Pipe Organ Database

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Henry W. Knauff, Sr. (1869)

Location:

St. Malachy's Roman Catholic Church
1429 N. 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122 US
Organ ID: 150

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is playable, but not in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on April 05, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 41 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 41 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 41
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 25
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection with pneumatic assists (e.g., Barker levers).
  • 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.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Paul R. Marchesano on February 13, 2021.
Database Manager on May 07, 2018:
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on March 18, 2009:

Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano. -- The original mechanical combination machine is extant but disconnected from the stop action, apparently in 1878 with the addition of a Choir division and third manual. Damage from ceiling falling in is being worked on currently by church volunteers advised by amateurs.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1997

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Rebuilt by Henry A. Burke 1878, 3-27. Emergency repairs 1996 for OHS convention. Unused 1997. Damaged by plaster 1997.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
New Organ: Open In New Tab General description of the new organ
Document created on 1869-05-29
We received the most recent update for this document from Paul R. Marchesano on February 13, 2021.

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