Better Pipe Organ Database

Hall Organ Co. (1927)

Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
625 Montgomery Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA

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

Images

2018-11-09 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-09-17 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
47 stops
73 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

Notes

2023-01-23 - The organ was not built; the church instead received a Welte of slightly larger size, with Charles Courboin still the consultant. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON April 1927

       Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
       Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church

       Hall   1927   4/47
       ________________________________________________________

       GREAT (enclosed)                    CHOIR
   16' Double Open Diapason    73      16' Contra Gamba      61
    8' Principal Open Diapason 73       8' Viola Diapason    73
    8' Second Open Diapason    73       8' Concert Flute     73
    8' Tibia Plena             73       8' Gemshorn          12
    8' Doppelflöte             73       8' Dulciana          73
    8' Cello                   73       8' Unda Maris        73
    4' Octave                  73       4' Forest Flute      73
    4' Harmonic Flute          73       4' Gemshorn          12
2 2/3' Nazard                  61       2' Gemshorn          12
    2' Fifteenth               61       8' French Horn       73
1 3/5' Tierce                  61       8' Clarinet          73
   16' Double Trumpet          73          Chimes
    8' Tromba                  73          Harp
    4' Clarion                 73          Celesta
       Chimes                  EC
       Harp                    61          SOLO-ECHO
       Celesta                 49       8' Tuba              73
                                        8' Viole Aetheria    73
       SWELL                            8' Vox Angelica      73
   16' Bourdon                 61       8' Gedeckt           73
    8' Open Diapason           73       8' Vox Humana        61
    8' Stopped Diapason        12          Chimes            20
    8' Clarabella              73
    8' Viola                   73          PEDAL
    8' Viole Celeste           73      32' Contra Bourdon    32
    8' Spitzflöte              73      16' Open Diapason     32
    8' Spitzflöte Celeste      73      16' Open Diapason     GT
    4' Octave                  73      16' Bourdon           12
    4' Flauto Traverso         73      16' Violone        GT 12
    4' Flute d'Amour           12      16' Double Clarabella 12
3 1/5' Tierce                  61      16' Dolce Bourdon     SW
2 2/3' Nazard                  61      16' Dolce Gamba       CH
    2' Harmonic Piccolo        61  10 2/3' Quint              7
    2' Flageolet               12       8' Octave            12
1 3/5' Seventeenth             61       8' Dolce Flute        5
   16' Posaune                 73       8' Gedeckt           SW
   16' Vox Humana              61       8' Cello             GT
    8' Trumpet                 73       4' Octave            12
    8' Oboe                    73       4' Octave Flute      12
    8' Vox Humana              12      32' Contra Bombarde   32
    4' Clarion                 73      16' Bombarde          12
    4' Vox Humana              12      16' Double Trumpet    GT
       Chimes                  EC      16' Posaune           SW
       Harp                             8' Tuba              SO
       Celesta

            [Received from Jeff Scofield January 21, 2023]

Documents

From THE DIAPASON April 1927 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield