St. Luke's Episcopal Church
5421 Germantown Avenue
Germantown
Philadelphia, PA
Images
2016-06-28 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2015-08-25 - Chancel (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2015-08-25 - Left Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2015-08-25 - Chancel and Right Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2023-11-23 - Console (Rasaan H Bourke/Rasaan Bourke)
2024-03-15 - Bell tower (Rasaan Bourke/Rasaan Bourke)
2024-04-18 - The northeast case which sits over the console and houses the Great and Pedal divisions (Rasaan Bourke/Rasaan Bourke)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 3 manuals
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- 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
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - In collaboration with Cole & Woodberry. Rebuilt with electric action by James Cole 1921. Windchests replaced by Casavant 1955 (Op. 2304). Trompette en Chamade 8' added 1970. Windchests rebuilt by Wicks in 1992. Releathered by Patrick J. Murphy c. 2001. -Database Manager
2005-08-07 - Online update from Nathan Laube -- Tonally the organ seems to be intact (1894), however the 16' Posaune (Contra Basson) on the Swell has pipes stamped "Rec."...we suspect that rank may be a Casavant replacement dating from around the time that the present Casavant console was installed. The Great V Mixture, 16' Trombone, 8' Tromba, 4' Clarion, as well as the Echo division (8' Quintadena, 8' Echo Salicional, 4' Flute Octaviante, 8' Clarinet) are enclosed in a box, and the choir is unenclosed. The Unenclosed Great, Enclosed Great, Echo, Pedal Open Wood (32' 16' 8' 4') and Trombone (16' 8' 4') are located on the left side of the chancel with the Console. The Swell and Choir (unenclosed) as well as the Pedal Subbass (16' 8') and 8' Viola d'amour (in facade) are on the right side of the chancel. When the Casavant console was installed, the distribution of divisions over the manuals was changed. Now the Choir and the Echo play on Man. 1, Great on 2, Swell on 3. Formerly the Echo (enclosed with the Great) played on the Man. 2, so in essence the Great division was made up of three sub-divisions (I Unenclosed: 16' Bdn., 8' Principal Diapason, Small Diapason, Harmonic Flute, 4' Octave, 2 2/3' Octave-Quinte, 2' Super Octave; II Enclosed: V Mixture, 16' Trombone, 8' Tromba, 4' Clarion; and III Echo: 8' Quintadena, Echo Salicional, 4' Fl.Oct., 8' Clarinet, Tremolo.) The 4' extensions of the Open Wood and Trombone in the pedal are not original. The Tremolo that used to affect the Great is no longer there. The swell and choir divisions were "direct-electric-ed" by Wicks. The entire organ plays beautifully, though the stunning reeds and harmonic flutes are begging for restoration. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from <i>The Organ</i>, March 1893 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Germantown (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Cole & Woodberry 1893 3 manuals, 38 stops, 44 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
(First Division) 8' Geigen Diapason
16' Bourdon 8' Viole d'Orchestre
8' Principal Diapason 8' Viole Céleste
8' Small Diapason 8' Rohr-flöte
4' Flûte Harmonique 4' Octave
4' Octave III Mixture (15-19-22)
2 2/3' Octave Quint 16' Contra Posaune
2' Super Octave 8' Cornopean
8' Trumpet 8' Oboe
(Second Division *) 8' Voix Humaine
16' Trombone Unison
8' Tromba (Harmonic) Octave (on itself)
4' Clarion Tremulant (light wind)
V Mixture (15-19-22-26-29) Tremulant (heavy wind)
(Third Division, Echo Organ)
8' Echo Salicional PEDAL ORGAN
8' Quintadena (North Side)
4' Flute Octaviente [sic] 32' Great Bass
8' Clarinet 16' Open Bass
Tremulant 8' Great Flute
16' Bombard
CHOIR ORGAN (South Side)
8' Viola 16' Sub. Bass
8' Echo Viole 8' Flûte d'Amour
8' Flûte Traversière
4' Salicet MECHANICALS
4' Flûte d'Orchestre Ch. to Gt. Sub. Octave
2' Piccolo Harmonique Sw. to Gt. Unison
8' Orchestral Oboe Sw. to Gt. Octave
Swell to Choir 7 Combinations placed
Sub. Octave (in itself) beneath Great Keyboard
Tremulant 7 Special Pedals
* on heavy wind and in Swell-box
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-10-01]
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