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Henry Erben (1886)

Location:

Grace Episcopal Church
1909 Vyse Avenue
New York City: The Bronx (West Farms), NY 10460 US
Organ ID: 4625

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is no longer extant; destroyed.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 8 ranks. 423 pipes. 2 divisions. 1 manuals. 8 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Divisions: 2
  • Stops: 8
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 29
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal row above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Trigger/hitch-down swell.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on November 25, 2010:

Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 07, 2005:

Online update from Michael Ryan -- Restored 1990 by Chris Ballad; church and organ destroyed by fire 1993. The organ was entirely new in 1886 by Labagh & Kemp, as one of their stock models. It was not the Erben.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Rebuilt Labagh & Kemp 1886, 1-8. Burned with building 1 Nov 1993.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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