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Henry Erben (1837)

Christ Church, Episcopal
Philadelphia, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Replaced a 1767 Philip Feyring. In Feyring case. Compass Gt & Ch. 58 notes (GG-f3, no GG#); Sw. 42 notes (C-f3); Ped. 19 notes (GGG--D, no GGG#) Lowest 16 notes on Sw. were attached to the action of the Choir Organ, Great was the lowest manual. Altered by W. A. Corrie and C. S. Haskell. Replaced in 1936. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: Ogasapian, 1977) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      Christ Church (Episcopal)
      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
      Henry Erben, 1837 
      OHS ID: 9988
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      GREAT                        SWELL*                  
   16 Double Stop'd Diapason     8 Open Diapason
    8 Large Open Diapason        8 Viol da Gamba
    8 2nd Open Diapason          8 Stop'd Diapason
    8 Stop'd Diapason            4 Principal
    4 Principal                  4 Flute
    4 Nighthorn                  2 Fifteenth
2-2/3 Twelfth                      Cornet III
    2 Fifteenth                  8 Trumpet
1-3/5 Seventeenth                8 Oboe
      Sesquialtra IV (GG-b)        Tremulant
    8 Mounted Cornet V (c'-f''')
    8 Trumpet                      CHOIR 
    4 Clarion                    8 Dulciana
                                 8 Open Diapason
      PEDAL                      8 Stop'd Diapason
   19 Double Open Diapason+      4 Principal
   16 Open Diapason              4 Flute
    8 Principal                  2 Fifteenth
                                 8 Cremona
      COUPLERS            
      Sw to Gt    "A pedal to draw out at once in the 
      Ch to Gt    Great Organ the Nighthorn, the 12th,
      Gt to Pd    17th, Sesquialtra and Cornet.  A
                  Pedal to push in at once all the 
                  above stops."

*16 bass notes permanently coupled to Choir.  

+This is the pitch of the stop as listed in Ogasapian.
(perhaps full-length to 19', and then stopped?)
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-08-23]

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