Lincoln, Missouri
Zion Lutheran Church
1880's Unknown Builder (possibly the Henry Pilcher Pipe Organ Company of Louisville, Kentucky).
1895 Rebuilt by the A. B. Felgemaker Pipe Organ Company of Erie, Pennsylvania.
1926 Installed at Zion Lutheran Church by the Treu Pipe Organ Company of St. Louis, Missouri.
1970 Rebuilt by the Quimby Pipe Organ Company of Warrensburg, Missouri.
GREAT COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Gr. 8 Open Diapason 58 Swell to Pedal
Gr. 8 Dulciana 58 Great to Pedal
Gr. 8 Melodia 46
Gr. 8 Unison Bass 12 Swell to Great
Gr. 4 Principal 58
Gr. 4 Flute 58
Gr. 2 2/3 Twelfth 58 FOOT TRUNDLES (Removed)
Gr. 2 Fifteenth 58 Piano -
Forte -
SWELL (Expressive)
Sw. 8 Violin Diapason 58
Sw. 8 Dolcissimo 46 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Sw. 8 Stop'd Diapason 46 Swell Expression (bal.)
Sw. 8 Unison Bass 12
Sw. 4 Octave 58
Sw. 4 Viola 58
Sw. 8 Oboe 46
Swell Tremolo
PEDAL
Ped. 16 Bourdon 27
Bellows Signal
ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop REGISTERS: 16 STOPS: 14 RANKS: 14 PIPES: 757
NOTES
There was originally an 8' Oboe and an 8' Stopped Diapason on the Swell. Both ranks were in
very poor condition and were replaced by Michael Quimby with an 8' Trumpet and an 8' Rohr
Flute when the organ was rebuilt in 1970.
The pedal specifications previously listed on OHS are incorrect. The pedalboard is flat and
parallel, NOT concave and radiating. <i>[Ed. - Corrected]</i>
Also, the crescendo pedal was not in working condition and was removed by either the Treu
Organ Company when the organ was installed in 1926, or by Michael Quimby when the organ was
rebuilt in 1970. <i>[Ed. - There never was a Crescendo Pedal. Reference is to the removed
foot trundles for Piano & Forte]</i>
The organ is as least 130 years old and was built sometime during the 1880's. OHS has the
date of construction listed as 1895, but this is the date when it was rebuilt by the A. B.
Felgemaker Company. <i>[Ed. - Corrected]</i>
There's a possibility that it was originally a four manual instrument, but was later reduced
in size because of the lack of space at one of it's previous locations.
The organ is currently being tuned and maintained by the Quimby Pipe Organ Company of Warrens-
burg, Missouri. The instrument is in excellent condition, and has been in continuous use since
it's installation at Zion Lutheran Church in 1926.
Rick D. Harms, former organist at Zion Lutheran Church from 1978 to 1996.
[Received from Rick D. Harms 2014-05-26.]