In the other churches of Philadelphia, organs seem to have been introduced at a relatively late date. On September 2, 1728, a committee having been appointed at Christ Church “to treat with Mr. Lod. C. Sproegel,[38] about an organ lately arrived here, report that they had done the same, and that he insisted on £200 for said organ; and that they had procured men of the best skill this place could afford to erect the said organ in a convenient house in town, to make trial thereof; which, being done, it is said the organ proves good in its kind, and large enough for our church.”[39] Upon this recommendation the organ was purchased. In the Moravian church, corner of Race and Broad streets, there were two organs in 1743[40] one of which was sold in 1796, and a new one built by David Tannenberger.[41] In this same year (1743) the Moravians in Germantown had an organ costing £60, but in 1744 both church and organ reverted to the German Reformed Church.[42] The Catholic church had an organ in 1750.[43] These are the earliest known organs in use in Philadelphia churches. From this time on, the other churches in the city gradually established them as an aid to their services. One writer, who came to this country from Germany, evidently had no knowledge of these organs when he said: “I came to this country with the first organ [1750] which now stands in a High German Lutheran church in the city of Philadelphia, and which was built in Heilbronn.”[44] In the face of the evidence already produced, it is needless to say that this statement is a little off color, to say the least. There were then in Philadelphia several organs before 1755, and it is reasonable to assume that in the Moravian church, that “wind” and “string” instruments were used, since we find this true at the colony in Bethlehem.[45] The testimony of travellers of that time or of members of other churches is of some interest and importance. The first witness is William Black, secretary of the commission appointed by the Governor of Virginia to unite with commissions from Maryland and Pennsylvania for the purpose of treating with the Indians. In the year 1744, he resided in Philadelphia, during which time he kept a journal of interest and importance. June 8 he writes: “We went to the Moravian Meeting, where I had the pleasure to hear an Excellent Comment on that Passage in Scripture Relating to the Prodigal Son, and after _some very agreeable Church Music_, half an hour after 9 they broke up.”[46] This testimony is not without its value, as this gentleman was evidently somewhat of a musician himself, since under the same date in his diary we find: “I Rose from my Bed and pass’d two hours in writing, the rest of the time till Breakfast, I spent with my Fiddle and Flute.”[47] Concerning the music in the Moravian church we have other evidence, at a later date. John Adams remarks in his diary for October 23, 1774: