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OHS convention: 2024

Images

2023-10-07 - Facade and keydesk (Photograph by David Storey/david storey)

2023-10-07 - Keydesk (Photograph by David Storey/david storey)

2023-10-07 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by David Storey/david storey)

2023-10-07 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by David Storey/david storey)

2023-10-07 - Facade and case, front view (William T. Van Pelt/Paul R. Marchesano)

2023-10-07 - Builder decal (William T. Van Pelt/Paul R. Marchesano)

2023-10-07 - Keydesk (William T. Van Pelt/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Keydesk

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 11 stops
• 14 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 30 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
• Has combination trundles

Notes

2013-02-15 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by David M Storey, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- -Database Manager

2013-02-16 - Updated through online information from David M Storey. -- We find this organ was first installed at McKendree ME Church, Arlington, MD as Moller opus 348. An 1894 article in the Baltimore Sun shows the organ installed as new at McKendree Methodist Episcopal. Date of its move to St. Peter Claver RC Church in Baltimore City is unknown at this time. -Database Manager

Stoplist

COMBINATION TRUNDLES: Piano & Forte; PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell expression (balanced) Source: Taken from detailed keydesk/stopjamb photos

Great Open Diapason 8, Dulciana 8, Melodia 8, Principal 4, St. Diap. Bass 8

Swell Viola Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Flute 4 (Marked 2' Flute on drawknob non original label), Flautino 2, Tremolo, Bassoon 8, Oboe 8, Unison Bass 8

Pedal Bourdon 16 (Label missing)

Swell to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 8 (Label missing), Great to Great 4 (Non-orig. label), Swell to Great 8

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #40163†* - M. P. Möller Opus 348 (1901)

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