Columbia Organ Works
1989

Originally John Brown (Opus 13, 1894)

St. Michael Lutheran Church

118 State Street
Harrisburg, PA, US

19 Ranks - 1,074 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9312 ● Builder ID: 1341 ● Location ID: 8613
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  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: (new 1989, replaced missing rank; copy of Hook & Hastings/Zimmerman [Great] Harmonic Trumpet from 1882)
  • 8' Swell to Great
8'56
8'61
4'61
4'61
2'61
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8'61
  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
8'61
8'
8'61
8'61
8'49
4'61
4'61
2'61
8'61
  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Ventil (Details Unknown)
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
  • 8' Great to Pedal
  • 8' Swell to Pedal
16'27
8'27
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Builder: John Brown
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)27 Note Pedal3 Divisions19 Stops24 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on January 21st, 2013:

Updated through online information from Evan Brickner.

Database Manager on June 8th, 2005:

Great Trumpet 8' new in 1989 restoration (original was missing; extant partial rank was composed of several different ranks). Scaling of Trumpet based on Hook & Hastings [Harmonic] Trumpet of 1880s vintage. Original Pedal action had been previously replaced with loose aluminum wires; new pedal action designed to operate original chests and fit original pedaboard and rollerboard.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

The original builder was John Brown (1894).

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1987

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

From Robert Whiting residence, Schwenksville, PA. [Replaced an old organ, largely by Moller, that was badly damaged by fire.] Installed by congregation members under Thomas Eader. Stops added, façade repainted. Restored by Columbia Organ Works in 1989, including restenciling of case pipes.

Related Instrument Entries: John Brown (1894) , John Brown (1894)

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