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Tellers Organ Co. Opus 983 (1964)

Duquesne University: Chapel
600 McAnulty Drive
Pittsburgh, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


2015 - Stop tabs from Tellers Console (Photograph by Joseph Tuttle, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Circa 2015 - Swell shades and exposed Great (Duquesne University/Andrew Scanlon)

2015 - Instrument during removal of pipework prior to installation of new Jaeckel organ (Duquesne archives/Andrew Scanlon)

Ca 1970 - Ann Labounsky at the Tellers console (Duquesne archives/Scanlon Andrew)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2014-03-23 - A rebuild of an 1894 J. B. Didinger. Identified by Joseph Tuttle, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- -Database Manager

2014-03-28 - Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- The Sforzando does not cancel with stops on General Cancel and must be turned off separately. At some time in the late 1960s or early 1970s the 4' Spitzflote on the Great was replaced with a recycled 4' wooden flute of unknown origin. -Database Manager

2014-07-01 - Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- This organ was parted out in early May of 2014 in preparation for renovations to the choir loft and the installation of a new three-manual tracker instrument by Jaeckel Organs of Duluth, MN. The Viola, Viola Celeste, Subbass, Quintaton, and Gemshorn ranks were retained to be incorporated into the new organ. Remaining pipe work was removed to storage by Luley & Associates. -Database Manager

2015-07-18 - Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -Database Manager

2015-07-25 - Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -Database Manager

2022-03-11 - The claim that the Tellers was a rebuild of the Didinger organ is spurious, [in my opinion] having played it many times during my graduate studies there in the early 2000s and having climbed in it and tuned it a few times. The pipework was decidedly entirely Tellers to my eye (and having climbed in many a Tellers in my time). -- informatino in personal email to the editor 2022-03-11 As of this date, the original stoplist for the Didinger & Co. organ has been found and it supports the idea that the pipework was likely much more romantic and broad than what Tellers were building in the 1950s. A new entry for the Didinger instrument has been created. -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Stoplist taken from console March 14, 2014 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Tellers Organ Company*
Erie, Pennsylvania
Opus 983
1964

Great
8'  Principal
8'  Bourdon
8'  Gemshorn
4'  Octave
4'  Spitzflote
2'  Fifteenth
III Mixture
Great to Great 16'
Great to Great 4'
Great Unison Release

Swell
16' Rohr Bourdon  (T.C. ext)
8'  Viola
8'  Viola Celeste (T.C.)
8'  Rohr Flote
4'  Octave Geigen (ext)
4'  Rohr Flote    (ext)
2 2/3 Nasard      (ext)
2'  Rohr Flote    (ext)
1 1/3 Larigot     (ext)
8'  Trompette
4'  Clairon       (ext)
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell to Swell 4'
Swell Unison Release

Pedal
16' Subbass    (GR ext)
16' Quintaton
8'  Principal
8'  Bourdon    (GR)
8'  Rohr Flote (SW)
8'  Quintaton  (ext)
4'  Choral Bass(ext)
4'  Rohr Flote (SW)
16' Trompette  (SW ext)
8'  Trompette  (SW)

Couplers
Swell to Great 16'
Swell to Great 8'
Swell to Great 4'
Great to Pedal 8'
Great to Pedal 4'
Swell to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal 4'

Pistons
5 Swell combinations (w/ Pedal)
4 Great combinations (w/ Pedal)
7 General combinations (+ 2 independent toestud combinations)
Sforzando
General Cancel (can also be set as a combination)

Toestuds
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Sforzando
2 General combinations

Manual Compass: 61 notes
Pedal Compass:  32 notes

 [Received from Joseph Tuttle 2014-03-28.]

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