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Baltimore Church & Concert Organ Manufacturing Co. (1886)

Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
110 E. West Street
Baltimore, MD

Images


Unknown - Pipe Facade (Photograph by John Shanahan (1990)/Database Manager)

2023 - Facade (Len Levasseur/John Roper)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Co. also known as Ganter & Schumacher. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Electrified. By 1995 had MIDI hook-up. -Database Manager

2005-05-31 - From John Igoe: A new organ supply console was installed in the late 1990's by local maintenance man Al Bowders. In 2004-5, OHS member David Storey placed solenoid motors on the slider chests, to replace the badly designed pneumatic stop action. The organ had terrible winding problems which have now been corrected. -Database Manager

2013-02-16 - Updated through online information from David M Storey. -- details based on personal observation. -Database Manager

2013-02-18 - Updated through online information from David M Storey. -- This organ received OHS historic citation July 10, 1991 -Database Manager

2025-02-14 - This church has been closed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore -David Storey


Stoplist

Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Baltimore, Maryland
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
East West Street

Ganter&Schumacher, 1886

Great 61 notes             Swell 61 notes               Pedal 27 notes
16 Bourdon                 8 Geigen Principal           16 Double Open Diapason
8 Principal                8 Doppel Floete              16 Bourdon
8 Gedeckt                  8 Stopped Diapason           8 Violoncello
8 Melodia                  8 Salicional                 16 Trombone (not extant)
8 Viol di Gamba            4 Violina 
8 Dulciana                 2 Flautino
4 Principal                8 Oboe
4 Rohrflote                8 Clarinet
2-2/3 Twelfth              Tremolo
2 Fifteenth
III Mixture
8 Trumpet

Manual Coupler
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

 [Received from David M Storey 2013-02-15.]

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