Owner
1978

Originally Henry Erben (1850)

Residence: Bruce Brewer

Rockville, MD, US

3 Ranks - 140 Pipes - 1 Physical Divisions
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  • Chest Action: Slider (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: 56 notes
  • Notes: Left stop jamb, 29-56, lead chimney flute with tuning on the ears
  • Notes: Left jamb, 1-28, wood
  • Notes: Right stop jamb, 29-56, metal (shares Stop't Diapason Bass)
  • Notes: Right stop jamb, 56 pipes, metal
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Builder: Henry Erben
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Pedalboard Type: No Pedalboard
Features:
1 Manuals (56 Notes)✗ No Pedal1 Divisions3 Stops4 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location Marked BIOS Grade I

Jim Stettner on July 31st, 2025:

This entry represents the installation of a used organ. Identified through online information from the owner, Bruce Brewer.

Paul R. Marchesano on June 5th, 2023:

Information from Bruce Brewer, Application for Historic Organ Certification:
Historical profile of the organ:

  • Fabricated in Baltimore MD in the Eutaw Street factory in 1850.
  • Installed, and dedicated in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic church in Rockville Maryland, 1853.
  • Undetermined time, became the property of P.H. Frohman, and was in storage in the crypts of Washington Cathedral. (Frohman was primary architect of the Washington Cathedral from 1921 until his death in 1972.
  • Brewer purchases the organ on 07/09/78, and installs the playing organ in his home in Rockville Md. That same year.
  • December 1989, Organ is relocated to current residence in Baltimore Maryland.
  • This instrument has been the venue of several “Organ Crawls” by the Organ Historical Society, and both the Local and National Chapters of the American Guild of Organists in Mr. Brewers Rockville and Baltimore Maryland homes.

Related Instrument Entries: Owner (1989) , Henry Erben (1850)

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