St. Mark's Episcopal Church: Sanctuary; front
1625 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA
Images
2021-05-14 - Church interior to sanctuary and organ cases (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-03-30 - Front of church and organ cases (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-02-21 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-09-19 - Console in its perch to the upper left of the choir (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-09-19 - Chancel, organ case and console gallery (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-09-19 - Console before hoisting to the perch (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023 - Console (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 90 stops
- 97 registers
- 10 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
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- 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
2023-09-21 - From THE DIAPASON October 2019: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, recently undertook a restoration of its historic pipe organ. Aeolian-Skinner Opus 948 (1936–1937) was designed and voiced by G. Donald Harrison, president and tonal director of Aeolian-Skinner. The instrument includes two older divisions in the chancel—the Screen division that dates from about 1906 and the String division, built in 1922 at the Wanamaker organ shop. An Antiphonal organ was added to the instrument in 2002 and included ranks of pipes as well as digital stops.
In the recent project, the Antiphonal organ was revised by eliminating digital voices and adjusting the tonal quality of the pipework to achieve a better blend with the chancel organ. Ranks of pipes were acquired from dismantled Aeolian-Skinner organs (Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, and Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire), both designed and voiced by G. Donald Harrison, to create a complete chorus. A Flauto Mirabilis stop by E. M. Skinner was moved from the Antiphonal organ to the chancel organ.
Emery Brothers of Allentown, Pennsylvania, took on the restoration of the chancel organ. The process of reinstallation was managed by long-time curator Steve Emery. Repairs and revisions of the Antiphonal organ were carried out by Foley-Baker Inc., of Tolland, Connecticut. The resulting instrument comprises 114 ranks of pipes. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Source: Taken from the church website
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Aeolian-Skinner Op. 948 1936-37 4/115
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GREAT 3" wind POSITIV 2 2/3" wind
16' Diapason 61 8' Singendgedeckt 61
8' Principal 61 4' Prinzipal 61
8' Diapason 61 4' Koppelflöte 61
8' Bourdon 61 2 2/3' Nasat 61
8' Gemshorn 61 2' Blockflöte 61
4' Principal 61 1 3/5' Terz 61
4' Octave 61 1 1/3' Larigot 61
4' Gemshorn 61 1' Sifflöte 61
2 2/3' Quint 61 IV Scharff 244
2' Super Octave 61 III Zimbel 183
IV Fourniture 244 Tremolo
IV Cymbel 244
III-V Full Mixture 269 SCREEN 4 1/2" wind
Chimes 8' Diapason 61
8' Dulciana 61
SWELL 3 3/4" and *5" 4' Gemshorn 61
16' Flûte conique 73 2 2/3' Nazard 61
8' Geigen 73 2' Piccolo 61
8' Viole de gambe 73
8' Viole céleste 73 STRING 8 1/4" wind
8' Rohrflöte * 73 16' Viole 73
4' Octave Geigen 73 8' Flute 73
4' Fugara * 73 8' Orchestral Strings 146
4' Flûte ⌂ * 73 8' Dulcet II 146
2 2/3' Nazard * 61 8' Dulciana Celeste II 146
2' Fifteenth * 61 8' Dulciana 73
1 3/5' Tierce * 61 4' Viole 73
III Mixture 183 16' Vox Humana 12
III Cymbel *183 8' Vox Humana 61
16' Bombarde 73
8' Trompette * 73 ANTIPHONAL (a) 5" wind
8' Trumpet 73 8' Principal 61
4' Clairon * 73 8' Bourdon 61
Tremolo 4' Octave 61
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61
CHOIR 5" wind 2' Super Octave 61
16' Contra Viola 73 8' Hautbois 61
8' Viola 73 Tremolo
8' Nachthorn 73 8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61
8' Dolcan 73
8' Dolcan Celeste tc 61 PEDAL 5" wind
4' Viola 73 32' Sub Principal wtc
4' Zauberflöte 73 32' Bourdon wtc
16' Krummhorn 73 16' Principal 32
8' Trompette 73 16' Contre Basse 32
Tremolo 16' Subbass 32
16' Violone 32
BOMBARDE 7" (in CH) 16' Viol (in String) 32
16' Posaune 61 16' Flûte Conique SW
8' Trumpet 61 16' Contra Viola CH
4' Clarion 61 8' Principal 32
8' Nachthorn 32
SOLO (encl in String) 8' Flûte conique SW
a 8' Flauto Mirabilis 49 8' Viola CH
a 8' French Horn 61 5 1/3' Quint 32
a 8' English Horn 61 4' Principal 32
Tremolo 4' Flûte harmonique 32
b 8' Tuba 15" wind 61 2' Blockflöte 32
III Mixture 96
a vintage Skinner/Aeolian- II Cymbel 64
Skinner reworked in 32' Posaune BO 12
2018-2019 16' Bombarde 7" wind 32
b 2001 A R Schopp's Sons 16' Posaune BO
revoiced in 2019 by 8' Trompette 32
Samuel C Hughes 4' Clairon 32
Chimes GT
[Received from Jeff Scofield Septembber 21, 2023]
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