台灣第一台管風琴-太平境教會、奇美博物館
1961 年，美南長老教會宣教士、同時也是「牽引式管風琴保護協會」（The Tracker Organ Preservation Society）會員的施麥哲牧師（E. Stanley Smathers）初次來台，參觀東海大學教堂後，便決定為其引進一座管風琴。台南神學院也隨後提出申請。施牧師返美後積極奔走，透過當時美國海軍的「握手計畫」（Project Handclasp），38 大箱、總重達 12 噸的兩座管風琴於 1964 年 7 月搭乘美國第七艦隊運抵台灣，分別安置於台南神學院與東海大學，自此開啟台灣管風琴在教會與高等教育場域中的嶄新篇章。
太平境馬雅各紀念教會管風琴（原設置東海大學 → 現存於太平境馬雅各紀念教會）
原為美國 Beth Ahaba 猶太會堂（後轉多所教會）使用的福克與海斯汀斯公司（Hook & Hastings）1880 年製管風琴，由施麥哲牧師牽線引進，1964 年裝設於東海大學教堂。因場地濕氣與震動影響，樂器嚴重受損，1974 年拆除。後由校方轉贈台南太平境馬雅各紀念教會，並由施牧師親自監工重新安裝。至今仍由教會保存，為台灣極少數完整重建保存的百年古琴之一。
奇美博物館管風琴（原設置台南神學院 → 現存於奇美博物館）
1880 年由美國維吉尼亞州彼得斯堡第二長老教會所製之牽引式管風琴，是台灣第一台正式架設的教堂管風琴。1964 年運抵台南神學院，長年用於教學與禮拜，培育台灣第一批管風琴師資。1997 年退役，2006 年轉贈奇美博物館，經張朝任修復，於 2015 年新館開幕時正式展出。從教會到博物館，這座老琴歷經三地，承載著宗教、教育與文化資產的多重使命，重獲新生。
艋舺教會百年簧風琴
百年歷史簧風琴-艋舺教會的第一台風琴
馬偕博士設立艋舺教會時非常注重聖樂在禮拜中的需要，100多年前即遠從加拿大而來、從上海購買，由謝林屘（謝皆明牧師的阿嬤） 奉獻全部風琴的款項捐贈給教會。
這是一台有13支音栓的簧風琴，可稱是當時全台最高級的風琴，為彰顯馬偕博士的用心，讓艋舺地區的人感受到馬偕如何疼愛艋舺人！
The First Pipe Organs in Taiwan – Tai Peng Keng Maxwell Memorial Church and the Chimei Museum
In 1961, Rev. E. Stanley Smathers, a missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States and a member of the Tracker Organ Preservation Society, visited Taiwan for the first time. After seeing the chapel at Tunghai University, he decided to bring in a pipe organ for the institution. Tainan Theological College soon followed with its own request. Upon returning to the United States, Rev. Smathers actively sought support, and through the U.S. Navy’s Project Handclasp, two pipe organs—packed in 38 crates with a total weight of 12 tons—arrived in Taiwan in July 1964 aboard the U.S. Seventh Fleet. They were installed at Tainan Theological College and Tunghai University, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the pipe organ in Taiwan’s churches and higher education.
The Pipe Organ of Tai Peng Keng Maxwell Memorial Church
(Originally installed at Tunghai University → Now preserved at Tai Peng Keng Maxwell Memorial Church)
This instrument, built in 1880 by Hook & Hastings, was originally used at Beth Ahaba Synagogue in the United States (later transferred among several churches). Through the efforts of Rev. Smathers, it was shipped to Taiwan and installed at Tunghai University Chapel in 1964. However, due to humidity and vibrations at the site, the instrument suffered severe damage and was dismantled in 1974. The university later donated it to Tai Peng Keng Maxwell Memorial Church in Tainan, where Rev. Smathers personally supervised its reinstallation. It remains preserved there today and is one of the very few fully reconstructed and conserved century-old organs in Taiwan.
The Pipe Organ of the Chimei Museum
(Originally installed at Tainan Theological College → Now housed at the Chimei Museum)
This tracker organ, originally built in 1880 for the Second Presbyterian Church of Petersburg, Virginia, was the first pipe organ formally installed in a Taiwanese church. It was brought to Tainan Theological College in 1964, where it was used for decades in both teaching and worship, nurturing the first generation of organists in Taiwan. Retired in 1997, the instrument was later donated to the Chimei Museum in 2006. After being restored by Chang Chao-jen, it was unveiled in 2015 with the opening of the museum’s new building. Journeying from church to seminary to museum, this historic organ carries the multiple legacies of religion, education, and cultural heritage, now given renewed life.
The Century-Old Reed Organ of Bangkah Church
Rev. George Leslie Mackay, when founding Bangkah Church, placed great emphasis on the role of sacred music in worship. More than a century ago, the church acquired a reed organ from Shanghai, purchased with funds donated entirely by Mrs. Hsieh Lin-mian (the grandmother of Rev. Hsieh Chieh-ming).
This reed organ, equipped with thirteen stops, was regarded as one of the finest instruments in Taiwan at the time. It stood as a testimony to Dr. Mackay’s devotion, enabling the people of Bangkah to experience firsthand the depth of his care and love for them.
