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Unknown Builder Opus 855

Sacred Heart Catholic Church
310 Shady Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA

Images

1995-09-25 - The shell of the console matches the choir seating (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1995-09-25 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
54 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

Notes

2021-08-31 - The organ was installed in 1932 and an Antiphonal installed in 1957; at some point prior to my visit in September 1995, a previous organist had Allen drawknobs, couplers and pistons installed; this is reflected in the console photo; a very simple curtain covers the organ chamber; the nave is very live and the organ sounded quite good during my visit; the console was built for Aeolian-Skinner Op. 991 in 1940 for their organ at Broadway Tabernacle (Congregational) in New York City. When that church closed in 1969, the console found its way to Sacred Heart after stopovers in South Orange NJ and with Carl Loesser in Plainfield NJ. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the console during visit on Sept. 25, 1995

       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
       Sacred Heart R. C. Church

       Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 855    1932
       Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 855-A  1957
       _______________________________________

       
       GREAT                   SWELL
    8' 1st Diapason        16' Bourdon
    8' 2nd Diapason         8' Principal
    8' Stopped Diapason     8' Rohrflöte
    8' Harmonic Flute       8' Salicional
    4' Octave               8' Voix Celeste
    4' Flute                4' Octave Geigen
    4' Gemshorn             V  Mixture
2 2/3' Nazard              16' Posaune
    2' Super Octave         8' Trumpet
1 3/5' Tierce               8' Oboe
    V  Mixture              4' Clarion
   16' Contra Trumpet          Tremolo
    8' Trumpet                 Sub
    4' Clarion                 Unison Off
       Sub                     Super
       Unison Off              Blank
       Blank                   Blank
                               Blank
       CHOIR
    8' Spitz Flute             PEDAL
    8' Dulciana            32' Contra Bourdon
    8' Unda Maris          16' Diapason
    4' Gemshorn            16' Contra Bass
   IV  Mixture             16' Bourdon
    8' Trumpet             16' Lieblich Gedeckt
    4' Schalmei             8' Octave
       Tremolo              8' Flute
       Sub                  8' Still Gedeckt
       Unison Off           4' Super Octave
       Super                4' Flute
       Blank                2' Flute
       Blank               IV  Grand Cornet
       Blank                V  Mixture
       Blank               32' Bombarde (prep)
       Blank               16' Bombarde
       Blank                8' Trumpet
                            4' Clarion
       SOLO-ANTIPHONAL         Blank
       Blank                   Blank
       Blank
       Blank
       Blank
       Blank
       Blank
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
    8' Principal
    4' Octave
  III  Mixture
    8' Trompette Harmonique
    4' Trompette Harmonique

   [Received from Jeff Scofield August 30, 2021]

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#25600†* - Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 991 (1939)