Unknown Builder

Location:

Nativity Of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
30 East Franklin Street
Media, PA 19063 US
Organ ID: 72755

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 9 ranks. 597 pipes.
Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023:

Assembled by an unknown builder from parts of various organs. Organ cleaned after a minor fire in 2002. Solid state relay system had previously been installed. Chests of much older, unidentified origin. One complete rank of pipes was installed on the chest but had no stop controls driving it. From an evaluation of the organ at that time by Paul Marchesano: "a solid state switching and coupling relay which controls a unified low voltage DC electro-mechanical action. Some pipework is marked “Wicks Opus 6137” which originally was installed in the 1980s in People’s United Church of Christ in Dover, Delaware. Additional older pipework appears to come from two unknown organs, both probably built in the period 1890-1920. The String ranks are marked with “Opus 301” which does not provide enough information to determine the original builder."

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.
From organ console and chamber inspection: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Organ facade and console in rear loft: Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken on 2022-12-24

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