Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Niemann (1893)

St. Peter the Apostle Church
Poppleton & Hollins Sreets
Baltimore, MD

OHS convention: 1991

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2011-06-16 - Manual keyboards, note pistons in Great key slip to engage couplers (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

2011-06-16 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

2011-06-16 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

1990-05-01 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

1990-05-01 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

1990-05-01 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2011-06-20 - Church Exterior (Photograph by David M. Storey/Database Manager)

1990-05-01 - Organ in rear gallery (William T. Van Pelt/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
22 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1991. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Historic Organs Recital 11 Jul 1991. -Database Manager

2008-01-25 - Updated through on-line information from John Igoe. -- The building was the former home of St. Peter's parish, which has now been merged into a new community called "Transfiguration Catholic Community." Effective Jan 2008, the building is not used for regular services. -Database Manager

2011-07-08 - Updated through on-line information from David M Storey. -- The instrument is standing and playable as of this date. It may be heard on the OHS 1991 convention CD -Database Manager

2012-02-25 - Updated through information from Carl Schwartz: -- The Archdiocese has sold the building to Carter Memorial Church of God in Christ and they do not want the organ. They will take ownership of the building at the end of March 2012 and the organ needs to be removed with volunteer help to storage before that time or it is in danger of perishing. -Database Manager

2012-08-20 - Updated through online information from David M. Storey. -- The organ is original and unaltered. Now dismantled and in storage -Database Manager

2013-01-12 - Updated through online information from David M Storey. -Database Manager

2013-01-13 - Updated through online information from David M Storey. -Database Manager

2016-09-19 - Updated through online information from Daniel Fisher. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from 1991 <em>Organ Handbook</em> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. Peter The Apostle Roman Catholic Church
Source: Organ Handbook, 1991 OHS Convention, et. al.


Henry Niemann, Baltimore (c. 1893)
w-wood m-metal
Source: Organ Handbook, 1991 OHS Convention


Great 58 notes

16     Double Open           58 pipes w/m
 8     Open Diapason         58 pipes m
 8     Dopple Flöete (sic)   58 pipes w/m
 8     Dulciana              58 pipes m
 8     Gamba                 58 pipes m
 4     Octave                58 pipes m
 2 2/3 Twelfth               58 pipes m
 2 Fifteenth                 58 pipes m


Swell 58 notes enclosed

16     Bourdon               58 pipes w 1-8 unenclosed
 8     Violin Diapason       58 pipes m
 8     Stop'd Diapason       58 pipes w/m
 8     Salicional            58 pipes m 1-8 unenclosed
 8     Vox Celestis TC       45 pipes m
 4     Flute Harmonic        58 pipes m
 2     Flautino              58 pipes m
       Mixture III-IV       174 pipes m contains Tierce
 8     Cornopean             58 pipes m
 8     Oboe TC               46 pipes m
 8     Bassoon               12 pipes m Bass only


Pedal 27 notes

16     Open Diapason         27 pipes wood 1-6 large scale stopped wood
16     Bourdon               27 pipes w
 8     Cello                 27 pipes m


Couplers by on-off thumb pistons under Great
       Manual Coupler
       Sw. to Ped.
       Gt. to Ped.

Bellows Signal switches blower

Balanced Swell Pedal

Pedal Movements
       2 unlabeled double-acting combination pedals for Sw
       2 unlabeled double-acting combination pedals for Gt.
       1 unlabeled double acting combination pedal for Sw. & Gt.

Chimes (not original)

[Courtesy of Carl Schwartz]

Documents

(1892-09-15) Dedication program Dedication program -David Storey