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Lancaster PA, USA (Pennsylvania) - Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church
Municipal: Lancaster PA
Region:Lancaster County
Address: 440 Saint Joseph Street, 17603, Lancaster, PA
Website: http://www.stjosephslanc.com/
Description nr.: 2004791.
Built by: Carl Barckhoff (1891)
Carl Barckhoff built a new organ for Saint Joseph's Church in Lancaster, PA in 1891. The instrument fell into serious disrepair over time and was retired around 1970. Luckily it ws not demolished. In the years 1985-1986, a group of parishioners carried out a restoration in which Paul Maye of the firm of James R. McFarland & Co. repaired the pipework and replaced it with new ones where necessary. The reeds were renovated in 2004 by the company Eastern Organ Pipes.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ: Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Melodia 8', Gamba 8', Flute Traversal 4', Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Aeoline 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Fugara 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Piccolo 2', Cornet 3 ranks, Oboe-Bassoon 8', Cornopean 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ: Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Viola Cello 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Lancaster PA, USA (Pennsylvania) - Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church
Municipal: Lancaster PA
Region:Lancaster County
Address: 440 Saint Joseph Street, 17603, Lancaster, PA
Website: http://www.stjosephslanc.com/
Description nr.: 2004791.
Built by: Carl Barckhoff (1891)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1891 | Carl Barckhoff | new organ | 1986 | Paul A. Maye | restoration | 1986 | James McFarland & Co. | restoration | 2004 | Eastern Organ Pipes | restoration |
Carl Barckhoff built a new organ for Saint Joseph's Church in Lancaster, PA in 1891. The instrument fell into serious disrepair over time and was retired around 1970. Luckily it ws not demolished. In the years 1985-1986, a group of parishioners carried out a restoration in which Paul Maye of the firm of James R. McFarland & Co. repaired the pipework and replaced it with new ones where necessary. The reeds were renovated in 2004 by the company Eastern Organ Pipes.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 11 |
| - Swell Organ | 11 |
| - Pedal Organ | 3 |
| Total number of stops | 25 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ: Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Melodia 8', Gamba 8', Flute Traversal 4', Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Aeoline 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Fugara 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Piccolo 2', Cornet 3 ranks, Oboe-Bassoon 8', Cornopean 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ: Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Viola Cello 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
| Literature |
Organ update. - In: The Tracker, Volume 29, Number 4, 1986. |
| Recordings |
Josef Rheinberger - Sonatas volume 2 / Bruce Stevens. - Raven OAR-180 (CD). - Opgenomen in Hanover, Lancaster en New Haven. |