Unknown Builder
1906

Originally John Roberts (1874)

New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church (1906)

120 Parkhurst Street
Pittsburgh, PA, US

13 Ranks - 673 Pipes

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STOPLISTS

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	Great (I)🛈 Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
8'	Open Diapason	58
8'	Dulciana🛈 Notes: appears to use common bass	46
8'	Stopped Diapason Bass🛈 Notes: Knob engraved "St.Diap^n"	12
8'	Melodia	46
4'	Principal	58
4'	Flute Harmonique	58
2'	Fifteenth	58

8'	Swell to Great

	Swell (II - Expressive)🛈 Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
[?]'	Bourdon🛈 Notes: Unknown if 16' or 8'	58
8'	Violin Diapason🛈 Notes: assumed to use common bass	46
8'	Salicional🛈 Notes: assumed to use common bass	46
8'	Stopped Diapason Bass🛈 Notes: Knob engraved "St.Diap^n"	12
8'	Stopped Diapason Treble🛈 Notes: Knob engraved "St.Diap^n"	46
8'	Spitzflute🛈 Notes: might be 4'	58
8'	Celeste	46
	Tremolo🛈 Notes: marked: "Tremolo to Swell"

	Pedal🛈 Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Stickers Stop Action: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
16'	Subbass🛈 Notes: new knob/engraving (reed organ style knob)	25

8'	Great to Pedal
8'	Swell to Pedal

Bellows Signal. Couplers and Pedal stops unoriginal engraving and knobs: appear to be reed organ style black knobs with sans serif block type (original knobs natural with script engraving). Two combination trundles, unmarked. Pitches not marked on stop knobs, those given are according to knob order and standard use.

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Builder: John Roberts

Position: Keydesk Attached

Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack

Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight

Features:

2 Manuals (58 Notes)25 Note Pedal3 Divisions14 Stops20 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Trundle(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)

Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on May 6th, 2026:

In 1906 the organ was moved to the New Jerusalem Society’s new building at Sandusky and Pearl (later Parkhurst) streets, about a mile further inland from the frequently flooding Allegheny River.

Related Instrument Entries: John Roberts (1874) , Harry J. Ebert (Organ Co.) (1986)

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