retrofitted tracker. -Database Manager
2020-11-19 - The [Philadelphia] city’s Committee on Historic Designation approved the nomination of St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Rectory, 1616 S. 17th St., to be included on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, an inventory encompassing more than 22,000 properties and 15 historic districts across the city. -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
https://organhistoricalsociety.org/downloads/tracker/public/old/1986-29-4.pdf. Format adjusted and parentheses added for clarity Source: Diapason (November, 1914) as published by The Tracker V.29 N. 4 1986 1914
C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1914)
St. Thomas Aquinas R.C. Church
Philadelphia, PA
1914 Charles E. Haskell Organ
Saint Thomas Aquinas Church
17th and Morris Streets, Philadelphia
GREAT
16' Double Open Diapason
8' First Open Diapason
8' Second Open Diapason (from 16' D. 0. D.)
8' Melodia
8' Viola di Gamba Solo Gamba
4' Flute Harmonique
4' Octave
8' Tuba Solo Tuba
SWELL
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8' Muted Viole
8' Salicional
8' Vox Celeste
8' Stopped Diapason
4' Traverse Flute
4' Violina
8' Oboe
8' Cornopean
CHOIR
8' Open Diapason
8' Dolce
8' Viol D'Orchestre
8' Concert Flute
4' Flute D' Amour
8' Clarinet
SOLO
16' Contra Gamba
8' Stentorphone
8' Philomela (from Ped. 16' 0. D.)
8' Unda Maris
8' Viola di Gamba (from Contra Gamba)
8' Vox Humana
Chimes 20 tubes
16' Tuba unit
8' Tuba unit
4' Tuba unit
PEDAL
16' Open Diapason
16' Open Diapason (Great)
16' Violone (Solo Contra Gamba)
16' Bourdon
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw. Bourdon)
8' Violoncello (Solo Gamba)
8' Flute (Ped. 16' 0. D.)
8' Open Diapason (Gt. 16' 0. D.)
16' Tuba Solo unit
8' Tuba Solo unit
Source omits Couplers & Accessories
Documents
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