The pipe organ installed in St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church was built by the M.P. Moller Organ Company of Hagerstown, Maryland in 1948. Some pipes from the church’s previous 1906 organ were used in this organ. In 1972, the organ was rebuilt and enlarged by the Moller Company.
In 2016, the organ was completely restored and installed by Bard B. Wickkiser, Organbuilder, of Baltimore, MD, with the assistance of Larry Pruett of Columbia Organ Works, Columbia, PA. A new computer controlled electrical system was installed in the console. All leather actions, felts, and valves were replaced along with all rubberized cloth, wind line gaskets, and all other perishable materials. All of the wiring in the organ’s console, organ chambers, and in-between was replaced. The old DC power converter was replaced with three new DC power supplies, one located in each of the pipe chambers and one in the console. The entire organ was thoroughly cleaned, including washing of the pipework and restoration of the reed stops. The old organ blower, which had been located in the basement, was replaced with two high speed, German-crafted blowers, one each located in the pipe chambers. Now that the organ has been restored, it will continue to play reliably for decades to come.
The organ contains 980 pipes contained across 14 ranks. The specification of the organ is as follows:
GREAT
8’ Open Diapason
8’ Melodia
8’ Dulciana
4’ Octave
2’ Super Octave
II Mixture
Blank
Chimes
Tremolo
Great to Great 16’
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4’
Swell to Great 16’
Swell to Great 8’
Swell to Great 4’
Zimbelstern
SWELL
16’ Lieblich Bourdon
8’ Diapason
8’ Stopped Diapason
8’ Salicional
8’ Vox Celeste
4’ Flute D’ Amour
4’ Salicet
2 2/3’ Nazard
2’ Flautino
8’ Trumpet
8’ Blank
4’ Vox Humana
4’ Clarion
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16’
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4’
PEDAL
32’ Resultant
16’ Bourdon
16’ Lieblich Bourdon
8’ Flute
8’ Stopped Flute
4’ Lieblich Flute
Blank
Great to Pedal 8’
Swell to Pedal 8’
Great to Pedal 4’
Swell to Pedal 4’
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