Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Unknown Builder (1903 ca.)

Originally Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Opus 119, 1883)

Location:

Georgetown Baptist Church
31st and N Sts., NW
Washington, DC US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 5062

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on September 16, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 6 ranks. 2 divisions. 1 manuals. 6 stops. 11 registers.
Manual (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Hilborne L. Roosevelt
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on September 16, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Hilborne L. Roosevelt
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on September 16, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by Hilborne L. Roosevelt
  • Manuals: 1
  • Divisions: 2
  • Stops: 6
  • Registers: 11
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal row above top manual.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on September 16, 2023.
Database Manager on May 07, 2018:
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on January 15, 2013:

Updated through online information from Carl Schwartz. -- Organ has suffered severe water damage but is otherwise intact (unplayable).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 2004.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represent the installation of a used organ. Originally built for the Episcopal Chapel of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts Ave. & 18th St. in Washington, D.C., and installed ca. 1903. Reconditioned by Cleveland Fisher in 1974.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on September 16, 2023.
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We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on September 16, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Console, around 1976.: Photograph by Robert Cooper.

Facade, ca. 1976.: Photograph by Robert Cooper.

Chancel with organ to the left: Photograph from an archival source: Harmony D. on Yelp, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2014-11-02

Organ chamber to left of chancel platform.: Photograph by Harmony D. on Yelp, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2014-08-10