Pipe Organ Database

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George Jardine & Son (1878)

Location:

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Wilmington, NC 28401 US
Organ ID: 39818

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is no longer at this location; destroyed, dispersed, relocated or taken in trade.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 20, 2012:

Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Organ replaced in 1995 by II/47 Goulding & Wood organ (opus 26).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 14, 2009:

Identified through online information from James C. Burke, Ph.D.. -- This organ was ordered through P. Heinsberger and installed by a Mr. Sculpetus. It had a solid black walnut case measuring 10.5 feet high, 6.5 feet wide, and 2.5 feet deep - referred to as a 3.5 size pipe organ. It was purchased at a cost of $800. It had 8 stops and a pedal board. The church organist was Edwin Thorpe.
Sources: Wilmington Morning Star, 4 January 1878, 9 January 1878, 11 January 1878, 13 January 1878; St. Paul's Episcopal Church folder, Bill Reaves Collection. Wilmington, NC: New Hanover County Public Library, North Carolina Room

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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