St. Mark's Episcopal Church
1625 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA
OHS convention: 1996
Images
2017-03-27 - Screen organ (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-08-25 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ case, ca. 1937. (Photograph by William M. Rittase (Philadelphia; d. 1968)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ case and console, ca.1937. (Photograph by William M. Rittase (Philadelphia; d. 1968)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great pipework, ca. 1937. (Photograph by William M. Rittase (Philadelphia; d. 1968)/Database Manager)
2007-01-17 - Casework (Photo by Daniel Mitterdorfer/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 4 manuals
- 80 stops
- 86 registers
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
Notes
2004-10-30 - Church previously had 1849, then 1867 Hall & Labagh organs. Rebuilt by H. L. Roosevelt 1881. Then 1902 Austin Op. 62. Also 1926 West End organ by Midmer-Losh, which was removed within a few short years, with much of the pipework going into the Aeolian-Skinner organ at the residence of Senator Emerson Richards in Atlantic City, NJ. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - G. Donald Harrison design. String division built 1922 for previous Austin by Wanamaker shop. New Austin console in 1965. -Database Manager
2018-10-05 - Cornel Zimmer added a West End organ in 2002 made up of digital and pipe stops; it was to be removed ca.2018 and replaced with vintage Aeolian-Skinner pipework making up a replacement West End organ by Foley-Baker; as part of the general organ project, the Emery Brothers will take on the historic renovation of the Chancel Organ. -Database Manager
2007-02-10 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Included String division with Wanamaker pipework and Lady Chapel division with Welte pipework; dedicated in 1937; extant; unaltered; new console by Austin in 1966; old console moved to Covenant Presbyterian, Albany, Georgia; [0HS Plaque]</i> -Database Manager
2019-04-18 - Updated by Robert Vogel, listing this web site as a source of information: http://www.saintmarksphiladelphia.org/organ-restoration. <br> <br> -Database Manager
2019-07-24 - Updated by Ray Biswanger, who has heard or played the organ. The console is in a loft below the main instrument. The String Organ chest is of the Fleming design, built by the Wanamaker Organ Shop, with Kimball pipework. The Screen Organ is by Austin (Carlton Michell (1902) and the contract stated it was to be \"a replica of the famous 16th-century work in England.\" Its backward-looking design preceded the Organ Reform movement by several decades. The predecessor Austin is covered in Orpha Ochse\'s Austin book. The Wanamaker Shop had a Welte chest built for this pipework, replacing the original Austin Chest. G. Donald Harrison remade the 4\' Lieblich Flote into a Nazard. The pipework of the Screen Organ, however, remains Austin. [This was covered in detail in my own book, \"Music in the Marketplace.\"] I took lessons on this organ and was a parishioner there for almost 30 years. During Wesley A. Day\'s tenure as parish organist, in the late \'50s or early \'60s, the central tower was removed and carved panels were produced at some expense to open the main case and let the tone out. This tower (pieces from which were kept in the undercroft) was subsequently returned during the Zimmer enlargement. Some of the Richards/Midmer-Losh West End organ went to First Baptist Church, 1373 Grant Street, Denver, Colorado, as another Database entry duly notes. -Database Manager
2018-05-07 - Rescinded by act of National Council, October 23, 2004. -Database Manager
Stoplist
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 948 1936 4 manuals, 80 stops, 112 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (II) SWELL ORGAN (III)
16' Sub Principal 61 16' Flute Conique 73
8' Principal 61 8' Geigen 73
8' Diapason 61 8' Rohrflöte 73
8' Bourdon 61 8' Viola da Gamba 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Viola Celeste (TC) 61
4' Principal 61 4' Octave Geigen 73
4' Octave 61 4' Fugara 73
4' Gemshorn 61 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
2 2/3' Quint 61 2 2/3' Nazard 61
2' Super Octave 61 2' Fifteenth 61
III-V Cornet 269 1 3/5' Tierce 61
IV Fourniture 244 III Mixture 183
III Cymbel 183 III Cymbel 183
Chimes 16' Bombarde 73
8' Trompette 73
CHOIR ORGAN (I) 8' Trumpet 73
16' Contra Viola 73 4' Clairon 73
8' Viola 73 Tremulant
8' Nachthorn 73
8' Dolcan 73 POSITIV ORGAN (IV)
8' Dolcan Celeste (TC) 61 8' Singend Gedeckt 61
4' Viola 73 4' Prinzipal 61
4' Zauberflöte 73 4' Koppelflöte 61
16' Krummhorn 73 2 2/3' Nasat 61
8' Trompette 73 2' Blockflöte 61
Tremulant 1 3/5' Terz 61
1 1/3' Larigot 61
SCREEN ORGAN (I) 1' Sifflöte 61
8' Diapason 61 IV Scharf 244
8' Dulciana 61
4' Gemshorn 61 BOMBARDE ORGAN (IV)
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Posaune 61
2' Piccolo 61 8' Trumpet 61
4' Clarion 61
STRING ORGAN (floating)
16' Viole 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Orch. Strings II 146 16' Principal 32
8' Dulcet II 146 16' Contre Basse 32
8' Dulciana 73 16' Violone 32
8' Muted Strings II 146 16' Subbass 32
8' Flute 73 16' Viole (w/ String) 32
4' Viole 73 16' Flute Conique SW
16' Vox Humana 12 16' Contra Viola CH
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Principal 32
Tremulant 8' Nachthorn 32
8' Flute Conique SW
8' Viola CH
5 1/3' Quint 32
4' Principal 32
4' Flute Harmonique 32
2' Blockflöte 32
III Mixture 96
II Cymbel 64
32' Posaune 12
16' Bombarde 32
8' Trompette 32
4' Clairon 32
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-07-22]
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