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Builder: Koehnken & GrimmPosition: Keydesk Attached Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown) Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical Control System: Unknown or N/A
Additional Notes: I have a picture of the original console in a church history book, with the organist--Robert J. Mick--on the bench. He was the organist for 64 years at St. Joseph, Hamilton, Ohio. There was a small fire in the church, at the rear votive candle display. Mr. Mick was not allowed into the church until two days afterwards. He visited the church, went home, and died of a heart attack. (His personal hymnals and belongings are still in the loft and organ bench! Very interesting time capsule!) I also have a picture of his daughter seated at the organ, but NOW with the extant rebuilt console: no drawknobs, tabs above the stock keyboards, pistons, concave/radiating used pedalboard. The organ was un-trackered, retaining the pedal open 16'. Double-rise removed and replaced with two small supply units. Many electronic boards. Several unpleasant mixtures and prepared-for tabs where no pipes are present. Needs work, but I play it every week. Beautiful church--1867. St. Joseph Kirche. I met the "rebuilder," George Welling, one time, around 1985, when he held keys for an assistant working in the chambers of a different, but very similar organ, (that began life as an Austin) one of many, located in Cincinnati.