Pipe Organ Database

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Dobson Pipe Organ Builders (Opus 76, 2006)

Exhibited in the 2016 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad And Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA US
Verizon Hall
Organ ID: 17987

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Status and Condition:

  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 125 ranks. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 111 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 111
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 03, 2005:

Information provided by John Panning, Dobson Pipe Organs, Ltd.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab From Dobson website
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Consoles and Organ Case: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2015-02-15

Verizon Hall Interior, Stage, and Organ Case: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2015-02-15

Verizon Hall Interior, Stage, and Organ Case: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2015-02-15

Verizon Hall Interior: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2015-02-15

Lobby: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2016-06-28

Auditorium interior: Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-04-16

Console: Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-04-16

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