Lyon & Healy
Opus 34, 1899

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

402 Second Street NE
Independence, IA, US

8 Ranks - 445 Pipes - 3 Physical Divisions

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	Great (I) Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Notes: 61 notes, unenclosed
8'	Open Diapason	61
8'	Melodia	61
8'	Dulciana Notes: 1-12 from Melodia	49
4'	Octave	61

	Swell to Great 8' Swell to Great
	Swell to Great at Octaves 4' Swell to Great

	Swell (II - Expressive) Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Notes: 61 notes, enclosed
8'	Stop'd Diapason	61
8'	Salicional	61
4'	Flute Harmonique	61
	Tremolo

	Pedal Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room Notes: 30 notes
16'	Bourdon	30

	Swell to Pedal 8' Swell to Pedal
	Great to Pedal 8' Great to Pedal

PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (balanced); ACCESSORIES: Bellows Signal.
Originally Written/Published: 2020

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Builder: Lyon & Healy

Position: Keydesk Attached

Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack

Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight

Features:

2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions8 Stops8 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on April 7th, 2021:

Restored by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders 2020, including restenciling the pipe facade.

Database Manager on January 10th, 2010:

Updated through on-line information from John Panning. -- Electric blower fitted in the 1910s. Bellows feeders extant but hand pumping mechanism missing. Facade pipes may have previously been stenciled; currently painted gold. Pedal sharps have been replaced with plastic.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1998

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Not been played in many years in 1998. Also have electronic. about 10 ranks

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