Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1981, 1902)

Location:

Old Swede's Episcopal / Gloria Dei
916 S. Swanson Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147 US
Organ ID: 5693

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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 good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on October 20, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 20 ranks. 2 manuals. 25 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 25
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 22, 2013:

Updated through online information from Carl McAliley. -- This organ was built in 1902 according to the Hook Opus List. It was rebuilt in 1994 by R.J. Brunner & Co. with tonal additions, enlarged from 20 to 27 ranks.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Reconstructed from 1996 OHS Handbook: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on October 20, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Organ Facade: Postcard ca. 1910, courtesy of William Dunklin.

Nave, Gallery, and Organ Case: Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1910s).

Organ in gallery, some facade pipes removed, date unknown: Photograph from an archival source: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. Unknown

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