Better Pipe Organ Database

A. B. Felgemaker Co. Opus 561 (1893)

St. Clement Episcopal Church: Sanctuary; front
101 Clinton St.
Greenville, PA

Images

2016-07-12 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2016-07-15 - Organ Case and Keydesk (Photograph by John K. Wise/Database Manager)

2016-07-15 - Keydesk (Photograph by John K. Wise/Database Manager)

2016-07-15 - Expression Pedal (Photograph by John K. Wise/Database Manager)

2016-07-15 - Pedalboard and Expression Pedal (Photograph by John K. Wise/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
8 stops
10 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - The room next to the organ in the 154-year-old church was settling, causing damage. The organ was literally tearing itself apart. Pipes had to be straightened out, nicks and dents removed, and then the organ needed to be revoiced. Refurbished 1990's by Paul Fisher. -Database Manager

2017-05-05 - Updated by John K. Wise, who has heard or played the organ.<br> This was an original Felgemaker Model 5. At some point the 8' Melodia was removed from the great and replaced with a 2' Fifteenth. All the other stops are original. The organ originally had a pump bellows that was electrified c. 1917. That was removed and replaced with a modern electric blower at a later date. The keyboard cover and music desk were removed at some point and replaced by a modern music rack with an electric light. The pedalboard, stop jambs, manual "cheeks" are all rebuilds, and the Felgemaker name stencil was removed at some point. The lower half of the case has been painted white (in the 1950s) and a colonial style facade has been built around the facade pipes (not original to the instrument. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the console July 15, 2016

Greenville, Pennsylvania
St. Clement's Episcopal Church

A. B. Felgemaker, 1893 (model "No. 6") - Original Specifications


    GREAT                                    COUPLERS (Drawknob)
8'  Open Diapason                            Swell to Pedal
8'  Melodia                                  Great to Pedal
8'  Dulciana
8'  Unison Bass                              Swell to Great
4'  Principal

    SWELL (Expressive)                       FOOT TRUNDLES
8'  Viola                                    None
8'  Stop'd Diapason
8'  Stop'd Diapason Bass
4'  Flute                                    PEDAL MOVEMENTS
    Tremolo                                  Swell Expression     (bal.)

    PEDAL
16' Bourdon

NOTES
Electric Blower added in 1917. At some later date, the Great 8' Melodia
was replaced with a 2' Fifteenth.

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Greenville, Pennsylvania
St. Clement's Episcopal Church

A. B. Felgemaker, 1893 (model "No. 6")
Paul Fischer, Fischer Organs, Erie, Pennsylvania c. 1996 - Restoration


    GREAT                                    COUPLERS (Drawknob)
8'  Open Diapason                            Swell to Pedal
8'  Dulciana                                 Great to Pedal
8'  Unison Bass
4'  Principal                                Swell to Great
2'  Fifteenth

    SWELL (Expressive)                       FOOT TRUNDLES
8'  Viola                                    None
8'  Stop'd Diapason
8'  Stop'd Diapason Bass
4'  Flute                                    PEDAL MOVEMENTS
    Tremolo                                  Swell Expression     (bal.)

    PEDAL
16' Bourdon

NOTES
Electric Blower added in 1917.


[Received from John K. Wise 2016-07-17.]
[Updated by James R. Stettner 2022-05-21.]

Documents

Newspaper Clipping The organ must have originally used a water motor for the bellows -Database Manager