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Welte-Mignon Corporation [Welte Organ Co.] Opus 272 (1928)

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Hickman Temple AME
5001 Baltimore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA

Images

1909 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: digital.librarycompany.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
46 stops
56 registers
6 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

2022-04-02 - The building was sold by St. Paul's to Hickman Temple AME Church in 1972; it was offered for sale for $1.2 million in January 2022. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: The American Organist, November 1928

       Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
       St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

       Welte-Mignon   1928   4/50
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT (enclosed)             CHOIR
   16' Diapason            73    8' Concert Flute  73
    8' 1st Diapason        73    8' Dulciana       73
    8' 2nd Diapason        73    8' Unda Maris     73
    8' Hohlflöte           73    4' Flute          73
    8' Tibia               73    8' Clarinet       73
    4' Octave              73       Tremulant
    4' Harmonic Flute      73       Sub
2 2/3' Nasard              73       Unison Off
    2' Fifteenth           61       Super
    8' Tromba              73       Chimes         SO
       Tremulant                 8' Harp           61
       Sub                       4' Harp
       Unison Off
       Super                        SOLO
       Chimes              SO    8' Gross Gamba    73
    8' Harp                CH    8' Gamba Celeste  73
    4' Harp                CH    8' Open Flute     73
                                 8' Tuba Mirabilis 73
       SWELL                     8' French Horn    73
   16' Bourdon             73       Tremulant
    8' Diapason            73       Sub
    8' Stopped Flute       73       Unison Off
    8' Viola da Gamba      73       Super
    8' Voix Celeste        73       Chimes         25
    8' Spitzflöte          73    8' Harp           CH
    8' Spitzflöte Celeste  73    4' Harp           CH
    4' Octave              73
    4' Flauto Traverso     73       ECHO
2 2/3' Nasard              73    8' Viola Atheria  73
    2' Harmonic Piccolo    61    8' Vox Angelica   73
    V  Dolce Cornet       305    8' Gedeckt        73
   16' Posaune             73    8' Vox Humana     73
    8' Cornopean           73       Tremulant
    8' Oboe                73       Sub
    8' Vox Humana          73       Unison Off
    4' Clarion             73       Super
       Tremulant                    Chimes         25
       Vox Humana Tremulant
       Sub                          PEDAL
       Unison Off               32' Bourdon         5
       Super                    16' Diapason       32
       Chimes              SO   16' Diapason       GT
    8' Harp                CH   16' Bourdon        32
    4' Harp                CH   16' Violone        32
                                16' Bourdon        SW
    As per the policy of the    16' Echo Bourdon   12
    American Organist at the     8' Diapason       12
    time, stop names of ex-      8' Bourdon        12
    tensions and borrows are     8' Violone        12
    shown with the same name     8' Still Gedeckt  SW
    as the parent rank.          4' Super Octave   12
                                16' Bombarde       32
                                16' Posaune        SW
                                 8' Bombarde       12
                                    Chimes         SO

       [Received from Jeff Scofield April 1, 2022]