Unknown Builder
1885

from church history of the organ:
In 1885 Rev. James C. Kerr came to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church succeeding Rev. Benjamin J. Douglass. He was here until 1887. He did much for St. Paul’s especially with his purchase of a Tracker Organ that was to be operated with bellows to furnish air to the 8 pipes. This was to last until 1919 when Rev. Samuel Dies VanLoan 1914-1929 placed an order with Charles S. Haskell to upgrade the organ. They replaced the console, wind chests and reservoir at that time. In 2014 a Meidinger Blower was installed to replace the aging and inadequate blower. It supplied more steadier wind pressure. The records do not show when electricity was made available to St. Paul’s but we do know that a new Kinetic Organ Blower was purchased in 1925 and placed in the Vestry room to provide air to all the pipes of the organ.

The Haskell builder attribution of this organ is questionable. The firm was established c. 1888 in Philadelphia. This entry appears to be a conflation of the Haskell rebuild and the original, unknown builder that was in the church, although the church website reports the original organ as being "from around the Civil War".

An original installation. Identified by Steven Bartley, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- Electro pneumatic pull downs and electric blower added in the late 1940s. In the 1960s an exposed chest was added containing a new 4' Principal, to play on the Great. Some time in the past 30 years the 1940s note wires were replaced. Organ had been unusable, but in 2012, repairs made to switching system and key contacts. The organ is now in regular use.