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F. A. Bartholomay's Sons (1948)

Images

2021-11-15 - Kinetic blower (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Dedication plaque on console (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Stained glass windows in rear loft, Ellwood Potts, Philadelphia, 1922 (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Closeup of nicking of one of the facade pipes (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Stopped flute in Great Division - note older wooden pipes and older stopped handle design (Photograph by Christopher Kehoe, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Swell pipework, Oboe and flutes (Photograph by Christopher Kehoe, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Great pipework (Photograph by Christopher Kehoe, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Underside of pneumatic slider motor stop action (Photograph by Christopher Kehoe, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Great stop action (pneumatic slider motors) (Photograph by Christopher Kehoe, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Pedal pipes were installed in any open nook available, with zinc tubing to the offset pipes routed throughout the chamber (Photograph by Christopher Kehoe, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Pedal chest latch cap magnets (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Nameplate (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Side view of console (pedalboard is partially pulled out from console) (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Console in front, right chancel (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Closer view of one of the facades (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-11-15 - Dual opening facade to the right of the chancel (Photograph by Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Notes

2021-11-19 - This entry describes a 1949 F.A. Bartholomay's Sons organ, of 16 ranks, with EP slider chests and older pipework, some of which may be from the 1926 Wurlitzer, although it is not at all clear. As such, it does not share the typical extensive unification typical in organs of this period and of this builder. The most likely scenario is that the Wurlitzer was taken in trade. The church closed, was sold and converted into a private residence in 2012. It has again been sold in 2021 and is being converted into a Montessori School. The organ chambers will be walled closed. The console will be discarded. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Taken from console and chamber

Great (61 notes, unenclosed) First Open Diapason 8 (61 pipes), Second Open Diapason 8 (73 pipes), Gamba 8 (61 pipes), Dulciana 8 (61 pipes), Stopped Diapason 8 (61 pipes), Flute D'Amour 4 (61 pipes), Octave 4 (Second Open Diapason), Twelfth 2⅔ (61 pipes), Fifteenth 2 (61 pipes), Chimes

Swell (61 notes, enclosed) Bourdon 16 (61 pipes), Open Diapason 8 (61 pipes), Salicional 8 (61 pipes), Vox Celeste (TC) 8 (49 pipes), Hohl Flute 4 (61 pipes), Flageolet 2 (61 pipes), Oboe 8 (61 pipes), Tremolo

Pedal (32 notes) Open Diapason 16 (44 pipes), Bourdon 16 (44 pipes), Major Flute 8 (Open Diapason), Still Flute 8 (Bourdon)

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