Organ Works

The present-day church in Annapolis, Maryland is the third church on this site and was built in 1858 in Neo-romanesque style in the style of the early Christian basilica, with rounded apse, tall flat-roofed nave connected by rounded arcades to low side aisles.

In 1975, as Opus 846, we provided a new organ, somewhat out-of-the ordinary for the USA. This was a purely mechanical instrument, which technically, tonally and in its case design, owed much to the classic baroque, central European school of organ building. The specification shows both German and French characteristics. Manual III is enclosed and contains stops such as Bifaria and Hautbois, making possible the suitable interpretation of romantic compositions. The Werkprinzip design is discernible in the vertical arrangement of Rückpositiv, Hauptwerk and Schwellwerk, flanked by the Pedal divided in C/C sharp sides.

In 2017 our team undertook a comprehensive restoration, which included stabilisation of the wind system as well as a thorough review of the voicings, particular the reed stops.