John Roberts
1865
Spring Garden [Street] Methodist Church
20th and Spring Garden Streets
Philadelphia, PA, US
22 Ranks - 1,168 Pipes
Instrument ID: 72500 ● Builder ID: 5337 ● Location ID: 23559
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STOPLISTS
| Great (I)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason | 56 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason Bass | 12 |
| 8' | Melodia, treble | 44 |
| 8' | Dulciana | 56 |
| 4' | Principal | 56 |
| 2 2⁄3' | Twelfth | 56 |
| 2' | Fifteenth | 56 |
| 2' | Flageolet flute | 56 |
| [III] | Sharp Mixture | 168 |
| 8' | Trumpet | 56 |
| 8' | Clarionet | 56 |
| Swell (II)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon bass | 12 |
| 16' | Bourdon treble | 44 |
| 8' | Open Diapason | 44 |
| 8' | Violin Gamba | 44 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason Bass | 12 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason Treble | 44 |
| 4' | Principal | 44 |
| 2 2⁄3' | Twelfth | 56 |
| 2' | Fifteenth | 56 |
| 8' | Trumpet | 56 |
| 8' | Oboe | 44 |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Open Diapason | 20 |
| 16' | Dulciana | 20 |
Stop pitches not published with specification. Pipe counts derived from pipe count total. Couplers not identified.
Originally Written/Published: November 4, 1865
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CONSOLES
Features:
2 Manuals (56 Notes)20 Note Pedal24 Stops30 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Coupler Trundle(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
New Organ.—The new organ of the Spring Garden M.E. Church, Twentieth and Spring Garden streets, was opened with appropriate exercises on Thursday evening. In tone it is clear, sweet and powerful, and it is unsurpassed for completeness and finish. It contains two banks of keys for the manuals, compass CC to G in alto, or fifty-six notes. Pedal board CCC to G, twenty notes. Thirty Registers, including couplers, &c. The great organ contains eleven stops, as follows.—Open diapason, stopped diapason bass, melodia treble, dulciana, principal, twelfth, fifteenth, flageolet, flute, sharp mixture, trumpet, clarionet. The small organ contains the following stops.—Bourdon bass, bourdon treble, open diapason, violin gamba, stopped diapason bass, stopped diapason treble, principal, twelfth, fifteenth, trumpet, oboe. The pedal organ contains the open diapason and dulciana. In all there are 1168 pipes.
The programme for the occasion was fine, embracing a number of vocal and instrumental gems.
“Religious Intelligence. Methodist,” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Saturday, November 4, 1865): 2.
Paul R. Marchesano on January 22nd, 2025:
Identified from news articles announcing the installation and opening of the organ, November 2, 1865. "The new organ...was opened with appropriate exercises on Thursday [November 2] evening. In tone it is clear, sweet and powerful, and it is unsurpassed for completeness or finish..." Specification and compass also given.
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