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Unknown Builder (1926 ca.)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2003 - Builders nameplate (and small donor nameplate) from 1960s console (Photograph by Stephen Lipnichan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2003 - Right stopjamb with Zimbelstern switch (Photograph by Stephen Lipnichan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2003 - Left stop jamb with clips replacing some drawknobs (Photograph by Stephen Lipnichan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2003 - Console with miniature chime keyboard (Photograph by Stephen Lipnichan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2003 - Console (Photograph by Stephen Lipnichan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2019 - Chancel and High Altar (Photograph by Holy Wisdom Facebook Group, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022 - Church profile from distance (Photograph by Holy Wisdom Website, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2011 - Organ in rear gallery 2011 (Photograph by Douglas Sellars, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by St. Boniface Facebook, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022 - Organ Facade Detail (Photograph by Holy Wisdom Parish Website, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022 - Exterior Front 2022 (Photograph by Holy Wisdom Parish Website, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2020 - Exterior side (Photograph by Flickr, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2018 - Nave (Photograph by Flickr, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2021 - Organ Facade 2021 (Photograph by FourSquare, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022 - Exterior 2022 (Photograph by Pawsburgh Photography, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Notes

2022-08-20 - Originally W.W. Kimball Opus 475, moved here from Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh when the 1926 Skinner organ was installed at Shadyside. I'm not sure that all of it was moved -- this instrument was a modest 2 manual, so it's possible only part of it was used to create the St. Boniface instrument. From Joseph Tuttle: Kimball console replaced by supply house console in 1960s. After years of deterioration the entire instrument, except for the facade casework, was discarded in 2014 and replaced with an electronic organ. I personally played this organ a few times and it was in deplorable condition for years. Many of the console drawknobs had broken or fallen off and were replaced with paperclips so organist could turn stops on and off. Not sure the organ got any maintenance at all. The room, though glorious, had a poor acoustic. The organ had a tubby, dull sound. -Andrew Scanlon

2022-08-22 - According to Steve Lipnichan, former organist at St Boniface, the instrument was originally three manuals when it was moved to Saint Boniface from Shadyside Presbyterian, but in the 1960s when a new Supply House console was installed, it was reduced to two manuals at that time. -Andrew Scanlon

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #49904†* - W. W. Kimball Co. Opus 475 (1903)

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