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Rieger Orgelbau (1982)

Location:

St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral
134 West 7th Street
Erie, PA 16501 US
Organ ID: 36559

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 60 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 40 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a floor-level case at the rear 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: 40
  • Position: Detached keydesk (mechanical action).
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Suspended tracker.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Push-button stop controls/Luminous pistons
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard not meeting AGO standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on December 02, 2008:

Updated through online information from Wallace C. Flower. -- Tonal design and all pipework by Rieger Orgelbau, tonal finishing by Ostwald Wagner. Organ dedicated April 10, 1983. Christoph Glatter-Gotz was director at that time.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 28, 2008:

Identified through online information from Paul Marchesano.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from the console, via Nicholas Sharer 2012-09-18
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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