Pipe Organ Database

G. F. Steinmeyer & Co. (1931)

Exhibited in the 2003 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Cathedral
One Cathedral Square
Altoona, PA 16601 US
Organ ID: 3185

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
The organ has been restored to a previous state.
The organ's condition is good, in regular use.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on April 26, 2022.

Technical Details:

Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
83 ranks. 4,703 pipes. 4 divisions. 4 manuals. 62 stops. 58 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.

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

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 4
Divisions: 4
Stops: 62
Registers: 58
Position: Movable console.
Manual Compass: 61
Pedal Compass: 32
Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Stop Controls: Tilting/rocking tablets on slanted jambs.
Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
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 Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
Has Combination Action Toe 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 May 07, 2018:

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

Database Manager on January 05, 2010:

Updated through on-line information from Nicholas J. Will.  -- In addition to the Solid State combination action, the original freie kombinationen system (3) has been restored, as well as the roll-schweller. -- The fourth manual, labeled "Echo," was intended to control a separate instrument in the Sanctuary of the Cathedral, which was never built.

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

Database Manager on June 23, 2008:

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: 
 Repairs by Aeolian-Skinner in 1954 as their Opus 1291.

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 1992

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

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Some choir pipework altered in past. Restored 1992 by Columbia Organ Works.

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

Stoplists

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist Taken from Organ 2/27/2015
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.