2018-11-01 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-01-10 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2008-02-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2012-01-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Seriously damaged in the chambers by vandals July 4, 1978; rebuilt, restored with tonal changes by Drexel Hill and Schultz & Associates; new console in 2000 by Reuter, as well as a new Walker digital Antiphonal. -Database Manager
2021-03-17 - From the organ page of the church website: The Clarence H. Geist Memorial Organ was built in 1939 by the M.P. Moller Company, Inc. of Hagerstown, Maryland, under the supervision of Richard Whitelegg. It was installed as part of the church’s Fiftieth Anniversary celebration, and dedicated by Virgil Fox on January 17, 1940. Its original specifications and console design were drawn up by Henry Beard, the Organist of Overbrook Presbyterian Church. At its installation and finishing, it contained 53 ranks of 3,357 pipes. On July 4, 1978, the organ suffered extensive damage in two chambers due to a vandalism attack. J. Fred Ade, Inc., of Drexel Hill and Schultz & Associates, of Philadelphia, were contracted to restore, rebuild, and tonally modify the organ. A series of three Rededication Recitals, performed by former Overbrook Organists John Tuttle and William Evans, and present Organist Dennis Elwell, were presented in November 1980. In 2000, the Reuter Organ Company, of Lawrence, Kansas, installed a new organ console, which additionally accommodates a new Antiphonal Digital Organ, built by the Walker Technical Company of Zionsville, Pennsylvania. A Rededication Recital was performed by Dennis Elwell in March 2001. -Jeff Scofield
2024-02-06 - Destroyed in a fire, January 2024 -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1940 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overbrook Presbyterian Church
Möller Op. 6800 1939 3/52
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Richard O. Whitelegg, Tonal Finisher
GREAT CHOIR
16' Double Diapason 61 16' Quintaton 73
8' Diapason 61 8' Geigen 73
8' Hohlflöte 61 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Dulciana 61
4' Octave 61 8' Unda Maris 73
4' Harmonic Flute 61 4' Gemshorn 73
4' Gemshorn 12 4' Rohrflöte 73
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61 4' Dulciana 12
2' Super Octave 61 2 2/3' Nazard 61
1 3/5' Tierce 61 2' Piccolo 61
III Cymbel 183 2' Dulciana 15th 12
Tremolo 1 3/5' Larigot 61
Sub 8' Trumpet 73
Unison Off 8' Clarinet 73
Super 8' English Horn 73
8' Trumpet CH Tremolo
4' Clarion CH Sub
Chimes 21 Unison Off
Super
SWELL Chimes GT
16' Flute Conique 73
8' Diapason 73 PEDAL
8' Rohrflöte 73 32' Contra Bourdon 32
8' Gamba 73 16' Open Diapason 32
8' Gamba Celeste 73 16' 2nd Diapason GT
8' Flauto Dolce 73 16' Bourdon 12
8' Flute Celeste 73 16' Violone 32
8' Echo Salicional 73 16' Quintaton CH
4' Principal 73 16' Flute Conique SW
4' Flute ⌂ 73 10 2/3' Quint GT
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Principal 32
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Octave 12
III Plein Jeu 183 8' Bourdon 12
16' Double Trumpet 73 8' Violone 12
8' Trumpet 73 8' Quintaton CH
8' Oboe 73 8' Flute Conique SW
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Dulciana CH
4' Clarion 73 4' Super Octave 12
Tremolo 4' Bourdon 12
Sub VII Grand Cornet --
Unison Off II Sesquialtera 64
Super 16' Posaune 32
Chimes GT 16' Double Trumpet SW
8' Posaune 12
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