St. Michael Lutheran Church
118 State Street
Harrisburg, PA
Images
2011-05-31 - Exterior of St. Michael Church (Photograph by John K. Robinson/John K. Robinson)
Unknown - Organ in loft, 2013. (Photograph by Evan Brickner/Database Manager)
Unknown - Keydesk (Photograph by Evan Brickner/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console (Photograph by Evan Brickner/Database Manager)
2024-04-21 - Nave from gallery (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Facade and console from gallery rail (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Facade, RH side (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Facade, LH side (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Keydesk, closed (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Keydesk, open (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Action and reservoir (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Right stopjamb (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Left stopjamb (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Drawknobs, coupler, above Swell manual (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Pedalboard (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Great Forte Composition Pedal stops (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Great Mezzo Composition Pedal stops (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Swell Forte Composition Pedal stops (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2024-04-21 - Swell Mezzo Composition Pedal stops (Jack Umholtz/Jack Umholtz)
2008 - View of the facade from the front of the sanctuary (Susanna Faust/Susanna Faust)
Consoles
Keydesk
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 19 stops
- 24 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was John Brown (1894). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1987 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - From Robert Whiting residence, Schwenksville, PA. [Replaced an old organ, largely by Moller, that was badly damaged by fire.] Installed by congregation members under Thomas Eader. Stops added, façade repainted. Restored by Columbia Organ Works in 1989, including restenciling of case pipes. -Database Manager
2005-06-08 - Great Trumpet 8' new in 1989 restoration (original was missing; extant partial rank was composed of several different ranks). Scaling of Trumpet based on Hook & Hastings [Harmonic] Trumpet of 1880s vintage. Original Pedal action had been previously replaced with loose aluminum wires; new pedal action designed to operate original chests and fit original pedaboard and rollerboard. -Database Manager
2013-01-21 - Updated through online information from Evan Brickner. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Columbia Organ Works web site, Jan 1999; edits 2023
Great Melodia 8, Open Diapason 8, Harmonic Flute 4, Octave 4, Super Octave 2, Mixture III, Trumpet 8 (new 1989, replaced missing rank; copy of Hook & Hastings/Zimmerman [Great] Harmonic Trumpet from 1882)
Swell Gamba 8, Violin Diapason 8, Celeste 8, Aeoline 8, Principal 4, Traverse Flute 4, Fifteenth 2, Tremolo, Oboe 8, Stopped Diapason 8
Pedal Bourdon 16, Violoncello 8
Pedal Movements Swell Expression (balanced)
Combination Trundles Great Piano, Great Forte, Gr. to Ped. Rev., Swell Piano, Swell Forte
Accessories Cymbelstern
Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great), Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal)
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