Bruce Schultz and Associates
2004
Originally C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1911)
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church
4625 Springfield Avenue
Philadelphia: West Philadelphia, PA, US
85 Ranks - 4,947 Pipes
Instrument ID: 47148 ● Builder ID: 7446 ● Location ID: 41560
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Sequencer✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The size of this instrument, both in ranks and pipe counts, have been greatly overstated in publicity and in comments and notes on this database, particularly the claims made in the note from 2010. It is not the largest church organ in Philadelphia and has a little less than 5000 pipes, certainly not more than 6000! The 1911 Haskell organ was 44 ranks.
Database Manager on July 18th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Doug Backman.
Database Manager on September 3rd, 2013:
Updated through online information from Fred Riley. -- Jane Parker-Smith made a recording in 1980 on this organ. Angel DS 37748 (EMI) Bruce Shultz is listed on church website as music director
Database Manager on September 1st, 2010:
Identified through online information from James Hale. -- The church is home to one of the largest pipe organs in the Delaware Valley, a four-manual, 6,000-plus pipe organ used by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra for their 1980 recording of Camille Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony No. 3. It is one of the best examples of French organ in the United States. It is the largest church organ in the region. I believe originally by Haskell but greatly expanded by Bruce Schultz.
Related Instrument Entries: C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1911) , Welte-Mignon Corporation [Welte Organ Co.] (Opus 254, 1927)
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