aeolian-skinner.st-mark-episcopal.philadelphia.pa.us.1937


 
Aeolian-Skinner.St.-Mark's-Episcopal-Church.Philadelphia.PA.US.1937


Op. 948, 81 stops, 105 ranks, 6202 pipes


I. Manual - Positiv
(61 pipes/rank, 63.5 mm wind, originally IV. Manual)


Singend Gedeckt         8
Prinzipal               4
Koppelfloete            4
Nasat                   2 2/3
Blockfloete             2
Terz                    1 3/5
Larigot                 1 1/3
Siffloete               1
Scharff                 IV      1 1/3'
Zimbel                  III     1/4'
Tremolo


I. Manual - Choir
(73 pipes/rank, 127 mm wind)

Contra Viola            16
Viola                   8
Nachthorn               8
Dolcan                  8
Dolcan celeste          8       (from tenor c)
Viola                   4
Krummhorn               16
Trompette               8
Rohrschalmei            4
(1967 added by M. P. Moeller instead of 1937 Zauberfloete)
Tremolo


II. Manual - Great
(61 pipes/rank, 76.2 mm wind)

Principal               16
Principal               8
Diapason                8
Bourdon                 8
Gemshorn                8
Principal               4
Octave                  4
Gemshorn                4
Quint                   2 2/3
Super Octave            2
Fourniture              IV      2'
Cymbel                  III     1'
Full Mixture            III-V   2 2/3'
(1937 tierce ranks removed by G. D. Harrison during installation,
1980 original composition reinstalled)
Chimes


III. Manual - Swell
(73 pipes/rank, 95.3 mm wind, 127 mm wind for stops marked with *)

Flute conique           16
Geigen                  8
Viole de Gambe          8
Viole celeste           8
*Rohrfloete             8
Octave Geigen           4
*Fugara                 4
*Flute triangulaire     4
*Nazard                 2 2/3
*Fifteeenth             2
*Tierce                 1 3/5
Mixture                 III     1 1/3'
*Cymbel                 III     1/2'
Bombarde                16
Trumpet                 8
*Trompette              8
*Clairon                4
Tremolo


IV. Manual - Screen
(dating from 1902, retained 1937,
61 pipes/rank, 105 mm wind, originally I. Manual)

Diapason                8
Dulciana                8
Gemshorn                4
Nazard                  2 2/3
Piccolo                 2


IV. Manual - Bombarde
(61 pipes/rank, 178 mm wind, enclosed in Choir Box)

Posaune                 16
Trumpet                 8
Clairon                 4


String
(floating, dating from 1922, retained 1937,
73 pipes/rank, 178 mm wind)

Viole                   16
Orchestral Strings      II      8'
Dulcet                  II      8'
Dulciana                8
Dulciana celeste        II      8'
Flute                   8
Viole                   4
Vox humana              16      (ext.)
Vox humana              8
Tremolo


Pedal
(32 pipes/rank, 127 mm wind)

Electronic Bass         32
(added in the late 1980's)
Principal               16
Contre Basse            16
Violone                 16
Viole                   16      (encl. in String Box)
Subbass                 16
Flute conique           16      (transm. from SW)
Contra Viola            16      (transm. from CH)
Principal               8
Nachthorn               8
Flute conique           8       (transm. from SW)
Viola                   8       (transm. from CH)
Quint                   5 1/3
Principal               4
Flute harmonique        4
Blockfloete             2
Mixture                 III
Cymbel                  II
Posaune                 32      (ext. from Pedal Bombarde)
(1937 ext. from Bombarde in IV)
Bombarde                16
(added 1967, on 178 mm wind)
Posaune                 16      (transm. from BO)
(added in 1967 console)
Trompette               8
Clairon                 4
Chimes


History:

1902    organ built by Austin, organ consultant was Carlton Mitchell

1922    String organ added as a gift of parishioner Rodman Wanamaker,
        division was constructed in the Wanamaker organ shop with
        pipes from W. W. Kimball

1927    West End division added by Midmer-Losh, organ consultant was
        Senator Emerson Richards

1937    new organ built by Aeolian-Skinner under direction of
        G. D. Harrison

1967    new console added and some changes made by Austin


The organ is placed on left and right side of the Chancel.
The church has a reverberation time of about 1-2 sec.


Source:

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, opus 948, 1937.
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia.
Peter Stoltzfus, organist.
(Great Organ Builders of America : a Retrospective, Vol. 6)
CD JAV Recordings JAV 109.
rec. April 1998.