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A. B. Felgemaker Co. (Opus 939, 1906ca.)

Location:

First United Methodist Church
201 W Wheeling St
Lancaster, OH 43130 US
Organ ID: 51127

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • 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
  • 16 ranks. 902 pipes. 2 manuals.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In center 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: 2
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • 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 rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on March 24, 2013:

Updated through online information from Thurlow Weed. -- Organ was purchased by a private individual in 1971, and relocated to Mount Vernon, Ohio as a residence organ. Current location/status of organ unknown.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 22, 2013:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Thurlow Weed, using information found in photocopy of stoplist from Wm. Lindberg thesis. --

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab photocopy of specification in Wm. Lindberg's thesis on Felgemakers
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ facade in front of room, ca. 1911.: Vintage postacrd in church archives, courtesy of Thurlow Weed.

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