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Unknown Builder (2019-2023)

Originally Lehigh Organ Co. (1983)

Location:

St. John's Lutheran Church
501 Chestnut St.
Emmaus, PA 18049 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 73523

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is unaltered 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 Jim Stettner on May 23, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 4 divisions. 3 manuals.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • 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 roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on May 23, 2023.
Jim Stettner on May 23, 2023:

This installation represents the amalgamation of the church's existing 1983 Lehigh organ with an unidentified organ from Grace Lutheran Church in Allentown, PA. which was donated when that congregational ceased operations in 2019. Identified from an online news article.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on May 23, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior; facade: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 2022

Front of sanctuary with chancel and original ca. 1924 organ chamber facades: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. December 2022

Chancel with original ca. 1924 organ chamber facades: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. Easter, 2023

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