After a year-long restoration project, Glen Foerd will be debuting its newly restored 121-year-old pipe organ during a free public concert next month, the site announced in a press release.
On Saturday, January 6, Mark Loria, principal organist for the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul, will commemorate the occasion with a free live concert performance.
Loria will perform works by the likes of Bach, Buxtehude, Florence Price, Nico Muhly, and more.
The restoration project was funded through a $425,000 grant from the Wyncote Foundation, whose mission is to support efforts that strengthen and enrich culture, community, and the natural environment.
The project was led by Charles Kegg, president and artistic director of Kegg Pipe Organ Builders.
The pipe organ was built in 1902 by Philadelphia’s C.S. Haskell company and installed in the Main House by industrialist Robert Foerderer.
“This instrument is an early example of a home organ in the United States, but it is not typical of the organs that would follow in other homes of the wealthy. This was an instrument for an organist, and it was patterned after typical church and small concert hall organs of the day,” said Kegg.
Learn more about Glen Foerd’s first public event of 2024 in its website.
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