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Tellers-Sommerhoff Organ Co. (1916)

St. Peter Catholic Cathedral
230 West 10th Street
Erie, PA

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

Images

Jan-Jun 1894 - Ad for the organ for the cathedral (Photograph from an archival source: American Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. X, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
42 stops
44 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2016-01-23 - "The original organ was built by the Barckhoff Organ Company, Salem, Ohio, for the Columbian exhibition which was held in Chicago in 1893. Bishop Tobias Mullen purchased the organ from the company that same year. It was kept in storage at the Tellers Organ Company until 1916 when it was installed as a four manual instrument in the Cathedral. In 1932, it was renovated, and in 1952 it was completely redesigned and rebuilt as a large three manual instrument. A separate organ was placed in the chancel with a complete second console. All the work was done very competently by the Tellers Organ Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. On February 10, 1976, a disastrous malfunction in the Cathedral-s fire protection system damaged the historic pipe organ beyond reasonable hope of repair." (from cathedral web site) -Database Manager

2022-03-11 - 1894 ad in The American Ecclesiastical Review, Vol X, Jan-Jun 1894, shows a photo of the organ, identified as "the Columbus organ" and: "Duplicate of it for St. John the Baptist Church, Brooklyn; Duplicate also for Church of the Gesu, Philadelphia." -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON November 1916

       Erie, Pennsylvania
       St. Peter's Cathedral

       Barckhoff             1893
       Tellers-Sommerhoff    1916   4/47
       ___________________________________________

       GREAT                    SWELL
   16' Dbl Open Diapason    16' Bourdon
    8' Open Diapason         8' Open Diapason
    8' Viola di Gamba        8' Violin Diapason
    8' Doppelflöte           8' Stopped Diapason
    8' Gemshorn              8' Quintadena
5 1/3' Quinte                8' Salicional
    4' Octave                8' Vox Celeste
    4' Hohlflöte             4' Principal
2 2/3' Twelfth               4' Flute Harmonic
    2' Fifteenth             2' Flageolet
   IV  Mixture             III  Dolce Cornet
    8' Trumpet Harmonic      8' Cornopean
                             8' Oboe
       SOLO                  8' Vox Humana
    8' Stentorphone
    8' Viola Pomposa            CHOIR
    8' Hohlpfeife            8' Diapason d'Amour
    4' Concert Flute         8' Melodia
   16' Tuba Major            8' Dulciana
    8' Tuba Mirabilis        4' Flute d'Amour
                             2' Piccolo Harmonique
       PEDAL                 8' Clarinet
   32' Resultant
   16' Grand Open Diapason
   16' Bourdon
   16' Violone
    8' Flute
    8' Cello

   [Received from Jeff Scofield August 21, 2023]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON November 1916 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield
Barckhoff Ad Advertisement (full page with cit.) -Paul R. Marchesano