Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1935 (1989)

Trinity Episcopal Church
708 South Bethlehem Pike
Ambler, PA

Images

c. 1992 - Organ case and console (Photograph from an archival source: Schantz Organ Company archives, submitted by Eric J Gastier/ERIC J GASTIER)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
31 stops
51 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2011-06-06 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2018-10-25 - Updated by Stephen F. Schreiber, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>The pipes of the organ are located in a floor-level case on the south side of the room. The console is movable, but is usually located in the front-center of the room. -Database Manager

2023-09-23 - Due to considerable water damage, the building was deemed unsafe for use and the organ has been in storage since 2020. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> October 1990 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Ambler, Pennsylvania
       Trinity Church, Episcopal

       Schantz   1989   Op. 1935   3/39
       ___________________________________________________

       GRAND-ORGUE                   RÉCIT
   16' Montre           61       16' Bourdon doux       61
    8' Montre           12        8' Flûte à cheminée   12   
    8' Flûte harmonique 61        8' Viole de gambe     61
    4' Prestant         61        8' Voix céleste       56
    4' Flûte ouverte    61        8' Flûte douce        61
2 2/3' Nazard           61        8' Flûte céleste      56
    2' Doublette        61        4' Prestant           61
    2' Flûte ouverte    12        4' Flûte octaviante   61
1 3/5' Tierce           49        2' Octavin harmonique 61
   IV  Fourniture      244       IV  Plein Jeu         244
   16' Bombarde         61       16' Basson             61
    8' Trompette        12        8' Trompette          61
    4' Clairon          12        8' Hautbois           12
       Sub                        4' Clairon            61
       Unison Off                    Tremblant
       Super                         Sub
                                     Unison Off
       PÉDALE                        Super
   32' Soubasse         el
   16' Principal        32           POSITIF (unenclosed)
   16' Montre           GO        8' Bourdon            61
   16' Bourdon          32        8' Flûte douce        RE
   16' Bourdon doux     RE        8' Flûte céleste      RE
    8' Octavebasse      12        4' Flûte à fuseau     61
    8' Bourdon          12        2' Octavin            61
    8' Flûte à cheminée RE    1 3/5' Tierce             49
    4' Basse de chorale 32    1 1/3' Larigot            61
    4' Flûte            12        8' Cromorne           61
  III  Fourniture       96           Sub
   32' Grand Cornet     --           Unison Off
   32' Contre Basson    12 RE        Super
   16' Bombarde         GO
   16' Basson           RE
    8' Trompette        GO
    4' Clairon          GO

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 10, 2011]