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Luley Organ Company (2015)

Location:

Duquesne University
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282 US
School of Music - Room 216
Organ ID: 57707

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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 Andrew Scanlon on August 18, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 18 ranks. 3 manuals.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on February 01, 2016:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Joseph Tuttle, based on personal knowledge of the organ.

Incorporates select pipework from Aeolian-Skinner opus 1508 (1962).

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 console February 2, 2016 Originally published February 2, 2016
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Benjamin Sommer on May 09, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Console (note custom inlaid music rack with University Seal): Photograph by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2017

Pipework: Photograph by Luley Organ Co, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2016

Great pipework and swell box: Photograph by Luley Organ co, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2016

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