Jacob Hilbus
1819
Originally Unknown Builder (1794ca.)
St. John's Episcopal Church, Broad Creek
9801 Livingston Rd., Prince George Co.
Fort Washington (Broad Creek), MD, US
6 Ranks
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: No Pedalboard
Features:
1 Manuals No PedalMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1964 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The organ has undergone a thorough restoration and documentation and was installed in OHS Headquarters in 2026.
Paul R. Marchesano on November 2nd, 2022:
Inscribed on the wooden wind conductor between reservoir and chest, in a German dialect, as nearly as can be deciphered, are the words:
Confirmed German: "Jacob Hilbus habt mich gemacht in Jahr von uns Herrn Heiland Jesu Christus, 1819."
English: "Jacob Hilbus made me in year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1819”
This information was supplied by Arthur Allen Douglass, Jr. The organ was presented to the Sunday School of St. P aul's Church, Rock Creek Parish, Washington, in 1 890 and came to its present place shortly thereafter. Its prior history is not known. -- 1964 OHS Handbook
[Ed. Updated and corrected German 2026-07-16, information provided by Anne Walkenhorst, OHS Archivist from the restoration team examination, and with information from Mike Champlin.]
Database Manager on March 28th, 2014:
Updated through online information from adam graham. -- Thoroughly cleaned, stopped pipes releathered, and moved to front of room in 2012 by David Storey. Decorative crown removed.
Database Manager on October 18th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Adam Scott Graham.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Hilbus rebuilt the instrument (by an undocumented English builder) ca. 1817.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Restored by Baird Industries c. 1987.
Webpage Links: St. John\'s Episcopal Anglican Church Broad Creek Fort Washington Maryland Music Page , St. John's Episcopal Anglican Church Broad Creek Fort Washington Maryland Music Page
Related Instrument Entries: Multiple Builders (2026)
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