page_title: Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore
section_title: Organs
hierarchical_section_title: Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore / Cathedral / Organs
caption_attribution_description: English: The gallery of the Cathedral of Mary our Queen in Baltimore, Maryland.
context_page_description: The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church located at 5200 North Charles Street, in northern Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The structure, remarkable in size, was completed in 1959.
context_section_description: The cathedral has two organs.  The original organs were Opus 9200 of the M. P. Moller Company of Hagerstown, Maryland.  After 46 years of use and some considerable damage due to water and smoke the congregation decided to restore the cathedral organs in 2005.  It chose Schantz Organ Co. of Ohio to restore and replace many parts of the original instruments.  The restoration began with the removal of the Great Gallery organ and, after it was reinstalled and operable, work began on the Chancel organ.
  In addition to new pipe work, voice work, new wind chests, Schantz built two new identical four-manual consoles: one for the Gallery and one for the Chancel allowing the organist to control both organs from either location.  The chancel console can be moved around the sanctuary to suit various needs.  In the original Moller installation, the Great Gallery organ console had four-manuals and could control over both the Gallery and Sanctuary organs.  The Sanctuary organ console was two manuals, had complete control over the Sanctuary organ and the Gallery organ through "blind" controls.  The Sanctuary console was replaced in 1974 due to a fire in the console which caused smoke damage to both organs' pipework.  After the renovations, the Great Gallery organ holds 100 ranks and the Sanctuary organ holds 27.
  The first solo concert performance on the restored organ occurred July 5, 2007 by Cherry Rhodes as part of the closing ceremonies of the American Guild of Organists regional convention held in Baltimore.
caption: The rear gallery and some of the organ pipes
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