2021-01-02 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Mary Stamper/Mary Stamper)
OHS convention: 1996
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Electrified? [BOC (1979) indicates rebuilt or replaced, case may exist.] 40 registers on 1876 list. [ed.: The organ was NOT replaced. It is all still extant and played for the 1996 OHS convention. Console removed and dismantled and stored in tower room behind the organ.] -Database Manager
2013-07-08 - Updated through online information from Therese Fassnacht. -- I am the great, great grandaughter of F.E. Fassnacht who was born in the parish in 1865. He was the organist for over 20 years roughly 1880- 1905. I found a picture of the organ. I visited the church in 1999 and it was up in the loft. Sadly it was pretty much in shambles. -Database Manager
2017-10-25 - Updated by Ken Houser The organ is still in the church, it has not been removed or parted out. It appears to be complete. It needs complete restoration. The console was dismantled and is in storage in in a back room off the choir loft. Currently, a Baldwin 2 manual electronic is in use. -Database Manager
2021-10-29 - Rebuilt and electrified in 1941 [ed.: by Jacob Gerger & Son], new (current) detached console added at that time. Pietro Yon played the re-dedicatory recital. -Colin O'Malley
2025-03-29 - UPDATE to confirm that the entire organ is extant as of March 2025, but not playable. A full restoration would be required to get it playing. The 1941 console is dismantled and stored in a tower room behind the organ. -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: "Historic Organs of Philadelphia - Thirty-Two Historic Pipe Organs, Camden to Reading" - CD Box Set, Copyright 1999 Organ Historical Society 1999
J. H. Willcox & Co. (Opus 5, 1870) St. Peter the Apostle R.C. Church Philadelphia, PA Original Specification Manual I (Great - 58 notes) 16' Principal 8' Principal 8' Floete 8' Gedacht (Diapason) 8' Rohr Floete 8' Viola di Gamba 5 1/3' Quint (Gedacht) 4' Octave 4' Nachthorn 4' Fugara 2 2/3' Quint 2' Octave II-IV Progressive Mixture V Scharff 16' Bombarde 8' Trompette Manual II (Swell - 58 notes, enclosed) 16' Bourdon 8' Principal 8' Gedacht 8' Salicional 8' Quintadena 4' Octave 4' Flauto Traverso 4' Violina III Harmonia Aetheria (2 2/3') 8' Cornopaean (sic) 8' Oboe & Bassoon Tremulant Manual III (Solo - 58 notes) 8' Geigen Principal 8' Flauto Traverso 8' Lieblich Gedacht 8' Keraulophon 8' Dolce 4' Flute Harmonique 4' Flute d'Amour 4' Viola 2 2/3' Nassard 2' Piccolo 8' Clarinetto Tremulant Pedal (27 notes) 16' Sub Bass 16' Bourdon 16' Violone 10 2/3' Quint Gedacht 8' Violoncello 16' Posaune 8' Tromba Couplers: Coppel 1st and 3rd Manual Coppel 1st and 2nd Manual Coppel 2nd and 3rd Manual Coppel Pedal and 1st Manual Coppel Pedal and 2nd Manual Coppel Pedal and 3rd Manual Coppel 1st Manual to Pneumatics Mechanical Action, Reversed Console
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