"I will sing a new song unto Thee, O God. Upon an instrument will I sing praise unto Thee."

THE CLARENCE H. GEIST MEMORIAL ORGAN

M. P. Moller, Inc. Opus 6800 - 1939
J. Fred Ade, Inc. - Shultz & Associates, Inc. - 1980
Reuter Organ Co. - Walker Technical Co. - 2000
99 Total Stops, 78 ranks (58 pipe, 20 digital) 3,777 pipes

The Clarence H. Geist Memorial Organ was built in 1939 by the M.P. Moller Company Inc. of Hagerstown, Maryland, under the supervision of Richard Whitelegg. It was installed as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration and dedicated by Virgil Fox on January 17, 1940. Its original specifications and console design were drawn up by Henry Beard, the Organist of Overbrook Church. At its installation and finishing, it contained 53 ranks of 3357 pipes.

On July 4, 1978, the organ suffered extensive damage in two chambers due to a vandalism attack. J. Fred Ade, Inc. of Drexel Hill and Shultz and Associates, of Philadelphia, were contracted to restore, rebuild and tonally modify the organ. A series of three Rededication Recitals, performed by formed Overbrook Organists John Tuttle and William Evans and present Organist Dennis Elwell, were presented in November, 1980.

In 2000, the Reuter Organ Company, of Lawrence, Kansas, installed a new organ console, which additionally accommodated a new Antiphonal Digital Organ, built by the Walker Technical Company of Zionsville, Pennsylvania. A Rededication Recital was performed by Dennis Elwell in March, 2001.

OVERBROOK ORGANISTS SINCE 1937
Henry Beard 1937-1941
Margaret Kreuger 1941-1960
Robert Wilde 1961-1965
John Tuttle 1965-1969
William Evans 1969-1973
Dennis Elwell 1973-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Clarence H. Geist Memorial Organ is maintained by the
Shultz and Gladden Company, Organ Builders, of Philadelphia.
Funding for rebuilding of the organ was contributed in part by
the Ester West Memorial Fund, and the Organ Endowment Fund.