Luley Organ Company
Builders of fine pipe organs since 1983
St. Anthony's Chapel
Troy Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In early 2012, St. Anthony's Chapel, a historic pilgrimage site in Pittsburgh's Troy Hill neighborhood, contacted us about rebuilding their pipe organ. The original instrument by an unknown builder had been purchased second hand and installed in 1892 upon completion of the building. Over the years, other firms removed and replaced the original console, mechanism, and almost all of the pipework with inferior materials. Very little remained of the original organ by the early 2000s except for three ranks of pipes and the twin gothic cases. After limping along for 40 years the mechanism began to fail rapidly. The chapel essentially needed a new organ. The organ cases were restructured for better stability, and a new swell box was constructed. All new main wind chests and several offset wind chests were constructed, and the winding system was overhauled. The console from the most recent rebuild in 1972 was completely rebuilt with new tracker touch manuals, stop rail, pedal key coverings, and solid state combination system. The facade pipes have been refurbished and repainted, with one set returned to speech after decades of silence. Vintage pipework from our inventory replaced the poor quality pipework installed in the 1930s and 1970s, and the entire instrument was voiced along late 19th century English tonal lines.
2 Manuals, 15 ranks, 40 stops
Great: 7 ranks, 12 stops
1. 16’ Bourdon (1-12 from 40)
2. 8’ First Open Diapason 61 pipes
3. 8’ Second Open Diapason 12 pipes (ext. 8.)
4. 8’ Stopped Diapason 61 pipes
5. 8’ Harmonic Flute 49 pipes (common bass)
6. 8’ Salicional (Swell)
7. 8’ Voix Celeste (Swell)
8. 4’ Octave 61 pipes
9. 4’ Flute 12 pipes (ext. 4.)
10. 2’ Super Octave 12 pipes (ext. 8.)
11. III Mixture 183 pipes (1-1/3 pitch)
12. 8’ Trumpet (Swell)
Great Tremolo
Swell: 7 ranks, 16 stops (enclosed)
13. 16’ Contra Salicional 12 pipes (stopped)
14. 8’ Diapason 61 pipes (1-5 Haskell basses)
15. 8’ Chimney Flute 61 pipes (wood)
16. 8’ Salicional 61 pipes
17. 8’ Voix Celeste tc 49 pipes
18. 4’ Octave 12 pipes (ext 14.)
19. 4’ Flute 12 pipes (ext. 15.)
20. 4’ Salicional 12 pipes (ext. 16.)
21. 4’ Voix Celeste 12 pipes (ext. 17.)
22. 2-2/3 Twelfth tc 49 pipes
23. 2’ Fifteenth 12 pipes (ext. 14, 18.)
24. 2’ Piccolo 12 pipes (ext. 15, 19.)
25. 1-3/5 Seventeenth tc 49 pipes
26. 16’ Contra Trumpet tc (from 27.)
27. 8’ Trumpet 61 pipes
28. 4’ Clarion 12 pipes (ext. 27.)
Swell Tremolo
Pedal: 1 rank, 12 stops
29. 32' Contra Bourdon (1-12 digital)
30. 16' Diapason 12 pipes (Stopped, ext. 2.)
31. 16' Bourdon (Swell)
32. 8' Open Diapason (Great)
33. 8' Chimney Flute (Swell)
34. 8' Viole (Swell)
35. 4' Choral Bass (Great)
36. 4' Harmonic Flute (Great)
37. III Mixture (Great)
38. 16' Trombone 32 pipes
39. 8' Trumpet (Swell)
40. 4' Clarion (Swell)
Couplers
Swell to Great 8
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 8
Pistons and Toe Studs
General 1-10
Manual Divisional 1-8
Great to Pedal Reversible
Swell to Pedal Reversible
32’ Contra Bourdon Reversible
Set
General Cancel
Syndyne Solid State Control System
64 Combination Memory Levels