Taylor & Boody Organbuilders
2018
Originally Edmund Giesecke (1885-1890)
Grace Presbyterian (1873) / Grace Memorial Presbyterian (1909)/ First Presbyterian Church (1926)
609 Southeast Second Street
Evansville, IN, US
11 Ranks
Instrument ID: 64366 ● Builder ID: 6162 ● Location ID: 7063
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Builder: Edmund Giesecke
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
1 Manuals (58 Notes)25 Note Pedal2 Divisions10 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on October 10th, 2019:
From Robert Nichols, Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church, Evansville, Indiana, and Dean of the Evansville Chapter of the AGO. -- Evansville, Indiana, AGO chapter acquired a 1M/P Edmund Giesecke instrument made c1885-1890, in 2016 from a family that bought a disused church in Maumee, Ohio. Restoration was completed by Taylor and Boody Organbuilders in 2018. The restored organ is installed in the front of First Presbyterian Church, Evansville, Indiana, where it serves as a second instrument, the Church has a Fisk organ in the rear gallery. This is one of only five surviving Giesecke organs.
From Robert Nichols, Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church, Evansville, Indiana, and Dean of the Evansville Chapter of the AGO. -- Evansville, Indiana, AGO chapter acquired a 1M/P Edmund Giesecke instrument made c1885-1890, in 2016 from a family that bought a disused church in Maumee, Ohio. Restoration was completed by Taylor and Boody Organbuilders in 2018. The restored organ is installed in the front of First Presbyterian Church, Evansville, Indiana, where it serves as a second instrument, the Church has a Fisk organ in the rear gallery. This is one of only five surviving Giesecke organs.
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