Better Pipe Organ Database

George Jardine & Son (1875 ca.)

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
1802 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA

OHS convention: 1989

Images

2008-04-19 - Church Exterior (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2008-04-19 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2008-04-19 - Gallery and Organ Case (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2008-04-19 - Keydesk (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2008-04-19 - Organ Case (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2008-04-19 - Manuals and Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1989. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - From unknown location. -Database Manager

2011-02-20 - The organ case is on the left side of the gallery. The church is reputed to be the largest in New Orleans with a seating capacity of approximately 2,000. -Database Manager

2015-10-26 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Article in "The Tracker" Vol 59 No 4 (Fall 2015) notes that local OHS chapter members under the direction of Roy Redman have made the organ playable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Organ Handbook 1989 1989

New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Joseph's R.C. Church

George Jardine & Sonm ca. 1875


GREAT:  58 notes
8'   Open Diapason         58 m
8'   Gamba           (TC)  46 m
8'   Melodia         (TC)  46 w*
8'   St. Diap Bass         12 m
4'   Principal             58 m
4'   Flute Harmonic        58 w&m
2'   Fifteenth             58 m

SWELL:  58 notes, expressive
16'  Bourdon         (TC)  46 w&m
8'   Violin Diapason (TC)  46 m*
8'   Clariana        (TC)  46 m
8'   Dulcimer [sic]  (TC)  46 m
8'   Clarinet Flute  (TC)  46 w&m
8'   St. Diap. Bass        12 w
4'   Violano               58 m
2'   Flageolet             58 m
     Tremulant

PEDAL:  25 notes
16'  Contra Bass           25 w

COUPLERS:
     Swell to Pedal
     Great to Pedal
     Swell to Great (On/Off thumb pistons)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
balanced Swell pedal

*non-original label

Websites

St. Joseph Church Jardine Organ Specifications - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)