Better Pipe Organ Database

Wm. King (& Son) (1893)

Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
115 N. 5th Street
Camden, NJ

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

Images

1893-11-01 - Inauguration of the new 1893 William King & Son organ in Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church in Camden, NJ (Photograph from an archival source: "The Organ", November 1893, submitted by Jeff Fowler/Jeff Fowler)

ca. 1900 - Organ at front of sanctuary (Photograph from an archival source: 1905 Wm King brochure in OHS archives, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: www.dvrbs.com, submitted by Craig Otto/Craug Otto)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
3 manuals
28 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Electrified in 1947 by U. S. Pipe Organ, no tonal changes. Originally had 2 consoles, one in Sunday School and the other in the Church. Case still in church. Organ sold and relocated to Linwood United Methodist, Linwood, NJ. -Database Manager

2023-04-13 - Research re blind Philadelphia organist David D Wood (1838-1910) -Jeff Fowler

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: from <i>The Organ</i>, November 1893 Date not recorded

Camden, New Jersey
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church

Wm. King & Son    1893                    3 manuals, 28 stops, 31 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                       SWELL ORGAN
     16' Open Diapason                 16' Bourdon (Treble/Bass)
      8' Open Diapason                  8' Open Diapason
      8' Vola da Gamba                  8' Salicional
      8' Doppel Flöte                   8' Æoline
      4' Octave                         8' St. Diapason
  2 2/3' Twelfth                        4' Violina
      2' Fifteenth                      4' Flute Harmonique
         Mixture III                       Dolce Cornet II
      8' Trumpet                        8' Oboe and Bassoon
                                        8' Vox Humana
         CHOIR ORGAN
      8' Geigen Principal                  PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Melodia                       16' Open Diapason
      8' Dolcissimo                    16' Bourdon
      4' Flute d'Amour                  8' Violoncello
      2' Piccolo Harmonique
      8' Clarionet

         Four double-acting Pedal Movements and the usual couplers
         Blown by water motor

         "The pneumatic lever is applied to the two lower octaves of
         the Great and Swell Manuals. The organ is placed in a gallery
         behind the pulpit, and the action is carried down to the choir
         platform. The action of the Great, Swell, and Pedal is also
         extended through the wall into the Sunday-school room in the
         rear, allowing the full power of the three divisions of the
         organ to be used for the Sunday-school sessions."


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-10-14]

Documents

(1893-09-23) Review of Dedicatory Organ Recital played Sept 22, 1893 Organ Dedication at the new Centenary M.E. Church in Camden was played by the famous Philadelphia blind organist David D Wood on September 22, 1893. -Jeff Fowler

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