Midmer-Losh Inc. Opus 5519 (1930)

Unknown - Restorer nameplate (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Builder nameplate (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Interior of floating division (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Choir Division (left), Tuba Profunda 16' (Center), Resultant 32' (back) (Photograph by Church website/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Right stop jamb (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Left stop jamb (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Expression pedals (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Console viewed head-on (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Console viewed from left (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Case and pipe fence in gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2004-10-30 - 85 note Choir manual. To be restored 1999 by Foley-Baker. Console to be retained, furnished with SS mechanisms. Missing Gt. Mixture to be replaced. -Database Manager

2006-06-23 - Updated through online information from Nicholas F. Russotto. -Database Manager

2022-02-06 - The heavily-unified Midmer-Losh organ in the upper church was installed in 1930 at a cost of $17,760. The number 5519 appears throughout the organ, but it is unlikely that the Midmer firm ever built that many instruments. The Great Diapason 8' is an unusual "double languid" diapason, a genre characterized by Ernest M. Skinner as being "suitable to a baseball park." The "serpent-hood" Great Trumpet 8' is a type of low-pressure Post Horn designed to create and project brilliant harmonics. -- *1994 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Pedal Resultant 32 (32 notes), Diapason 16, Bourdon 16 (32 notes), Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Contra Bass 16 (32 notes), Tuba Profunda 16, Dulciana 16 (32 notes), Tuba 8, Tromba 8, Flute Major 8, Cello 8 (32 notes), Clarion 4, Piccolo 4 (32 notes)

Great (Five Octaves) Diapason 16, Diapason 8 (Double languid), Gemshorn 8, Clarabella 8, Octave 4, Twelfth Nazard 2 2/3 (73 notes), Fifteenth 2 (73 notes), Mixture V, Trumpet 8, Concert Harp, Cathedral Chimes

Swell (Five Octaves) Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Diapason 8, Gedeckt 8, Salicional 8, Voix Celeste 8, Flute 4, Flageolet 2 (73 notes), Grand Cornet (Dulciana) V (Stop tab engraved IV (Playable from Swell or Choir Manuals) ), Tremulant

Brass and Woodwind (Solo and Chorus, Playable from Swell or Choir Manual) Oboe 8, Cornopean 8, Vox Humana 8, Horn d'Orchestre 8, Corno Di Bassetto 8, Tuba Clarion 4, Tuba 8, Tuba Profunda 16

String (Playable from any manual) Contra Viol 16, Violin Cello 8, Viola 4, Cello Celeste 8, Viol d'Orchestre 8, Viol Celeste 8

Accessories Great to Pedal, reversible, Balanced Expression Pedal, Swell, Balanced Expression Pedal, Choir, Grand Crescendo Pedal, Crescendo Indicators, Sforzando Pedals, Great, Swell, Choir and Pedal Tremulants, Organist's Bench

Choir (Seven Octaves) Dulciana 16, Diapason 8 (85 notes), Unda Maris 8, Clarabella 8 (73 notes), Flute Major 8, Flute 4, Dolce 4, Dolce Twelfth 2 2/3 (73 notes), Dulcet 2 (73 notes), Dulcinet 1 (61 notes), Waldflute (English)

Adjustable Combinations Six affecting Great Organ (Second touch Pedal), Six affecting Swell Organ (Second touch Pedal), Six affecting Choir Organ (Second touch Pedal), Six affecting Pedal Organ (Second touch Pedal), Six affecting String Organ, Six affecting Brass and Woodwind Division

Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Great 4, Choir to Great 16, Choir to Great 8, Choir to Great 4, Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Swell 4, Choir to Swell 8, Swell to Choir 16, Swell to Choir 8, Swell to Choir 4, Choir to Choir 16, Choir to Choir 4, Great to Choir 8, String to Great 8, String to Swell 8, String to Choir 8, String to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 4, Choir to Pedal 8

