St. John's Roman Catholic Church
94 Ridge Street
Orange, NJ
Images
2008-10-11 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ed Igoe (2003); submitted by John Igoe/Database Manager)
2008-10-11 - Altar at Christmas (Photograph by John Igoe (1967); Digital image by John Igoe/Database Manager)
2008-10-11 - Organ case (Photograph by Ed Igoe (1978); digital image by John Igoe/Database Manager)
2008-10-11 - Choir and organ in rear gallery (Unknown photographer; submitted by John Igoe/Database Manager)
2008-10-11 - Angled view of central facade (Photograph by Ed Igoe (1978); digital image by John Igoe/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Sliding Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 3 manuals
- 38 stops
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical With Pneumatic Assists
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Cost $7000. Has Barker action in the Great. On Hook list as 3-48. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Restored 1972 by Hartman-Beaty, no revoicing. -Database Manager
2005-05-31 - Recording by Bruce Stevens, 2005. -Database Manager
2008-03-31 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- While the swell and choir are straight tracker, the great and any great couplers (swell-to-great, choir-to-great, great unison off) work through the Barker machine, and they are controlled by large thumb pistons above the great. The lower keyboard is labeled as "SOLO" even though it is more functionally a "choir" division. -Database Manager
2012-02-10 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- While the organ was renovated, every attempt was to made to retain all original materials and mechanicals --minimal revoicing was done. The organ is superbly maintained and has been played several times a week every day since 1879. -Database Manager
2017-08-31 - Updated by John Igoe, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from the 1973 OHS Convention Booklet Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
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