St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Capitol Hill: Sanctuary; rear gallery
313 2nd St. NE
Washington, DC
Images
2020-05-05 - Pneumatic key action assists in Great chest (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2020-05-05 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2020-05-05 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2020-05-05 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2020-05-05 - Keydesk (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)
2010-11-17 - Nave, Gallery, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
Consoles
Gallery
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
- 3 manuals
- 25 stops
- 26 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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 trundles
- Has coupler trundles
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hook & Hastings (1891, Opus1487). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2001. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Restoration. Manual keys recovered in ivory if necessary. Pedal keys resurfaced with rock maple naturals and walnut sharps capped with ebony. Windchests cleaned and repaired. Pallets and pneumatics releathered as necessary. Bellows recovered (feeders not releathered, but left in place). -Database Manager
2021-08-14 - The organ is in good working order, nicely tuned, used almost everyday. It's a beautiful instrument well cared for and much loved by the parish. -David Storey
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