Fabry, Inc. (2005)

Location:

Immanuel Presbyterian Church
1100 N Astor St
Milwaukee, WI 53202 US
Organ ID: 36766

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 67 ranks. 5 divisions. 3 manuals. 71 stops.
All:
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 71
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 10, 2013:

Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- New 3-manual console, 16' Bassoon (Swell), and 8' French Horn (String) installed by Fabry in 2005. Many voices have been retained from original 1881 Hook & Hastings organ. Fabry releathered the organ in 2009 and recently added a 43-pipe facade using 16' Diapason and 16' Violone pipes.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on May 19, 2009:

Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Hook & Hastings built the original organ in 1881 for the Wisconsin Exhibition Hall, it was moved to the church in 1901 after Immanuel rebuilt from a fire. Organ underwent renovations in 2002, console was replaced in 2005. Organ was releathered in 2009 by Fabry. (information from the church website accessed May 14, 2009 and on-line article in Milwalkee Journal Sentinel dated May 15, 2009)

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 13, 2008:

New console and rebuild of much altered Hook & Hastings of 1881.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from August 2008 American Organist (pg 86)
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade: Photograph by Ryan Mueller. Taken on 2014-09-20

Chancel and Pipe Facade: Photograph by Ryan Mueller. Taken on 2017-09-20

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