John Roberts
1874
New Jerusalem Swedenborgian
120 Parkhurst Street
Pittsburgh, PA, US
13 Ranks - 673 Pipes
Instrument ID: 248 ● Builder ID: 5337 ● Location ID: 243
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| 8' | Open Diapason | 58 |
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| 8' | Stopped Diapason Bass🛈 | 12 |
| 8' | Melodia | 46 |
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Builder: John Roberts
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (58 Notes)25 Note Pedal3 Divisions14 Stops20 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Trundle(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Paul R. Marchesano on August 20th, 2025:
First "Carnegie" organ. Fully funded by Andrew Carnegie for $2000. He grew up in this church. According to The Messenger, Sept 1981, 140th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Society, "THIS HAS BEEN A LIVING CHURCH SINCE 1841" by Henrietta Zehner: "Two of Andrew Carnegie's Scottish aunts had been among the founders of the church in 1841. Andrew Carnegie attended the Sunday School as a boy, was a choir boy and librarian as he grew older and also served as a trustee. When the original church building was built in 1874 he donated $2000.00 for the purchase of a pipe organ. At this time he remarked "I can vouch for what the organ will say, but I cannot vouch for what the minister will say." This was the first of several thousand organs donated to churches by Mr. Carnegie. The organ came from Philadelphia and when installed at the opposite end of the sanctuary from the pulpit in an elevated organ loft required some change in the roof. This prompted a joke around town to the effect that "Carnegie's organ blew the roof off the church and then put it back on."
First "Carnegie" organ. Fully funded by Andrew Carnegie for $2000. He grew up in this church. According to The Messenger, Sept 1981, 140th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Society, "THIS HAS BEEN A LIVING CHURCH SINCE 1841" by Henrietta Zehner: "Two of Andrew Carnegie's Scottish aunts had been among the founders of the church in 1841. Andrew Carnegie attended the Sunday School as a boy, was a choir boy and librarian as he grew older and also served as a trustee. When the original church building was built in 1874 he donated $2000.00 for the purchase of a pipe organ. At this time he remarked "I can vouch for what the organ will say, but I cannot vouch for what the minister will say." This was the first of several thousand organs donated to churches by Mr. Carnegie. The organ came from Philadelphia and when installed at the opposite end of the sanctuary from the pulpit in an elevated organ loft required some change in the roof. This prompted a joke around town to the effect that "Carnegie's organ blew the roof off the church and then put it back on."
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Moved to Swedenborgian Church, Urbana, OH.
Related Instrument Entries: Harry J. Ebert (Organ Co.) (1986)
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