Henry 'Father' Willis
1900ca.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Rear Gallery
539 Kapahulu Avenue
Honolulu, Oahu, HI, US
9 Ranks
Instrument ID: 4280 ● Builder ID: 6781 ● Location ID: 4067
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals 3 Divisions9 Stops9 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The organ was removed prior to the pandemic (2019) and replaced by a Walker electronic.
Database Manager on July 26th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Roger Barton.
Database Manager on July 29th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Roger Barton. -- There was a statement that this is the only known tracker instrument in Hawaii. That is certainly not the case today, there being at least three other tracker instruments on the island of Oahu alone -- two Beckerath organs at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, and one J. W. Walker and Sons at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Kailua.
Database Manager on October 28th, 2006:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was an unknown builder.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The exact maker is not known, but was it purchased from Henry Willis and Sons of London. It is believed to be a trade-in dating back to the 1900's, and rebuilt in 1956 for St. Mark's ... Tubular pedal.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1968
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