Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Owner (1987)

Originally M. P. Möller (Opus 5230, 1928)

Location:

Keswick Theatre
291 N. Keswick Ave.
Glenside, PA 19038 US
Organ ID: 47358

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Theatres, Cinemas, Movie Houses
  • The organ has been renovated with changes from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 19 ranks. 3 manuals.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 24, 2014:

Updated through online information from Gregg Patruno. -- The organ went into storage sometime after Sedgwick Theatre closed in 1966, and moved to Keswick Theatre in 1987.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on December 25, 2012:

Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. -- The original organ in the Keswick Theatre was Æolian's opus 1689

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on February 06, 2011:

Identified through online information from David Crow. -- This organ moved from original installation 1928 in Sedgwick Theatre, Mount Airy, Philadelphia to Keswick Theater Glenside, PA at a date to be specified upon further research. It is actively used for concerts in 2011.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab From Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley web site
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Auditorium Interior, Console, and Chamber Grillework: Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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