Great Gr. 16' Diapason, Gr. 8' Diapason (Double Languid!), Gr. 8' Second Diapason, Gr. 8' Gemshorn, Gr. 8' Clarabella 8, Gr. 4' Octave, Gr. 2 2/3' Twelfth, Gr. 2' Fifteenth, Gr. V Mixture, Gr. 8' Trumpet (Hooded, very bright voicing.), Concert Harp, Cathedral Chimes, Mel 8' Tuba (Only plays on the topmost key depressed.), Mel 4' Tuba (Only plays on the topmost key depressed.), Mel 2' Fifteenth (Only plays on the topmost key depressed.), Gr. Tremulant

Swell Sw. 16' Lieblich Gedeckt, Sw. 8' Diapason, Sw. 8' Gedeckt, Sw. 2' Flageolet, Sw. V Grand Cornet (C-B: 19.24.26.29 c-b: 12.15.17.19.22 c1-b1: 8.12.17.19.22 c2-c4: 8.10.12.15), Sw. Tremulant, Sw. 4' Principal, Sw. 2 2/3' Nazard Flute, Sw. 8' Vox Celeste

Choir (85 note manual C0-c5, an octave above and below normal 61 note manual.) Ch. 16' Dulciana (C0-B0 repeats same notes as C-B), Ch. 8' Diapason, Ch. 8' Unda Maris (C-c4), Ch. 4' Flute, Ch. 4' Dolce, Ch. 2 2/3' Dolce Twelfth (C0-c4), Ch. 2' Dulcet (C0-c4), Ch. 1' Dulcinet (CC 1 - c 49), Ch. IV Grand Cornet, Ch. Tremulant, Ch. 8' Clarabella, Ch. 8' Major Flute, Ch. 8' Wald Flute, Ch. 8' Dulciana

String (Floating, enclosed with reed) St. 16' Contra Viol, St. 8' Viole d'Orchestre, St. 8' Cello Celeste, St. 8' Viole Celeste, St. 4' Viole, St. 8' Violin Cello

Reed (Floating, enclosed with string) Br. 8' Tuba, Br. 16' Tuba Profunda (1-12 unenclosed ), Br. 8' Cornopean, Br. 8' Corno Di Bassetto, Br. 8' Oboe, Br. 8' Cor D'Orchestre, Br. 8' Vox Humana, Floating Tremulant, Br. 4' Tuba Clarion

Finger Pistons General 1 - 8, Swell 1 - 8, Great 1 - 8, Choir 1 - 8, String 1 - 6, Reeds 1 - 6, Pedal 1 - 8

Pedal Ped. 32' Resultant, Ped. 16' Diapason, Ped. 16' Contra Bass, Ped. 16' Contra Viol, Ped. 16' Bourdon, Ped. 16' Lieblich Gedeckt, Ped. 16' Dulciana, Ped. 8' Cello, Ped. 8' Flute Major, Ped. 8' Octave, Ped. 4' Piccolo, Ped. 16' Tuba Profunda, Ped. 8' Tromba (Sole independent pedal rank ), Ped. 4' Clarion, Ped. 8' Tuba

Pedal Movements Floating Expr. Pedal, Choir Expr. Pedal, Swell Expr. Pedal, Crescendo Pedal

Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Swell to Pedal 4 (Swell to Pedal 4'), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal), Choir to Pedal 8 (Choir to Pedal), String to Pedal 8 (Pedal String Division), Reed to Pedal 8 (Ped. Reeds Division), Swell to Great 16 (Swell to Great 16'), Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great), Swell to Great 4 (Swell to Great 4'), Choir to Great 16 (Choir to Great 16'), Choir to Great 8 (Choir to Great), Choir to Great 4 (Choir to Great 4'), String to Great 8 (Gr. String Division), Reed to Great 8 (Gr. Reeds Division), Choir to Choir 16 (Choir to Choir 16'), Choir to Choir 4 (Choir to Choir 4'), Swell to Choir 16 (Swell to Choir 16'), Swell to Choir 8 (Swell to Choir), Swell to Choir 4 (Swell to Choir 4'), Great to Choir 8 (Great to Choir), String to Choir 8 (Ch. String Division), Reed to Choir 8 (Ch. Reeds Division), Swell to Swell 16 (Swell to Swell 16'), Swell to Swell 4 (Swell to Swell 4'), Choir to Swell 8 (Choir to Swell), String to Swell 8 (Swell String Division), Reed to Swell 8 (Sw. Reeds Division)

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