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Philadelphia, USA (Pennsylvania) - Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Third Scots and Mariners’ Presbyterian Church)
Municipal: Philadelphia
Region:Philadelphia County
Address: 412 Pine Street, 19106, Philadelphia, PA
Website: http://www.oldpine.org/
Description nr.: 2044898.
Built by: John Wesley Steer & Sons (1892) - opus 344
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16' (B/D), Open Diapason 8', Melodia 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks - 1998, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Flute Harmonic 4', Violina 4', Flautino 2', Bassoon 8' (bas), Oboe 8' (discant), Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Octave 8' - 1998, Trombone 16' - Haskell.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Philadelphia, USA (Pennsylvania) - Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Third Scots and Mariners’ Presbyterian Church)
Municipal: Philadelphia
Region:Philadelphia County
Address: 412 Pine Street, 19106, Philadelphia, PA
Website: http://www.oldpine.org/
Description nr.: 2044898.
Built by: John Wesley Steer & Sons (1892) - opus 344
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1892 | John Wesley Steer & Sons | 344 | new organ | 1993 | Patrick J. Murphy | 14 | transfer/relocate | 1998 | Patrick J. Murphy | transfer/relocate |
- In 1892 the firm Steer(e) & Sons built a two manual organ for the Unitarion Church in Elgin, Illinois. The instrument was inaugurated on December 16, 1892, by Harrison M. Wild The organ was opus number 344 of the company.
- The organ was sold to Robert B. Whiting in 1992. Patrick J. Murphy restored the instrument and installed it in the music studio of Robert Whiting. After his death in 1998 the orgel was sold to the Old Pine Street Church in Philadelphia. Patrick Murphy transfered the organ to the church. Het enlarged it with a couple of ranks, and enlarges the pedal compass to thirty notes. The Trombone 16' is taken from the c.S. Haskell organ from the Memorial Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, that has been demolished.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1892 | Elgin, Illinois | Unitarian Church |
| 1993 | Robert B. Whiting Organ Studio | |
| 1998 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 10 |
| - Swell Organ | 7 |
| - Pedal Organ | 4 |
| Total number of stops | 21 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16' (B/D), Open Diapason 8', Melodia 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks - 1998, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Flute Harmonic 4', Violina 4', Flautino 2', Bassoon 8' (bas), Oboe 8' (discant), Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Octave 8' - 1998, Trombone 16' - Haskell.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
| Literature |
Organ Historical Society : 61st Annual Convention : Philadelphia : June 26 - July 2 2016. - Richmond, VA : Organ Historical Society, 2016. |
| Links |
http://www.oldpine.org/history/organ https://www.pjmorgans.com/pipe-organs/opus-14/ |