Better Pipe Organ Database

Unknown Builder

St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary
1542 N. Fremont Avenue
Baltimore, MD

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

Two combination trundles: Piano & Forte; Balanced Swell expression pedal. Source: Taken from detailed keydesk/stopjamb photos

Pedal Bourdon 16 (Label missing)

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

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

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 (1894)