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Michael Quimby (1977 ca.)

Location:

St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church
301 W Williams St.
Salisbury, MO 65281 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 72636

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on January 27, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 2 manuals.
Gallery:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on January 27, 2023.
Jim Stettner on January 27, 2023:

This entry represents the rebuilding of an existing organ. From Fr. Jeremy Secrist via email on 01-26-2023: *"Chris Soer was accompanying me on the most recent visit (1/23/2023) and he indicated that the former J.G. Pfeffer instrument at Salisbury was one of Mike Quimby's early rebuild projects in the mid-to-late 1970's (Opus 3-7). *

Although the instruments officially indicated as Quimby "rebuilds" has shrunk on the official QPO website in more recent years, Chris Emerson, who still works for QPO verbally verified today that the St. Joseph instrument was an early rebuild project of that firm. He remembered the installation of the Peterson control system and the new 2 manual console, as well as the replacement of the original 16' Pedal Bourdon with a repurposed Wicks rank."

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on January 27, 2023.

Instrument Images:

J.G. Pfeffer case modified by Quimby: Photograph by Fr. Jeremy Secrist. Taken on 2023-01-23

Quimby pipework in Pfeffer case: Photograph by Fr. Jeremy Secrist. Taken on 2023-01-23

Quimby console: Great & Choir. No expression; pedal for crescendo only: Photograph by Fr. Jeremy Secrist. Taken on 2023-01-23

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