Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Built for Heiskell Methodist, Philadelphia (2-23s). [Building later Christ Methodist?] Relocated to Robert Bruce Whiting residence, Schwenksville, PA. -Database Manager
2025-01-16 - Reported cost: $3000. (Philadelphia Inquirer, 28 Feb 1870) See DOCUMENTS tab for news article with stoplist, description of the organ and dedication events. -Paul R. Marchesano
2025-01-16 - "In 1850, the first Methodist services in the Mantua neighborhood of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were held in the home of William Smitheman. A church building at 38th and Wallace Streets was opened in 1852, and the following year the church was recognized by the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as Mantua Methodist Episcopal Church. The church moved a few blocks away to a new building, at 38th and Mount Vernon Streets, and in 1857 was renamed Thirty-Eighth Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1868, the church moved once more, this time to 38th and Hamilton Streets [address reported in newspapers in 1870 as 38th & Bridge Streets]. It was briefly known as Heiskell Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church before the name was changed, yet again, to Christ Methodist Episcopal Church in 1869. The church was discontinued in 1968." -- from Historical Society of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church website -Paul R. Marchesano
Four mechanical registers. Stoplist in order published in the newspaper. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer 28 Feb 1870
GREAT Bourdon 16 (wood), Open Diapason 8 (metal), Dulciana 8 (metal), Trumpet 8 (metal), Stop'd Diapason bass 8 (wood (with Melodia)), Octave 4 (metal), Melodia 8 (wood), Fifteenth 2 (metal), Mixture II (metal)
SWELL Keraulaphon 8 (metal), Stop'd Diapason treb 8 (wood), Violina 4 (metal), Stop'd Diapason bass 8 (wood), Flute Harmonique 4 (metal), Oboe 8 (metal), Bassoon 8 (metal), Tremulant
PEDALE Sub-bass (Bourdon) 16 (wood), Flute 8 (wood)
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