Pipe Organ Database

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La Marche Brothers (1953)

Originally E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings (1884)

Location:

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
914 E. Knapp St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202 US
Church
Organ ID: 54102

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • 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: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 64 ranks. 3,802 pipes. 5 divisions. 3 manuals. 56 stops. 66 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 56
  • Registers: 66
  • 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: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on December 28, 2014:

Originally installed in 1884 as a 3/37 Hook & Hastings; renovated by Wangerin-Weickhardt in 1915; new 5-manual console by Jerroll Adams in 1972; replaced by 3/51 Schantz Op. 2307 in 2012, retaining some previous stops.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on December 28, 2014:

Dedication recital by Frederick L. Marriott on March 8, 1953; many Hook & Hastings stops retained; new pipework was supplied by Jerome B. Meyer & Son of Milwaukee.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1951
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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