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Three rare pipe organs, Rosalinde, Hildy, and Veronica, are among Philadelphia’s newest residents

The Europeans instruments have somehow survived multiple centuries, are now being heard at First Presbyterian Church off Rittenhouse Square.

First Presbyterian Church organist and director of music Bálint Karosi poses with a newly acquired organ called Rosalinde, built by Ibe Peters Iben of Emden, Germany, in 1783, in the sanctuary of the church in the Rittenhouse area of Philadelphia on Sunday, March 16, 2025. Rosalinde is one of three new historic organs recently acquired by the church through the efforts of Karosi.
First Presbyterian Church organist and director of music Bálint Karosi poses with a newly acquired organ called Rosalinde, built by Ibe Peters Iben of Emden, Germany, in 1783, in the sanctuary of the church in the Rittenhouse area of Philadelphia on Sunday, March 16, 2025. Rosalinde is one of three new historic organs recently acquired by the church through the efforts of Karosi.Read moreErin Blewett / For The Inquirer
    by David Patrick Stearns, For The Inquirer
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