SS. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Cathedral
18th Street and Logan Square
Philadelphia,
PA
19103 US
Organ ID: 18194
The Standbridge organ contract was reported to be for $10,000.
Some small number of stops have remained in each rebuild of the organ in some form or other. The 32' Pedal Bourdon definitely remains in the current installation at the cathedral.
Stoplist and description of opening published in Philadelphia Inquirer November 18, 1868.
Three composition pedals [diapason & principal, positive organ, full organ]. Reversible or hitchdown for Pedal Double Open Diapason.
The organ details have been verified from a description of the opening of the organ on November 17, 1868, published the following day in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Previous reports of dates and size were incorrect. The case is described as measuring 31 ft. wide, 16 ft. deep, and 41 ft. high. Pipe counts were given for each division, and therefore it appears the Great Sesquialtera was typical (two) II ranks and the Great Mixture was IV-V ranks in composition.
The organ is known from a pencil sketch of the case drawn by an Austin salesman or technician in 1920. The specification is unknown at this time, but there are corroborating reports that the organ was a four-manual and pedal with approximately 70 stops.
There are no known photographs of the Standbridge organ case. The 1920 Austin installation in this case, a drawing by the rep.: Photograph from an archival source: Drawing by Herbert Brown, Austin Organs Representative, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. c. 1920