Civic Center: Convention Hall
Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA
OHS convention: 1996
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1931 - Pipes of 32' stops (Photograph from an archival source: Michael Patrick Shortal, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Auditorium Interior and Stage ((ca. 1938) Möller Catalog Photograph; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Drawknob Console (Photograph from <i>The Diapason</i> (June 1931); image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Theatre Style Console (Photograph from <i>The Diapason</i> (June 1931); image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2005-03-01 - Demolition of Civic Center, organ chamber visible above proscenium (Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2006 - Consoles & ivory tuning keyboards after removal (The American Organ Institute at University of Oklahoma/George Gregoriou)
Consoles
Main Hall
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console on Lift
- 4 manuals
- 75 stops
- 93 registers
- 5 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Main Hall
- Organ type: Horseshoe
- Console position: Console on Lift
- 4 manuals
- 19 stops
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: Removed to storage in 2004. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Renovated by ATOS c. 1989. Building slated to be razed in 2004. -Database Manager
2010-01-04 - Updated through online information from Will Scarboro. -- This organ has two consoles, a 4 manual drawknob controlling 86 ranks, and a 4 manual theatre style controlling 19 ranks. The organ can also be played by an Artiste roll player. The auditorium was demolished in 2006, and the organ has been relocated to the University of Oklahoma -- Norman. -Database Manager
2012-05-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from the 1996 OHS <i>Handbook</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Civic Center
Convention Hall
Möller Op. 5819 1931 4/85
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GREAT 10" SWELL 10"
16' Open Diapason 101 16' Bourdon 101
8' 1st Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 61 8' Geigen 73
8' 3rd Open Diapason 61 8' Stopped Flute 73
8' 4th Open Diapason 61 8' Clarabella 73
8' Viola 61 8' Viola di Gamba 73
8' Doppel Flute 85 8' Gamba Celeste 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Gamba 85
8' Gemshorn Celeste 61 8' Salicional 85
4' 1st Octave 61 8' Vox Celeste 85
4' 2nd Octave 61 4' Octave Geigen 73
4' Hohl Flute 61 4' Flute Harmonique 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Violina 73
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Flautino 73
1 3/5' Seventeenth 61 IV Dolce Cornet 292
1 1/3' Nineteenth 61 V Mixture 365
1 1/7' Septieme 61 16' Double Trumpet 73 15"
1' Twenty-Second 61 8' French Trumpet 85 15"
V Mixture 305 8' Oboe 73
16' Double Trombone 61 20" 8' Vox Humana 85
8' Tromba 61 20" 4' Cornet 73 15"
4' Clarion 61 20" Tremolo
Tremolo Sub
Sub Unison Off
Unison Off Super
Super Piano SO
8' Piano SO
4' Piano SO SWELL PEDAL 10"
8' Harp CH 16' Violone 32
4' Harp CH 16' Gedecht --
Chimes 8' Cello 12
8' Gedecht --
GREAT PEDAL 10"
32' Double Open Diapason 32 SOLO 20"
16' 1st Open Diapason 12 8' Diaphonic Diapason 97
16' 2nd Open Diapason -- 8' Tibia Clausa 97
10 2/3' Quint -- 8' Gross Gamba 85
8' Octave 12 8' Gross Gamba Celeste 73
32' Contra Bombarde 32 20" 8' Solo Flute 73
16' Bombarde 12 20" 16' Tuba Profunda 85
8' Trumpet 12 20" 16' Bassoon 73
4' Clarion 12 20" 8' Tuba Sonora 73
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73
CHOIR 10" 8' French Horn 73
16' Contra Viola 97 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
8' Diapason 73 8' Kinura 73
8' Viola 73 4' Clarion 73
8' Viola Celeste 73 Tremolo
8' Spitzflute 73 Sub
8' Spitzflute Celeste 73 Unison Off
8' Melodia 85 Super
4' Prestant 73 8' Piano
4' Flute Traverso 73 4' Piano
2 2/3' Nazard 73 8' Harp CH
2' Piccolo 73 Chimes GT
1 3/5' Tierce 73
8' Tuba Horn 73 SOLO PEDAL 20"
8' English Horn 73 16' Diaphone 12
8' Clarinet 73 16' 2nd Bourdon 12
Tremolo 4' Super Octave --
Sub 16' Tuba 12
Unison Off 16' Bassoon 12
Super 16' Piano
Piano SO 8' Piano
Celeste Chimes GT
8' Harp
4' Harp
CHOIR PEDAL 10"
32' Contra Bourdon 32
16' 1st Bourdon 12
16' Viola --
8' Flute 12
4' Flute 12
[Received online from Jeff Scofield May 17, 2012]
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