Owner
1989
Originally Henry Erben (1850)
Residence: Bruce Brewer
Baltimore, MD, US
3 Ranks - 140 Pipes - 1 Physical Divisions
Historic Organ Citation Awardee
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STOPLISTS
| Manual (I)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Stop’t Diapason Treble🛈 | 28 |
| 8' | Stop’t Diapason Bass🛈 | 28 |
| 8' | Dulciana🛈 | 28 |
| [4]' | Principle [sic]🛈 | 56 |
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CONSOLES
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 ActionStop 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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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
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.
Database Manager on July 24th, 2005:
On-line update from Bruce D. Brewer -- The instrument has 2 1/2 ranks of pipes, the chimney flute and the Dulciana share a common bass, and the 4' Principal is full compass. The organ retains the original foot-pumped winding system.
Database Manager on July 24th, 2005:
From Bruce D. Brewer: 56 notes.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1999
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Formerly at St. Mary's R. C., Rockville, MD.
Related Instrument Entries: Henry Erben (1850) , Owner (1978)
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