Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Niemann (1881)

St. Leo the Great R. C.: Sanctuary; rear gallery
227 South Exeter Street
Baltimore, MD

Images

2023-03-27 - Great pipework (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

2023-03-27 - Swell pipework (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

2023-03-27 - Casework and stenciling details (Photograph by David M. Storey/david Storey)

2023-03-27 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by David M. Storey/David Storey)

2023-03-27 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by David M. Storey/david storey)

2022-02-23 - Keydesk and straight flat pedalboard (Photograph by David Storey/david storey)

2023 - Organ in balcony (Len Levasseur/John Roper)

Jan. 2019 - Organ in rear gallery (Len Levasseur/Jim Stettner)

Jan. 2023 - Keydesk and central facade (Len Levasseur/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
19 stops
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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 (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

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

2004-10-30 - Electrified retaining slider chests. Historic Organs Recital 9 Jul 1991. Restorative repairs 1993 by David M. Storey, including a Niemann console. -Database Manager

2013-02-16 - Updated through online information from David M Storey. -- Present bench, keydesk and pedalboard are from the Niemann organ (no longer extant) that was in the former 14 Holy Martyrs Catholic Church in Baltimore. The manual keyboards were newly made for electric actions. The combination action is a simple solid state system. All the original mechanical key and stop actions are lost. -Database Manager

Stoplist

stoplist taken at console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Baltimore, Maryland
St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church
South Exeter Street

Henry Niemann, 1881

Great 58 notes     Swell 58 notes       Pedal 27 notes
16 Bourdon         8 Violin Diapason    16 Bourdon
8 Open Diapason    8 Stopped Diapason    8 Open
8 Melodia          8 Gamba
8 Dulciana         8 Vox Celeste (TC)
4 Octave           4 Violina
4 Flute            4 Harmonic Flute
2 Fifteenth        2 Flautino
8 Clarionet (TC)   8 Trumpet
                   8 Oboe
                   Tremulo

Manual Coupler
Gr. to Ped.
Sw. to Ped.



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