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Wm. King (& Son) (1891)

Hope Presbyterian Church
South 33rd Street near Wharton Street
Philadelphia, PA

OHS convention: 1996


Images


1995 - Organ in side alcove (Photograph from an archival source: 1996 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager

2021-03-06 - Building, designed by Charles W. Bolton, was dedicated December 9, 1888. "Not long after the dedicatoin of the church, the beautiful pipe organ was installed..." The organ cost "more than $3,500" according to church histories. -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Mechanical action. Stoplist from console and pipework examination, printed in the 1996 Convention Handbook. Source: 1996 OHS Convention Handbook

GREAT (58 notes) Open Diapason 8 (58 pipes, metal), Melodia 8 (58 w), Dulciana 8 (58 m), Octave 4 (58 m), Flute d'Amour 4 (58 w&m), Twelfth 2⅔ (58 m), Fifteenth 2 (58 m), Trumpet 8 (58 m)

SWELL (58 notes, enclosed) Bourdon 16 (58 pipes, wood), Violin Diapason 8 (58 m ), Stopd Diapason 8 (58 w), Salicional 8 (58 m), Harmonic Flute 4 (58 m), Violin 4 (58 m), Oboe and Bassoon 8 (58 m)

PEDAL (27 notes) Open Diapason 16 (27 w), Grand Bourdon 16 (27 w)

COUPLERS Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal

PEDAL MOVEMENTS (3 unlabeled double-acting combination pedals) Great piano, Great mezzo, Great forte, Great to Pedal reversible, Balanced Swell pedal


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