Pipe Organ Database

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Schudi Organ Co. (1981)

Location:

The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC US
St. Vincent de Paul Chapel
Organ ID: 1921

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from George Gilliam on June 08, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 29 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 23 stops. 22 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 23
  • Registers: 22
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
George Gilliam on June 08, 2020:

Mechanical key action rebuilding by Lively-Fulcher Pipe Organ Builders, Rocky Mount VA, approximately 2010.

We received the most recent update for this note from George Gilliam on June 08, 2020.
Database Manager on July 28, 2008:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Case of Hunduras mahogany. Hand-carved cherry pipe shades. Facade pipes of 80% polished tin and also flamed copper. Pearwood drawknobs with porcelain inserts. Gr. Orgue at center of case - impost level. Pedal divided to either side of Great, Kron-Positiv above Gr. Orgue. Récit directly behind Gr. Orgue. The Gr. Orgue 8' Trompette is mechanically duplexed to the Pedal. Organ formally dedicated at a convocation in honor of Jean Langlais on Sept. 19, 1981. Source: TAO, Feb. 1982, pg. 49; & personal files.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1982.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ case: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2018-11-10

Keydesk: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2016-10-07

Right jamb: Pos on left, G.O. on right: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2018-10-11

Builder's nameplate: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2018-10-11

Left jamb: Ped on left, Recit on right: Photograph by David Storey. Taken on 2016-10-07