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Owner (2012)

St. Mark's Reformed Episcopal Church
1162 Beverly Road
Rydal, PA

Images


2013-03-31 - Chancel and Organ (Photograph by Bernard J. McGorrey III/Database Manager)

Consoles

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Notes

2013-11-08 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Bernard J. McGorrey III, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- This organ consists of the Swell and Choir divisions plus part of the Pedal from Wicks Opus 3241 (1952 3/18), Moller Opus 6508 (Great division, plus part of the Pedal) and an ancillary Positif Division taken from the Great/Positiv divisions of the Peragallo organ formerly installed in First Presbyterian Church Manesquan NJ. Organ was first played on Easter Sunday 2012 and has been the primary worship instrument since September 2012. Work-in-Progress has 29 of 45 ranks installed and playing, with 4 stops to be added before 25-Dec-2013, the remaining 5 stops by Easter 2014. -Database Manager

2013-11-09 - Updated through online information from Bernard J. McGorrey, III. -- Instrument assembled as a congregational project. C.W. Gibson serves as technical consultant and tonal finisher. -Database Manager

2014-09-07 - Updated through online information from Benard J. McGorrey, III. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist per current status. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St Mark's Reformed Episcopal Church
The Joyce H. Harvey Memorial Organ Specification
(*=Awaiting Installation)
Great
16'     Quintadena         (P)                                    97 pipes
 8'     Open Diapason      (M)                                    61 pipes
*8'     Geigen                 (Extension of Pedal 16' Geigen)
*8'     Harmonic Flute     (M) (1-12 from 8' Stopped Diapason)    73 pipes
*8'     Stopped Diapason   (M)                                    73 pipes
 4'     Octave             (M)                                    61 pipes
*4'     Harmonic Flute         (Extension of 8' Harmonic Flute)
 2-2/3' Twelfth            (H)                                    61 pipes
 2'     Fifteenth          (H)                                    61 pipes
*2’     Stopped Piccolo        (Extension of 8’ Stopped Diapason)
*1-3/5’ Seventeenth        (H)                                    61 pipes
*IV     Mixture                (awaiting pipework)               244 pipes
 8'     Trumpet            (M) (Enclosed in Choir Division)       73 pipes
16'     Great to Great
*Flute Tremolo
*Great/Choir Transfer      (Toggle on Key Cheek)

Swell
16'     Stopped Flute      (W)                                     85 pipes
 8'     Open Diapason      (W)                                     73 pipes
 8'     Stopped Flute          (Extension of 16' Stopped Flute) 
 8'     Salicional         (W)                                     85 pipes
 8'     Salicional Celeste (W) (Tenor C)                           61 pipes
 4'     Traverse Flute     (W)                                     85 pipes
 4'     Salicional             (Extension of 8' Salicional) 
 2-2/3' Traverse Flute         (Extension of 4' Traverse Flute)
 2'     Traverse Flute         (Extension of 4' Traverse Flute)
 1-3/5' Tierce                 (Extension of 8’ Salicional Celeste)
*III    Plein Jeu          (D)                                    183 pipes
16'     English Horn       (WR)(Extension of 8' English Horn)      12 reeds
 8'     Trumpet            (W)                                     73 pipes
 8'     English Horn       (W)                                     73 pipes
 4'     Clarion                (Extension of 8' Trumpet)
*8'     Vox Humana         (G)                                     61 pipes
16'    Swell to Swell 16
 4'    Swell to Swell 4
 Tremolo

Choir
*16'    Dulciana               (E) (extension of 8’ Dulciana)      12 pipes
 8'     Violin Diapason        (W)                                 73 pipes
 8'     Claribel Flute         (W)                                 85 pipes
 8'     Viola                  (W)                                 73 pipes
 8'     Dulciana               (W)                               
 8'     Unda Maris             (W) (Tenor C)                       61 pipes
 4'     Claribel Flute             (extension of 8’ Claribel Flute)
 4'     Dulciana                   (extension of 8’ Dulciana)
 2'     Dulciana                   (extension of 8’ Dulciana)
*V      Dulciana Cornet        (+)                                305 pipes
 8'     Clarinet               (S)                                 73 pipes
16'     Choir to Choir
 4'     Choir to Choir
        Tremolo

Positif (Floating, uses prepared-for Echo division drawknobs from Wicks console)
 8’     Principal        (P)                                       85 pipes
 8'     Metal Gedeckt        (Extension of 16’ Quintadena)
 4'     Octave           (P)                                       61 pipes
 4’     Open Flute       (P)                                       73 pipes
 2'     Super Octave     (P)                                       61 pipes
 2’     Open Flute           (Extension of 4’ Open Flute)
 1-1/3' Open Flute           (Extension of 4’ Open Flute)
IV      Mixture          (P)                                      244 pipes
*8’     Tuba             (B) (Enclosed in Choir Division, Tenor C) 49 pipes
        Chimes               (Enclosed in Choir Division GG - g)   25 tubes
        Zimbelstern          (Reversible Toe Stud)

Pedal
32'     Acoustic Bass        (16’ + 10-2/3’ Swell Stopped Flute for bottom octave)
16'     Geigen           (M)                                       85 pipes
16'     Bourdon          (W)                                       44 pipes
16'     Stopped Flute        (Swell)
16'     Dulciana             (Choir)
 8'     Octave           (P) (Postif)
 8'     Bourdon              (Extension 16’ Bourdon)
 8'     Viola                (Choir)
 8'     Stopped Flute        (Swell)
 4'     Choral Bass          (from Open Flute and 4' Principal)
III     Mixture (P)          (Derived)
32'     Acoustic Reed  (W,M,P) (Derived from 16'Trumpet, 16’ 10-2/3' 8' 6-2/5' 5-1/3' 4-4/7' flues) 
*16'    Trumpet          (WC)(Great) (Extension)                  12 pipes
16'     English Horn         (Swell)
 8'     Trumpet              (Swell)
*4'     Clarion              (Great)

Source Legend
(W) Pipework and windchests acquired from Wicks organ Opus 3241, formerly installed in Pilgrim-St Paul's Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) Lakewood OH (1952)
(WC)Wicks 16’ Trumpet extension (Opus  5403 and 5395 from c.1973) acquired from RA Colby
(WR)Wicks 16’ Free-Reed Box, 12 notes, unknown origin)
(M) Pipework acquired from Moller organ Opus 6508, formerly installed in First Baptist Church, Northville, NY (1937), OSI Pitman windchest
(P) Pipework and windchests acquired from Peragallo organ formerly installed in First Presbyterian Church, Manasquan, NJ (1989)
(S) Clarinet stop acquired from Votey/E. M. Skinner & Son organ formerly installed in First United Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre PA (1941)
(D) Plein Jeu III and Zimbelstern acquired from Dutchcraft organ formerly installed in St. Mary’s Church, North Haledon, NJ (1969)
(E) Estey/Haskell 16’ Viole (1930’s)
(G) Gottfried, origin unknown
(H) Pipework acquired from C.S. Haskell organ installed in Chambers-Wylie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA (1901)
(B) Bartholomay
(+) Console Preparation

 [Received from Bernard J. McGorrey, III 2013-11-09.]

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