Pipe Organ Database

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A. B. Felgemaker Co. (Opus 773, 1902ca.)

Location:

United Presbyterian Church
5th and Hickory
Mount Carmel, PA 17851 US
Organ ID: 7198

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • 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 Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 11 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 11 stops.
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: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 11
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on April 15, 2012:

Updated through online information from Jack Umholtz. -- The instrument is used when they have an organist. A set of Deagan bar chimes was installed with its own keyboard in the 1980's, but everything except the keyboard is no longer there.

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 April 14th, 2012
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Nave and Organ Facade: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2012-04-12

Organ Facade facing Nave: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2012-04-12

Organ Facade facing Chancel: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2012-04-12

Console detail - Coupler pistions: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2012-04-12

Console detail - Pedal Board - Flat & Straight: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2012-04-12

Console detail - Swell and Pedal Drawknobs: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2012-04-12

Console detail - Great Drawknobs: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2012-04-12

Console detail - Memorial Plaque: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2012-04-12

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