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Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Organbuilders Opus 58 (2013)

Trinity Lutheran Church
527 Washington Street
Reading, PA

Images

2022-07-18 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013 - Console and organ case in balcony (Photograph by Patrick J. Murphy, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2013 - Console and organ case (Photograph by Patrick J. Murphy, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2024 - Console (Noah Brennan for Piping Up from Pedal to Pipe/Stephen Regec)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
37 stops
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)
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

2014-02-25 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in <em>The American Organist</em>, December 2013. -- -Database Manager

2014-02-27 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: The American Organist, December 2013) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      Trinity Lutheran Church
      Reading, Pennsylvania
      Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Inc., Opus 58, 2013
      OHS ID: 52444
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      GREAT                     SWELL                 POSITIVE                PEDAL
   16 Lieblich Gedackt (Sw)  16 Lieblich Gedackt    8 Gemshorn             32 Resultant
    8 Principal               8 Diapason            8 Gedackt              16 Principal
    8 Rohrflote               8 Bourdon             8 Dolce                16 Violone
    8 Viola da Gamba (Sw)     8 Traverse Flute      8 Dolce Celeste TC     16 Subbass
    8 Traverse Flute (Sw)     8 Viola da Gamba      4 Spitzprincipal       16 Lieblich Gedackt (Sw)
    8 Dolce Celeste II (Ps)   8 Vox Celeste TC      4 Koppel Flute          8 Violoncello
    4 Octave                  4 Principal           2 Block Flute           8 Octave
    4 Spitzflute              4 Viola                 Sesquialtera II TC    8 Subbass
2-2/3 Twelfth                 4 Harmonic Flute        Mixture III           8 Gemshorn (Ps)
    2 Fifteenth               2 Octave              8 Cromorne              4 Choral Bass [2]
1-3/5 Seventeenth             2 Flute              16 Posaune               4 Traverse Flute (Sw)
      Fourniture III-IV         Plein Jeu IV + 2'   8 Trumpet (Gt)            Mixture IV
   16 Bassoon (Sw)           16 Bassoon             4 Clarion              32 Cornet
    8 Trumpet [1]             8 Trompette             Tremolo              16 Posaune (Ps)
    8 Trompette (Sw)          8 Oboe                  MIDI                 16 Bassoon (Sw)
    8 Cromorne (Ps)           4 Clarion                                     8 Trumpet (Gt)
    4 Clarion (Sw)            8 Vox Humana                                  8 Trompette (Sw)
      Chimes                    Tremulant                                   4 Clarion (Ps)
      Zimbelstern               MIDI                                        4 Cromorn (Ps)
      MIDI

      NOTES
   1. Enclosed with Positive division.
   2. Printed in TAO specification as 8' pitch, is actually probably 4.
   3. Most standard inter- and intra-manual couplers.
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2014-02-24]

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