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CONSOLES
Builder: Pomplitz & Rodewald
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (54 Notes)18 Note PedalMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated by Steve Bartley, naming this as the source of information: Lancaster Intelligencer, PA Jan 31, 1854 pg2. See DOCUMENTS tab for article
Database Manager on August 3rd, 2019:
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by Steven Bartley, citing information from this publication: Lancaster Intelligencer, PA Jan 31, 1854 pg2.
Lengthy article, including specification of the instrument, and some details.
Gothic case, front pipes richly gilt. Twelve stops on Great - 54 keys, Seven stops on Swell 54 keys (Choir bass CC-f) 8 stopped diapason & 4 principal; Pedal 18 keys & 4 stops;Gt/Ped, Sw/Gt. In 1881, a new larger church was built, on the ground just to the west of the old Stone church. (as per church web site history)
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