J. W. Steere & Sons
1917
Lee Street Methodist Church
Sanctuary
Lee Street
Americus, GA, US
7 Ranks
Instrument ID: 8160 ● Builder ID: 7379 ● Location ID: 7651
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions7 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Setterboard
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on November 17th, 2018:
Updated by Larry Pruett, the builder. This organ was releathered and restored to its original condition by Columbia Organ Works in 2006. All pipework and mechanism is original. A new blower was installed in the organ chamber as part of the restoration.
Updated by Larry Pruett, the builder. This organ was releathered and restored to its original condition by Columbia Organ Works in 2006. All pipework and mechanism is original. A new blower was installed in the organ chamber as part of the restoration.
Database Manager on October 25th, 2017:
Updated by Keith Williamson, who has heard or played the organ.
Database Manager on February 9th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Gloria Spence. -- I have played this organ off and on since 1983 to the present time.
Database Manager on April 22nd, 2005:
The reservoirs have been releathered.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The entire organ in in a central chamber with a façade of dummy pipes in front of the swell shades. The façade pipes have been sprayed with a gold colored paint.
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