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Gress-Miles Organ Co. (1971)

Calvary United Church of Christ
640 Centre Ave.
Reading, PA

Images

2020-08-03 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-12-18 - Chancel, façade pipes and console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
16 stops
29 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON May 1971

        Reading, Pennsylvania
        Calvary United Church of Christ

        Gress-Miles   1971   2/24
        _____________________________________________

        GREAT                      SWELL
    16' Quintaton      58       8' Holzgedeckt     58
     8' Principal      46       8' Gemshorn        58
     8' Rohrfloete     58       8' Gemshorn Cel    46
     4' Octave         58       4' Spitzfloete     58
     4' Rohrpfeife     24   2 2/3' Nasat           46
    II  Sesquialtera   78       2' Octave          58
  IV-V  Mixture       266   1 1/3' Quintfloete     12
     8' Trumpet        26       1' Superoctave     12
                           III-IV  Scharf         220
        PEDAL                   8' Viola da Gamba  58
    16' Subbass        12          Tremulant
    16' Quintaton      GT          Sub
10 2/3' Quintfloete    GT          Super
     8' Principal      32
     8' Rohrgedeckt    SW
     4' Octave         12
     2' Schwiegel      12
III-IV  Mixture        36
    16' Posaune        32
     8' Trumpet        12
     4' Viola da Gamba SW

The Viola da Gamba is a triple-conical reed, modeled
after those of Franz Caspar Schnitger in 19th century
Holland.

       [Received from Jeff Scofield January 3, 2022]

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