Bradley Rule / B. Rule & Co.
2013

Database Manager on October 8th, 2013:
Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- As mentioned previously, the organ arrived at B Rule & Company missing most of its original case. The panels on either side of the console appear to be Pomplitz work, but had been considerably altered. The lower parts of the angled sections are obviously from a different and unknown organ. The upper case portions were built new. The facade pipe stenciling and paint colors were not part of the organ builders contract. A local volunteer provided that service. Despite the significant changes to the case, the pipes were not altered beyond cleaning, repair, regulating and tuning.

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Database Manager on May 11th, 2013:
Updated through online information from William Dunklin.

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Database Manager on May 10th, 2013:
This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by William Dunklin, based on information learned from a conversation with Bradley Rule. -- Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the 3rd and possibly the 4th home for this organ. It seems that the original installation was in, or near, Harrisonburg, Virginia (we do not know the name of the church). Its most recent home was an AME church in Cumberland, Maryland. It may have been somewhere else in between. The information is solely based on the old railroad shipping labels on the swell box panels. The Harrisonburg label is clearly much older than the newer paper labels sending it to Cumberland Maryland. <br>The organ had been in storage for a significant period of time. It arrived in the B. Rule & Company shop mostly complete, but missing significant portions of the case and various parts of the action and chassis. <br>The donor, Lloyd Farrar, who paid for the entire project, requested as close to a historical restoration as possible. Significantly, the organ remains pitched sharp, roughly A=451 and the 27 note, flat, straight pedal board is shifted about 3 notes to the right of modern placement.