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Gundling Organ Co., Inc. (1951)

St. Patrick Cathedral
212 State Street
Harrisburg, PA

Images

2022-07-20 - Interior to front (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-20 - Cathedral interior to rear and organ (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-10-08 - Cathedral Exterior (Photograph by Rick Zentmeyer/Database Manager)

2010-09-28 - Cathedral Interio and Altar (Photograph by Rick Zentmeyer/Database Manager)

2010-09-28 - Nave and Gallery (Photograph by Rick Zentmeyer/Database Manager)

2010-09-28 - Gallery and Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by Rick Zentmeyer/Database Manager)

2010-09-28 - Console (Photograph by Rick Zentmeyer/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has crescendo
Has sequencer
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

2009-10-01 - Identified through on-line information from Nicholas Basehore. -- Rebuild of Austin organ previously modified in 1951 (Gundling), 1980s and 1990s. Console is prepared for Sanctuary and Sanctuary Pedal divisions. Peterson ICS-4000 control system. Harris stopknob action. -Database Manager

2013-12-28 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Basehore. -- The information on the stop list submitted by Evan Brickner is incorrect. The original instrument is not Austin Op. 1295, 1925. The original is Austin Op. 175, 1906. I have a photocopy of the original contract from Austin, signed by Austin representative Herbert Brown, and Harrisburg Bishop J. W. Shanahan. -Database Manager

2019-05-24 - Updated by Thomas T Becker, who maintains the organ. <br>Brunner & Associates LLC is somehow being presented as having rebuilt the organ. This is not the case. The last rebuild occurred in the '80s by Gundling Organ Company, now defunct. In 2005, a lightning strike destroyed the Gundling installed Solid-State system. R. J. Brunner & Co. contracted with the cathedral to replace the Solid-State system and make some console changes. No work has been done to the organ proper since Gundling did their last rebuild. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
St. Patrick Cathedral, R.C.

Austin Organs Op. 1295   1925
R J Brunner & Co         2009

GREAT (enclosed left)
8            Open Diapason
8            Clarabella
8            Gamba
8            Gemshorn
4            Octave
4            Harmonic Flute
2 2/3        Twelfth
2            Fifteenth
1 3/5        Tierce (Ch.)
III          Mixture
16           Pontifical Trumpet (TC)
8            Pontifical Trumpet
8            Trumpet
4            Pontifical Trumpet (ext.)
4            Clarion
16           Great to Great
             Great Unison Off
4            Great to Great
             MIDI to Great (prep.)
 
CHOIR (enclosed left)
8            Geigen Principal
8            Concert Flute
8            Dolce
8            Dolce Celeste
4            Flute d’Amour
3 1/5        Gross Tierce (TC)
2 2/3        Nazard
2            Piccolo
1 3/5        Tierce
16           Pontifical Trumpet (TC) (from GT)
8            Pontifical Trumpet (from GT)
8            Clarinet
4            Pontifical Trumpet (from GT)
             Tremulant
             Glockenstern
             Zimbelstern
16           Choir to Choir
             Choir Unison Off
4            Choir to Choir
             MIDI to Choir (prep.)
 
SWELL (enclosed right)
16           Lieblich Gedeckt
8            Open Diapason
8            Rohrflöte
8            Lieblich Gedeckt (ext.)
8            Viol d’Orchestre
8            Viol Celeste (TC)
8            Salicional
8            Voix Celeste (TC)
4            Principal
4            Traverse Flute
2            Flautino
III          Plein Jeu
16           Dulzian
16           Bassoon (1-12 Dulzian, 13-61 Oboe)
8            Trompette
8            Oboe
8            Dulzian (ext.)
4            Clarion (ext. Trompette)
             Tremulant
16           Swell to Swell
             Swell Unison Off
4            Swell to Swell
             MIDI to Swell (prep.)
 
PEDAL (enclosed, split)
32             Untersatz (dig.)
32             Resultant
16             Open Diapason
16             Kontrabass (dig.)
16             Bourdon
16             Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw)
8              Octave (ext. Op. Diap.)
8              Gedeckt (ext. Bourdon)
8              Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw)
8              Gamba (Gt)
8              Gemshorn (Gt)
4              Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw)
32             Kontra Posaune (1-12 dig.)
16             Posaune (ext. Gt)
16             Dulzian (Sw)
8              Pontifical Trumpet (Gt)
8              Trumpet (Gt)
8              Dulzian (Sw)
4              Pontifical Trumpet (Gt)
4              Clarion (Gt)
2              Klarine (Gt. Clarion)
                MIDI to Pedal (prep.)
 
COUPLERS
8              Great to Pedal
4              Great to Pedal
8              Swell to Pedal
4              Swell to Pedal
8              Choir to Pedal
4              Choir to Pedal
 
16             Swell to Great
8              Swell to Great
4              Swell to Great
16             Choir to Great
8              Choir to Great
4              Choir to Great
 
16             Choir to Swell
8              Choir to Swell
4              Choir to Swell
 
 16            Swell to Choir
8              Swell to Choir
4              Swell to Choir
8              Great to Choir
 
MISC. TOGGLE SWITCHES
All Swells to Swell
Full Swells/Nave Closed
Pedal on Swell Pistons
Pedal on Great Pistons
Pedal on Choir Pistons

 [Received from Evan Brickner 2012-12-25.]

Websites

Cathedral Church of St. Patrick [Harrisburg AGO web site] - Photographs, detailed history, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#11829 - Austin Organ Co. Opus 175 (ca. 1906)