John Roberts
1868

Grace Methodist Church

900 N Washington Street
Wilmington, DE, US

41 Ranks - 2,056 Pipes
Instrument ID: 10587 ● Builder ID: 5337 ● Location ID: 9691
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  • Position: In Center Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: "Great Manual, or Chorus Organ"
16'56
8'56
8'56
8'12
8'44
8' & 4'44
4'56
3'56
2'56
IV224
8'56
4'56
8'
  • Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: "Swell Manual or Crescendo & Diminuendo Organ"
16'56
8'56
8'44
8'44
8'12
8'44
4'56
4'44
3'56
2'56
III168
8'56
8'56
  • Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
8'56
8'44
8'12
8'44
4'56
4'44
2'56
8'44
8'
  • Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible
  • Chest Action: Ventil (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
16'30
16'30
8'30
8'30
6 & 4'60
8'
8'
8'

Pedal Check. Bellows Signal
Originally Written/Published: January 30, 1868

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CONSOLES

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Builder: John Roberts
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
3 Manuals (56 Notes)30 Note PedalMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action
Stop Layout: Drawknobs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Steven Bartley on October 9th, 2020:

From - Delaware Tribune. [volume], January 30, 1868, Image 4 [ed.: 2025-01-22: See DOCUMENTS tab for full article]
The very long & detailed article is about details of the building of the new Grace Methodist building, and includes details of the organ, including the specification.

"One of the prominent features of the interior is THE ORGAN
This splendid instrument stands in an arche recess on the south side of the chancel. It front extends some distance beyond the recess. It is 28 feet high, 10 feet 4 inches deep, and 16 feet wide. Its case is 30 feet high, 12-1/2 feet wide, and composed of dark walnut and bay wood, handsomely carved and ornamented. There are in it of various kinds of lumber some 15,000 feet, and if material 2 tons. It was built by John Roberts of Frankford, Philadelphia. It contains four separate and independent organ, three of which are played by the hands and one by the feet. The pedal organ is unusually complete and forms a desirable appendage to any organ of merit."

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Rebuilt and electrified by Haskell in 1915.

Related Instrument Entries: C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1915) , Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 2696, 1962)

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