Better Pipe Organ Database

Hillgreen, Lane & Co. (1967)

First Methodist Church
302 W. Walnut St.
Titusville, PA

Images

2019-06-10 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Bruce Schutrum/Database Manager)

2019-06-10 - Great Division with portion of Pedal Principal to the left and Great Principal basses to the right (Photograph by Bruce Schutrum/Database Manager)

2019-06-10 - Chancel (Photograph by Bruce Schutrum/Database Manager)

2019-06-10 - Chamber Grille and Exposed Pipework (Photograph by Bruce Schutrum/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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

2014-07-29 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, using information found in The American Organist, Vol. 51, No. 1, January 1969, pg. 21 "Stoplists". -- -Database Manager

2018-07-24 - Information from Hillgreen, Lane & Co. opus list, compiled by Bynum Petty Contract: March 1966. Pipes, chests, and other materials retained from the church's Hillgreen, Lane organ, Op. 1168 (1953). Price: $26,685. -Database Manager

2019-07-24 - Updated by Bruce Schutrum, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from Bruce Schutrum. Source: The Diapason, January, 1968 2018-07-24

Titusville, Pennsylvania
First Methodist Church

Organ by Hillgreen, Lane & Co.

         GREAT
   16' Cor d'Nuit
    8' Principal          61 pipes
    8' Bourdon a Cheminee 61 pipes
    4' Octave             61 pipes
    2' Octavin            61 pipes
   IV  Fourniture        244 pipes

         SWELL
    8' Stopped Flute      68 pipes
    8' Viola              68 pipes
    8' Viola Celeste      56 pipes
    4' Nachthorn          68 pipes  
    2' Block Flute        61 pipes
  III  Mixture           183 pipes
    8' Trompette          68 pipes
    4' Hautbois           68 pipes
       Tremulant

        CHOIR-POSITIF
    8' Cor d'Nuit         61 pipes
    8' Gemshorn           61 pipes
    8' Gemshorn Celeste   49 pipes
    4' Prestant           61 pipes
    4' Flute Traversiere  61 pipes
    2' Doublette          61 pipes
1 1/3' Larigot            61 pipes
    8' Cromorne           61 pipes
    8' Bombarde           61 pipes
       Tremulant

         PEDAL
   32' Resultant
   16' Contre-Basse       32 pipes
   16' Bourdon            32 pipes
   16' Cor d'Nuit         12 pipes
    8' Principal          12 pipes
    8' Bourdon            12 pipes
    4' Principal          12 pipes
    2' Principal          12 pipes
   16' Contra-trompette   12 pipes
    8' Trompette
    4' Clairon
       Chimes

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#62873 - Hillgreen, Lane & Co. Opus 1168 (1953)