The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill and The Mander Pipe Organ
The purpose of The Presbyterian Church
of Chestnut Hill
is to be faithful to Jesus Christ
so that the members of his church
provide both a spiritual and a material ministry to each
other and to the world.
The progress of our new Mander pipe organ is
continuing at a steady pace. The case framework and
soundboards are built, and the pipes are beginning to be made. The instrument is to consist of
three manuals (keyboards) and pedal, for a total of 47 stops - for a total of 3,550....all of which
are to be made by hand! The pipes will range in size from approximately five inches to 16 feet,
and will be either wood or metal - square, round, cone-shaped, flared, narrow, wide, curved, straight,
mounted vertically and horizontally.
The pipework, framework and soundboards are actually only a small part of the overall work. The
internal parts of the instrument include many, many intricate parts, all of which need to be made by
hand.
Browse this site Mander Organ, for
"first-in-line" feature articles on our organ. This pages also has extensive information on the
Mander Organ Company.
Funding for this project made possible by Advent, with whose help
our congregation has raised $1.2 million and is
now going for our second $1.2 million.
Cynthia A. Jarvis, Minister
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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