Pipe Organ Database

The Ernest M. Skinner Co. (Opus 149, 1907)

Originally Hook & Hastings (1877)

Location:

St. Luke & the Epiphany Episcopal Church
330 S. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107 US
Organ ID: 19659

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
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: Information unknown or not applicable
88 ranks. 3 manuals.

Divisions

All:

Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 3
Position: Console in fixed position, left.
Manual Compass: 61
Pedal Compass: 30
Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
Combination Action: Adjustable mechanical system.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard not meeting AGO standards.
Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on December 11, 2013:

Updated through online information from Jonathan M. Bowen.  -- Ernest Skinner installed a new console in 1907 to play the gallery 1877 Hook & Hastings and the 1882 Jardine placed in the chancel at the time of the merger of the two churches. Skinner made this his opus 149, although he didn't do any tonal work.

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

Database Manager on November 19, 2005:

Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: 
 Console only for three manual Haskell console which played the 1877 three manual E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, #875 in the gallery and the 1881-2 Jardine (relocated from Epiphany at time of merger in 1898) in the chancel; replaced by Austin in 1925.

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