C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1908)

Location:

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Frankford
4442 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19124 US
Organ ID: 35590

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on March 09, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 25 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 23 stops. 33 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Built by C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.]
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 23
  • Registers: 33
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Paul R. Marchesano on March 09, 2021.
Paul R. Marchesano on March 09, 2021:

The cornerstone for the current building was laid in 1907; the church was consecrated in 1915.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on March 09, 2021.

Paul R. Marchesano on March 09, 2021:

In a report by "Ernest Willoughby, Organist & Choir master of Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, Pa.", on the condition of the organ dated Nov 24, 1953, the Choir Division is listed in the specification, indicating it had been installed after 1908. The report mentions that the chambers had not been cleaned since 1926, the likely date for the completion of the Choir division. It also describes the installation of a new console "by Austin Organ Company, Hartford, Conn. installed by Rassman and Donnelly, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1940. Three manual. Compass 61 note. Pedal 32 note.

Originally the organ had wind supplied by Kinetic Blower Company blower. In 1951 Rassman & Donnelly installed an " "Orgoblo" built by the Spencer Turbine Co. Hartford Conn. "

The organ specification given in this report describes the Tuba as an 85 note unit stop in the Swell which is borrowed to the Great. It also describes the Pedal Flute 8 and Second Diapason 16 as being "extension of Philomela borrowed fromGreat Organ". It also notes that the new console had a compass of 32 notes in the Pedal, although as built the Pedal organ chests had a coompass of 30 notes.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on March 09, 2021.

Database Manager on June 28, 2008:

Choir division was prepared-for with blank knobs on the console

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab From Factory Specification
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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