Pipe Organ Database

C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1904)

Location:

First Methodist Church
Sixth & Stevens Streets
Camden, NJ 08103 US
Organ ID: 7657

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
The organ has been relocated.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on November 19, 2020.

Technical Details:

Chests: Slider
33 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 31 stops.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Built by C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.]
Manuals: 3
Divisions: 4
Stops: 31
Manual Compass: 61
Pedal Compass: 30
Key Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection from key to chest.
Stop Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Stop Controls: Haskell style stop-keys/keyboard.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.

We received the most recent update for this console from Paul R. Marchesano on October 21, 2021.

Notes

Paul R. Marchesano on October 21, 2021:

According to the Morning Post (Camden), 16 & 23 Sept 1904, the 3-manual organ contained 2000 pipes, Haskell patented tubular pneumatic action and patented stop keys resembling a keyboard. Dedicated September 22, 1904. "The decorations of the organ are decidedly handsome, the colors and woodwork harmonizing pleasingly with the color scheme of the audience room."

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on October 21, 2021.

Paul R. Marchesano on June 23, 2021:

"Extensive repairs and improvements are being made on the organ at First Methodist Church, the approximate cost of which may exceed $3,400. The instrument is a three manual Haskell organ and the repairs are being made by the Bartholomay Company of Philadelphia." --  Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) ·  17 Jul 1924, Thu ·  Page 10 

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on June 23, 2021.

Paul R. Marchesano on November 19, 2020:

The building was razed in 2005 to make room for a parking garage for Cooper Hospital.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on November 19, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Not used since 1969 (church closed in 1969). The building  was purchased and was maintained by Cooper University Medical Center. 
Haskell stopkeys; wooden oboe & saxophone. Electrified in 1920's by Bartholomay. Rebuilt again in 1937 by Jacob Gerger & Son, Philadelphia. Swell Vox Humana replaced a 2' Flageolet from the 1920 rebuild. [Church previously had an 1867, II/22 rk J. C. B. Standbridge organ which was moved to this building in c. 1896, then sold to a minister in Denver, CO in 1904.] Great division destroyed when ceiling collapsed. Remainder relocated to St. Mary Magdalen R. C., Millville, NJ.
The Tracker, 42:3:9 indicates that it was originally tubular pneumatic.