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Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Organbuilders (1995)

All Saints' Roman Catholic Church [- St. Matthew Parish]
19 Wilson Street
Pittsburgh: Etna, PA

OHS convention: 2010


Images


1997 - Church exterior (Photograph by Historical Marker Website, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1960 - Interior before renovation (Photograph from an archival source: Diocese of Pittsburgh, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2009-09-14 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hook & Hastings (1895, Opus1687). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Relocated from First Baptist, Moorestown, NJ through OCH. Restored and installed by Patrick Murphy. 5 composition pedals. Gt. Mixture III replaced a Dulciana. Sw. 8' Celeste replaced 8' Quintadena. Sw. 4' Principal replaced 4' Violina. New key action and rebuilt winding system. Ded. 7 Dec 1995. [Replaced a 1917 Tellers-Sommerhoff tubular pneumatic which had been electrified and enlarged in 1957.] -Database Manager

2016-02-12 - Updated through online information from Jim Stark. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

1895 Hook & Hastings Opus 1687
All Saints R. C. Church
Etna, PA



GREAT (lower keyboard; 58 notes)

  8 Open Diapason        
	58 pipes - Notes #1-19 in facade; slotted, spotted metal
  8 Melodia	         
	58 pipes - Notes #1-12 stopped wood; remainder open wood
  4 Octave	         
	58 pipes - Notes #1-6 in facade, spotted metal
  4 Flute d’Amour	         
	58 pipes - Notes #1-36 stopped wood; remainder open metal
  2 Fifteenth	         
	58 pipes - Spotted metal
III Mixture	       
	174 pipes - Spotted metal; breaks at every octave (1 1/3’, 1’, 2/3’);
	new, on original Dulciana toe board
 8 Trumpet	         
	58 pipes - Spotted metal reed pipes except notes #50-58 open metal; notes #1- 5 	mitered
    Tremolo	(affects entire organ)

SWELL (upper keyboard; 58 notes; enclosed)

16 Bourdon Bass          
	 12 pipes - Stopped wood
16 Bourdon Treble        
	46 pipes - Stopped wood
  8 Open Diapason           
	58 pipes - Spotted metal
  8 Stopped Diapason       
	58 pipes - Stopped wood; notes #50-58 open metal
  8 Salicional                   
	58 pipes - Slotted, spotted metal; notes #1-7 offset, unenclosed
  8 Celeste                       
	46 pipes - From tenor C; spotted metal; 
	new (from Gt. Dulciana), replaced missing 8 Quintadena
  4 Principal	           
	58 pipes - Spotted metal; new, replace 4 Violna
  4 Flute Harmonique      
	58 pipes - Spotted metal
  2 Flautino                     
	58 pipes - Spotted metal
 II Cornet	          
	92 pipes - From tenor C; spotted metal; (2 2/3’, 1 3/5’)
  8 Bassoon	          
	12 pipes - Notes #1-12 only; spotted metal reed pipes
  8 Oboe		          
	46 pipes - From tenor C; spotted metal reed pipes except notes #50-58, open 	metal

PEDAL: (Flat, straight keyboard; 27 notes)

16 Bourdon                    
	27 pipes - stopped wood
  8 Open Diapason           
	27 pipes - notes #1-12 open wood; #13-27 open metal

COUPLERS:			COMPOSITION PEDALS:
Swell to Great	 		Swell Piano
Swell to Pedal	 		Swell Forte
Great to Pedal			Great Piano
				Great Forte
				Great to Pedal (reversible)

WIND PRESSURE: 3” or 78 mm water column

19 Stops - 22 Ranks

Documentation:  J. R. Daniels (2009)


 [Received from Jim Stark 2016-01-31.]

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