2013-01-22 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Jeff Scofield, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- -Database Manager
2013-01-25 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2023-06-02 - This writer carried out service on this organ for several years in the early 2000s. As mentioned the organ is a rebuild and enlargement of a 1920s Moller. The tonal results are fairly good, though all-most of the original mechanism was reused and possibly rebuilt by Moller in 1963. The layout of the instrument was not changed and the new pipes were squeezed in, which hinders access. Sadly the acoustics of the room are very poor due to many soft surfaces and light construction of the building. The Positif suffers the most and does not present well, though it is in a favorable position. This is mostly due to the acoustic problems. Console preparations were made for the inclusion of an Antiphonal division, in the attic over the balcony. The Church, like so many, has fallen on hard times and is no longer able to continue a once active music program. The condition of the organ is fair-poor. -Steven Bartley
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Baltimore, Maryland
St. John's-of-Hamilton Methodist Church
Möller Op. 4734 1926
Möller Op. R-696 1963 3/38
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GREAT (encl w/CH) SWELL
16' Gemshorn 61 16' Bourdon 73 *
8' Diapason 73 8' Gedeckt 12 *
8' Bourdon 73 8' Viole de Gambe 73
8' Gemshorn 12 8' Viole Celeste 61
4' Octave 61 4' Flute Traverso 61 *
2' Doublette 61 4' Spitz Principal 73
II Grave Mixture 122 2' Gemshorn 61
III Fourniture 183 III Scharf 183
Sub 8' Trompette 61
Unison Off 4' Oboe Clarion 61 a
Super Tremulant
Chimes 21 Sub
Unison Off
CHOIR Super
8' Nasongedeckt 73
8' Dulciana 73 * ANTIPHONAL GREAT (pf)
4' Nachthorn 73 8' Diapason
4' Dulcet -- 8' Gedeckt
2' Klein Oktav 61 8' Viola
1 1/3' Larigot 61 4' Octave
8' Krummhorn 61 4' Flute
Tremulant 2 2/3' Twelfth
Sub 2' Fifteenth
Unison Off 8' Trompette
Super
ANTIPHONAL SWELL (pf)
POSITIV (exposed) 8' Gedeckt
8' Copula 61 8' Viola
4' Prestant 61 4' Flute
4' Spillflöte 61 4' Viola
2' Waldflöte 61 2 2/3' Nazard
1' Sifflöte 61 2' Flautino
II Sesquialtera 122 8' Trompette
II Cymbel 122 4' Trompette
Tremulant
PEDAL
16' Contra Bass 32 * ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (pf)
16' Bourdon 32 * 16' Bourdon
16' Lieblichgedeckt SW 8' Gedeckt
16' Dulciana 12 * CH 8' Viola
8' Principal 12
8' Bourdon 12 * present pipework
4' Octave 12 a present SW 8' Oboe;
16' Contra Trompette 12 * SW new top octave
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