c. 1868 - Chancel, with organ at left (Church website/Paul R. Marchesano)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Rebuilt and electrified by Haskell in 1915. -Database Manager
2020-10-09 - From - Delaware tribune. [volume], January 30, 1868, Image 4 [ed.: 2025-01-22: See DOCUMENTS tab for full article] The very long & detailed article is about details of the building of the new Grace Methodist building, and includes details of the organ, including the specification. .............. "One of the prominant features of the interior is THE ORGAN This splendid instrument stands in an arche recess on the south side of the chancel. It front extends some distance beyond the recess. It is 28 feet high, 10 feet 4 inches deep, and 16 feet wide. Its case is 30 feet high, 12-1/2 feet wide, and composed of dar walnut and bay wood, handsomely carved and ornamented. There are in it of various kinds of lumber some 15,000 feet, and if material 2 tons. It was built by John Roberts of Frankford, Philadelphia. It contains four separate and independent organ, three of which are played by the hands and one by the feet. The pedal organ is unusually complete and forms a desireable appendage to any organ of merit." -Steven Bartley
Pedal Check. Bellows Signal Source: Delaware Tribune January 30, 1868
Swell ("Swell Manual or Crescendo & Diminuendo Organ") Bourdon 16, Violin Gamba 8, Open Diapason 8, Vox Celestus 8, Stopped Diapason treble 8, Principal 4, Clarabella Flute 4, Clear Mixture 1½' III, Twelfth 3, Fifteenth 2, Bassoon & Oboe 8, Cor Anglaise 8, Stopped Diapason bass 8
Choir Stopped Diapason bass 8, Keraulophon 8, Dulciana 8, Stopped Diapason treble 8, Gemshorn 4, Fifteenth 2, Clear Flute 4, Clarionett 8
Pedal Open Diapason 16, Dulciana 16, Violin Principal 8, Flute Bass 8, Rausch Fife 6 & 4
Great ("Great Manual, or Chorus Organ") Open Diapason 8, Bourdon 16, Viola 8, Stopped Diapason bass 8, Principal 4, Stopped Diapason treble 8, Flute Harmonique 8' & 4, Twelfth 3, Full Mixture 1⅓' IV, Trumpet 8, Clarion 4, Fifteenth 2
Swell to Great 8, Swell to Choir 8, Swell to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 8, Choir to Pedal 8
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