St. Francis de Sales R.C. Church
46th and Springfield
Philadelphia,
PA
19104 US
Organ ID: 47209
Updated through online information from Doug Backman.
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.Updated through online information from Fred Riley. -- Jane Parker-Smith made a recording in 1980 on this organ. Angel DS 37748 (EMI) Bruce Shultz is listed on church website as music director
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.Identified through online information from James Hale. -- The church is home to one of the largest pipe organs in the Delaware Valley, a four-manual, 6,000-plus pipe organ used by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra for their 1980 recording of Camille Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony No. 3. It is one of the best examples of French organ in the United States. It is the largest church organ in the region. I believe originally by Haskell but greatly expanded by Bruce Schultz.
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.