Washington Memorial Chapel
2000 Valley Forge Park Road
King of Prussia (Valley Forge), PA
Images
2022-07-18 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Chapel interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Chapel interior to front (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Console, chambers and façade pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Console and nave (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Couplers (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Console center (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-04-26 - Pedal toe pistons and movements (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2021-04-26 - Console (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2021-04-26 - Organ facade (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2016-08-26 - Chapel interior, looking forward. Organ facades are just visible above the choir stalls to the left. (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 107 registers
- 6 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: Computerized/Digital
- Solid State Logic
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2013-04-24 - A new organ at the time of this installation, identified by Bynum Petty, courtesy of James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2021-04-27 - The organ was not new in 1992. A new console was built by Harris Organs of Whittier, California. The Moller pipework was retained with some additions. Plans for digital additions were made, and may have been activated, but do not operate as of April 2021. Some ranks from the original Haskell organ were retained by Moller as well as the Petty-Madden rebuilds. -Paul R. Marchesano
2022-07-28 - The chapel is smaller than it looks - it only seats 140-150, including the choir. A truly beautiful building, though. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Source: Taken from console
GREAT ORGAN First Diapason 8, Second Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Claribel Flute 8, Harmonic Flute 8, Octave 4, Wald Flute 4, Fifteenth 2, Chorus Mixture, Mixture, English Horn 16 (Choir), Double Trumpet 16, Trumpet 8, Clarion 4, Tremolo, Great 16, Great Unison Off, Great 4, Blank knob, Blank knob
SWELL ORGAN Orchestral Violes 8 (prepared digital), Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Voix Celeste 8, Dolce 8, Dolce Celeste 8, Rohr Flute 8, Octave 4, Harmonic Flute 4, Unda Maris 4, Fifteenth 2, Mixture, Bassoon 16, Waldhorn 16, Oboe 8, Cornopean 8, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo, Swell 16, Swell Unison Off, Swell 4
CHOIR ORGAN English Horn 16, Diapason 8, Concert Flute 8, Viol d'Orchestre 8, Bois Celeste 8, Dolce 8, Dolce Celeste 8, Open Flute 4, Piccolo 2, Nazard 2⅔, Tierce 1⅗, Septieme 1⅐, Serpent 16, English Horn 8, Clarinet 8, Tremolo, Choir 16, Choir Unison Off, Choir 4, Blank knob
SOLO ORGAN Harmonic Flute 8, Clarinet 8 (Choir), English Horn 8 (Choir), Oboe 8, Trumpet 8, Tuba Magna 16, Tuba Mirabilis 8, Tuba Clarion 4, French Horn 8 (prepared digital), Blank knob
STRING/ORCHESTRAL (Floating, prepared digital (unlabeled)) Blank knob, Trumpet 8, Flute Celeste 8, Cello 8, Cello Celeste 8, Gemshorn 8, Gemshorn Celeste 8, Harp, Celesta, Chimes
PEDAL ORGAN Gemshorn 8 (prepared digital), Echo Lieblich 16 (prepared digital), Harp (prepared digital), First Resultant 32 (Diapason), Second Resultant 32 (Bourdon), Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Harmonics, Octave 8, Bourdon 8, Violoncello 8 (plays a reed, Trumpet?), Choir Diapason 8, Rohr Flute 8, Principal 4, Flute 4, Super Octave 2, Waldhorn 32, Trombone 16, Waldhorn 16, Serpent 16, Tuba Mirabilis 8, Clarinet 4
COUPLERS / Special movements (Tilting tablets above Solo Manual (L-R)) Swell to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Pedal Divide, Swell to Pedal 4, Choir to Pedal 4, Great to Pedal 4, Swell to Great, Choir to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Great 16, Choir to Great 16, Swell to Great 4, Choir to Great 4, Great on Choir/Choir on Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Choir, Solo to Choir, Pedal to Choir, Swell to Choir 16, Swell to Choir 4, Choir to Swell, Choir to Swell 16, Choir to Swell 4, Swell to Solo, Choir to Solo, Great to Solo
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