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Frank Roosevelt Opus 377 (1888)

Grace Episcopal Church
707 Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2013-09-03 - Identified through online information from Steven Bartley -- Replaced E. & G.G. Hook Opus 206 (1856), reusing some of the pipes. <br>At first , the encased organ, was on the floor in the rear of the church, but when the chancel was greatly enlarged in 1890, the organ was moved to the front in an chamber at the right of the chancel. The Roosevelt was replaced in 1922 by Austin op. 1074, some of the Hook pipes and Roosevelt pipes were reused by Austin. -Database Manager

2022-05-31 - The first known organ to be housed in Grace Church was built in 1856 by the Anglo-American firm E & E. G. Hook of Boston. This instrument was large for its time with three manuals (keyboards), pedals, and 35 ranks of pipes. This organ was replaced in 1886 by the Roosevelt firm, which was based in New York City but had a branch office in Baltimore. Both of these instruments were built in the back of the church. In 1892, the chancel was enlarged and the Roosevelt organ was moved to the front of the church on the decani side (the current location of the Lady Chapel). -- church website Ed.: Update: the Hook was preceded by a small, 1852 Henry Erben. -Paul R. Marchesano


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