George Krauss
1857

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.

Identified by William Dunklin, listing this web site as a source of information: https://www.trinityhecktown.org/chapter-3. Excerpt from the church's history published in 2008:
In the spring of 1849 the second church was demolished...This church was erected without a steeple and had no organ. The pipe organ that was in the second church was disassembled and installed in the schoolhouse. It was a small instrument and had only one manual and not more than ten registers. The church was without an organ from 1849 to 1857. During this time Rev C.F. Weldon was the pastor and Benjamin Wagner was chorister. Mr. Wagner put his own melodeon in the church and played it while leading the singing. In August 1856, John Laubach, Barnes Fenner, George Hellick, George Schnabel, Peter Kern, Solomon Koehler, Abraham Dewalt, and Jonathan Ritter commenced to collect donations for a new organ. The cost of the organ was $1,339.50 and was built by George Krause. (sic, ed.) It was painted for $10.50. Edward Van Steuben, John Heckman, Peter Lawall, Charles Hess, and Edwin Breidinger fetched it by wagon from Palm, PA. The dedication of the organ took place on Whitsunday, May 31, 1857. The last payment for its purchase was made on April 19, 1858. The interior of the church was remodeled in 1872 and had balconies extending along the sides of the sanctuary with the organ centered in the rear balcony.