Niels Johnson
1885
Originally Joseph Ridges (1869)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Salt Lake Tabernacle
Temple Square
Salt Lake City, UT, US
Instrument ID: 36633 ● Builder ID: 3201 ● Location ID: 7982
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4 Manuals (56 Notes)30 Note Pedal5 DivisionsMechanical With Pneumatic Assists Key ActionStop Layout: Unknown
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
J. A. Hefner on August 14th, 2022:
The console remained set into the case as the original Ridges organ [similar to the Walcker in Boston on which this organ's case was inspired]. The console was only detached when Kimball did major rework at the behest of organist John J. McClellan, in 1900-1901. Per the history at https://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/about/organs/organ-information/tabernacle.html
The console remained set into the case as the original Ridges organ [similar to the Walcker in Boston on which this organ's case was inspired]. The console was only detached when Kimball did major rework at the behest of organist John J. McClellan, in 1900-1901. Per the history at https://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/about/organs/organ-information/tabernacle.html
Database Manager on September 24th, 2008:
Rebuid and enlargement of existing organ by Ridges. Work started by Ridges in 1869 and left unfinished in 1874. Enlargement completed by Neils Johnson, a former employee of Ridges, 1883-1885.
Related Instrument Entries: Joseph Ridges (1869) , Austin Organ Co. (Opus 573, 1915) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1075, 1948) , Felix F. Schoenstein & Sons (1984-) , W. W. Kimball Co. (1901) , Austin Organs, Inc. (1940)
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