Hunsickers Pipe Organ
1960s
Originally Welte Organ Co. (192)
Christ Lutheran Church
1301 Luzerne St
Reading, PA, US
Instrument ID: 47893 ● Builder ID: 3019 ● Location ID: 42167
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on May 8th, 2011:
Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Nameplate states "1923 Welte Philharmonic Unit Pipe Organ, Rebuit and Electric Action by Henry N.[? middle initial difficult to read] Hunsicker, Reading PA 1980." The console appears to have the Austin style stop key tabs. Mr. Hunsicker directed the members of the congregation in the move in 1960, and then apparently rebuilt and enlarged in in 1980.
Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Nameplate states "1923 Welte Philharmonic Unit Pipe Organ, Rebuit and Electric Action by Henry N.[? middle initial difficult to read] Hunsicker, Reading PA 1980." The console appears to have the Austin style stop key tabs. Mr. Hunsicker directed the members of the congregation in the move in 1960, and then apparently rebuilt and enlarged in in 1980.
Database Manager on May 3rd, 2011:
Identified through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ was originally a residence organ in the William Luden home, the Luden mansion is now part of Reading Central Catholic High School campus (1939). The church donated the organ to Christ Lutheran in the mid-1960's in exchange for repairing the floor where it was removed. Original installation was in the basement with tonal chutes opening on either side of staircase, present church installation has visible pipes, presumed upper work added.
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