Henry Niemann
1879

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

An original installation. Identified by Steve Bartley, using information found in Sun Newspapers, Polks Balt City Directory.

Sun Paper 4/21/1880;pg 1 announces the installation of a new organ in the Cathedral, as part of the renovation work. It was placed in the left side of the chancel, and was to be used with the newly established men & boy's choir. The old Tomas hall organ, in the north transept gallery would remain, but unused. The new organ was visually large,35'tall, 16' wide, but only 2'-9"deep. Much Much of the mechanism was place in the crypt below. The organ had 3 man & 24 speaking stops.

The case was designed by the architect of the building renovations. An etching of the organ case can be found in a Niemann advert in the 1891 Polk's Baltimore City Directory. A decade later, in the Sunpaper classified for Jul 7, 1889 ,pg 6, an advertisement stating the Niemann Organ was for sale. The choir was to return to the north transept gallery and the old Hall organ was to be reworked into a Roosevelt. Sun paper October 6, 1890;pg 6 announced the Niemann organ was being installed in the newly completed Associate Reformed Church on W Preston St. The work being done by Niemann. A photograph of this organ, found in the 1901 Polk's Baltimore Directory shows the organ in a wide but shallow balcony, with a totally new facade.