Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Episcopal), Chestnut Hill

Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Episcopal), Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, PA)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year:  1954
Install Year:   1957
Opus:           1284
 
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      36
No. ranks:      36
No. pipes:      2,108
 
 
 

                GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
            16' Quintade            61              16' Gedeckt             68
             8' Principal           61               8' Gedeckt             12
             8' Quintade            12               8' Viole de Gambe      68
             4' Octave              61               8' Viole Celeste       68
             4' Rohrflöte           61               4' Spitzflöte          68
         2 2/3' Twelfth             61             III  Plein Jeu          183
             2' Fifteenth           61              16' Bombarde            68
            IV  Fourniture         244               8' Hautbois            68
                                                     4' Clairon             68
                CHOIR ORGAN                             Tremulant
             8' Gedeckt Pommer      68
             8' Salicional          68                  PEDAL ORGAN
             8' Voix Celeste (TC)   56              16' Principal           32
             8' Flute Celeste II   124              16' Quintade            GT
             4' Koppelflöte         68              16' Gedeckt             SW
             2' Blockflöte          61               8' Octave              32
            II  Sesquialtera (TC)   98               8' Gedeckt             SW
             8' Cromorne            68               4' Choralbass          12
                Tremulant                            4' Flute               32
                                                   III  Mixture             96
                                                    16' Bombarde            SW
                                                     8' Trompette           SW
                                                     4' Clairon             SW


Source: Allen Kinzey

Notes: The organ replaced 1888 Roosevelt Op. 410, which had been rebuilt by Hope-Jones and others over the years. The 1939 Ernest M. Skinner & Son console was retained along with some pipe work. The Choir division was revised in 1959 and further tonal work was done by Brantley Duddy in 1975. Additions were made in 1982 that included the combination action being replaced by solid state. The console was rebuilt in 1989.
 
The announcement in the June 1957 issue of The Diapason stated that "considerable ingenuity was exercised in an effort to overcome space and acoustical limitations. This organ is one of the first to be completed under the leadership of Joseph S. Whiteford, president of Aeolian-Skinner. The principal finishers were Don Gillett and Arthur Birchall." Harry Wilkinson, FAGO, was organist and choirmaster of the church.

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