Better Pipe Organ Database

Di Gennaro-Hart Organ Co. (1998)

St. Alban's Episcopal Church
3001 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC

Images

Unknown - Chancel, exposed pipes (Photograph by Washington DC Chapter AGO, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-01-06 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-07-11 - Console (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-07-11 - Organ chamber and exposed pipes (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-07-11 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-07-11 - Chancel (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-07-11 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
59 stops
91 registers
5 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
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

2021-08-20 - From the Washington DC Chapter AGO website: The construction of the new organ for St. Alban’s by Di Gennaro-Hart Organ Company, Washington, is completely unique. The organ, instead of standing on its own building structure and framing, was designed and built to be suspended on structural steelwork from the roof of the Church. This design, developed by parishioner Marc Fetterman, AIA, offered the only viable solution to easing the architectural clutter associated with traditional organ support structure, while preserving the fine aesthetic of St. Alban’s Church. Additionally, all of the mechanical systems: blowers, bellows, windlines, tremulants, expression shade motors and electrical relays, all of which would normally be housed within the organ’s building structure, had to be hidden. The solution at St. Alban’s involved hiding most of these mechanisms in the ceilings of the two sacristies and running concealed windlines through the walls and into the organ’s windchests. The balance of these components were concealed beneath the new floor in the south organ trancept. The Dedicatory Recital was played by Dr. Norman Scribner and Sonya Sutton on September 20, 1998. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the Washington DC AGO website

       Washington, District of Columbia
       St. Alban's Episcopal Church

       Di Gennaro-Hart   1998   3/72
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Bourdon                  16' Lieblich Bourdon
   16' Erzähler                  8' Diapason
    8' Principal                 8' Gedeckt
    8' Diapason                  8' Salicional
    8' Harmonic Flute            8' Voix Celeste
    8' Chimney Flute             4' Octave
    8' Erzähler                  4' Flute Triangulaire
    4' Octave                    2' Flageolet
    4' Spitzflöte               IV  Plein Jeu   2'
2 2/3' Twelfth                  II  Cymbale   1/2'
    2' Fifteenth                16' Double Trumpet
    2' Recorder                 16' English Horn
1 3/5' Seventeenth               8' Trumpet
   IV  Mixture 1 1/3'            8' Oboe
    8' Trompette                 8' English Horn
    8' English Horn     SW       8' Vox Humana
    4' Clairon                   4' Clarion
       Sub                          Tremulant
       Unison Off                   Sub
       Super                        Unison Off
    8' Nave Principal               Super
    8' Nave Gedeckt
    4' Nave Octave                  CHOIR     
    2' Nave Super Octave         8' Doppel Flute
  III  Nave Mixture 1 1/3'       8' Viola
                                 8' Viola Celeste
       PEDAL                     8' Principal Flute
   32' Subbass                   8' Flauto Dolce
   16' Diapason                  8' Flute Celeste
   16' Bourdon                   4' Flute
   16' Erzähler         GT       4' Violina
   16' Lieblich Bourdon SW       8' Clarinet
    8' Octave                       Tremulant
    8' Bourdon                      Sub
    4' Super Octave                 Unison Off
    4' Night Horn                   Super
    2' Flute                     8' Nave Gedeckt
   IV  Mixture 2 2/3'            8' Nave Flute Cel II
   32' Contre Bombarde           8' Nave Harm Trumpet
   16' Bombarde
   16' Double Trumpet   SW          POSITIV
   16' English Horn     SW       8' Holzgedackt
    8' Trompette                 8' Spitz Flute    GT
    4' Clairon                   4' Principal
    4' Krummhorn        PO       4' Koppel Flute
   16' Nave Violone          2 2/3' Rohr Nasat
       Pedal on Great            2' Octave
                                 2' Block Flute
       GALLERY CONSOLE       1 3/5' Terz
   16' Nave Pedal Violone    1 1/3' Quinta
    8' Nave Principal            1' Sifflute
    8' Nave Gedeckt             IV  Scharff  2/3'
    8' Nave Flute Cel II         8' Krummhorn
    4' Nave Octave                  Tremulant
    2' Nave Super Octave            Sub
  III  Nave Mixture 1 1/3'          Unison Off
    8' Nave Harmonic Trumpet
    8' Nave Solo Harmc Trmpt

    SOUTH TRANSEPT: Great, Swell & Pedal
    NORTH TRANSEPT: Choir & Positiv

    [Received from Jeff Scofield August 20, 2021]

Websites

Audio Description of Organ - History and description of the organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)