St. Peter the Apostle Church

 St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church  13 S. Poppleton St. Baltimore MD 21201

This historic Catholic church , dating from the 1840's can be read about at.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter_the_Apostle_Church
It houses a large two manual Henry Niemann Organ of 24 ranks.  Niemann, who’s  early training was in Germany and France , immigrated to Baltimore in the 1870s. His instruments are known for their clear & brilliant tone and quality construction. While the building of St. Peters is said not to be in peril of demolition, it has been closed and is up for sale. As the Niemann organ needs a through restoration, the Archdiocese feels it would be best to have it removed.

   Great                                             Swell                                          Pedal
16 Double Open Diapason          16 Bourdon                                16 Open Diapason
 8 Open Diapason                          8 Violin Diapason                    16 Bourdon
 8 Doppel Flute                               8 Stop’d Diapason                    8 Cello
 8 Dulciana                                      8 Salicional             
 8 Gamba                                          8 Celeste
 4 Octave                                         4  Flute Harmonique
 2-2/3 Twelfth                                  2 Flautino                            
 2 Fifteenth                                      III Mixture
                                                          8 Cornopean
                                                          8 Oboe

Alert
The 1891 Johnson & Son pipe organ at Carter Memorial Church of God in Christ, located at 745 W. Lafayette Ave., is said to be sold to the University of Maryland. There is little doubt that the 1830s building will be demolished. The Johnson organ sits in an alcove behind the pulpit and contains sixteen speaking stops. Though not playing, the instrument is intact and has not suffered from any major tinkering.
The building was built as Fayette Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in the 1830s and received a new facade and renovation in the 1870s.  The Johnson organ replaces a smaller Johnson organ of 1876.

Great                                            Swell                              Pedal
8 Open Diapason                      8 Violin Diapason           16 Sub Bass
8 Melodia                                   8 Stopped Diapason      16 Bourdon
8 Dulciana                                  8 Dolce                             Pedal Check
4 Octave                                     4 Fugara                           Gt/Ped
4 Flute d’ amour                        2 Flautino                         Sw/Ped
8 Clarinet                                    8 Oboe & Bassoon
Sw/ Gt                                         Tremolo

Baltimore Pipe Organ Rescue

The purpose of this blog is to provide a resource for those interested in saving historic pipe organ in Baltimore City. Since the early nineteenth century Baltimore has been home to a number of talented organ builders. As the city was a gateway to the west and the southern most northern city, many of the instruments built in Baltimore shops went to western  and southern states. However, with its rich religious diversity, many organs stayed in Baltimore. Today an alarming number of these instruments have been destroyed, and the fate of others are in danger.  As trends in church music have leaned toward popular music, many pipe organs have sit unused, with no maintenance or insurance.
In recent years we have seen storms and fires consume a number of organs. Still others have been demolished by their owners, who wished to remove them to create space for a  re-purposing of the building or out rite demolition.  However, given the right support a number of pipe organs have been rescued, restored and moved to new homes. For a fraction of the cost of a new pipe organ, a transplanted and restored pipe organ
can provide its new owners decades worth of  use. 
This is a new blog. As time goes by entries will be made to provide you the reader with photos and information about available instruments. Our goal is to get up and running as fast as possible as we know that the fate of several organs are in peril.