First Presbyterian Church
750 N. Evans St.
Pottstown, PA
Images
2022-07-18 - Antiphonal rocker tablets (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Builder name plate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Choir screen, organ chamber and console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Chancel, choir screen and organ chambers (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-07-18 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 70 registers
- 4 divisions
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- 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
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2022-07-29 - This was a rebuild and tonal changes of 1963 Tellers Op. 959, which had retained pipework from 1936 Estey Op. 3066, which had retained pipework from 1893 Hook & Hastings Op. 1562. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Source: Taken from the console July 18, 2022
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church
Hook & Hastings Op. 1562 1893
Estey Op. 3066 1936
Tellers Op. 959 1963
Jacob Gerger & Sons 2005
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Quintaton 8' Principal
8' Principal 8' Holz Gedeckt
8' Metal Gedeckt 8' Dolce
4' Octave 8' Dolce Celeste
4' Spitz Flute 4' Octave
2 2/3' Twelfth 4' Koppel Flute
2' Super Octave 2 2/3' Nazard
2' Block Flute 2' Block Flute
IV Fourniture 1 1/3' 1 3/5' Terz
III Scharf 2/3' 1 1/3' Larigot
16' Double Trumpet 1' Sifflute
8' Trumpet III Zimbel 1/2'
Chimes 16' Dulzian
8' Solo Doppel Flute 8' Krumm Horn
8' Solo Festival Trumpet 8' Clarinet
8' Solo Trompette SW 4' Rohr Schalmei
8' Solo Oboe SW Tremulant
8' Solo Krumm Horn CH Sub
Unison Off
SWELL Super
16' Gedeckt 8' Solo Festival Trumpet GT
8' Principal Zimbelstern
8' Viola
8' Viola Celeste PEDAL
8' Gedeckt 32' Contra Basse
4' Octave 32' Contra Bourdon
4' Harmonic Flute 32' Contra Dolce
2 2/3' Twelfth 16' Principal
2' Fifteenth 16' Bourdon
2' Piccolo 16' Violone
1 3/5' Tierce 16' Bourdon Doux SW
1 1/3' Quint 16' Dolce CH
III Plein Jeu 2' 8' Octave
III Cymbal 1' 8' Bass Flute
16' Fagotto 4' Choral Bass
8' Trompette 4' Spitz Flute GT
8' Oboe IV Mixture 2 2/3'
4' Clarion IV Mixture 1 1/3'
Tremulant 32' Contra Bombarde
Sub 16' Bombarde
Unison Off 8' Trumpet
Super 4' Schalmei
ANTIPHONAL
8 blank rocker tablets
[Received from Jeff Scofield July 29, 2022]
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