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John C. B. Standbridge (1853)

Calvary Presbyterian Church
Locust Street above 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2016-01-10 - A new installation, identified through information in an article on Standbridge by Eugene M. McCracken in <i>The Tracker</i>, Volume 3 Number 4. There are no references in the article and the author lists describes no sources for his information. -Database Manager

2021-07-31 - Built in the same year as the building of the new congregation, the organ was rebuilt in 1877 by Hilborne Roosevelt and again in 1896 by C.S. Haskell, expanding it to 40 stops. -- date confirmed as 1853 in the *New York Evangelist *(1830-1902); Nov 5, 1896; 67, 45; APS Online pg. 13. -Paul R. Marchesano


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