2004-10-30/2019-11-14 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Active in Kentucky, 1986. Sources: Elizabeth Towne Schmitt. Organ Update, The Tracker 30:4 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1986), 15.
2019-11-15/2019-11-15 - From Organ Update The Tracker 30:4, 15: A fire on September 25 at Mother of God R. C. Church in Covington, Kentucky, spared the large 1876 Koehnken & Grimm in the rear gallery. Having been damaged by a tornado in March, the metal roof of the dome located 150' above the crossing was being replaced when a workman's torch ignited wood that smoldered until fire broke out at 7 pm. Fr. Ralph Hartman relates that, when entry to the heavily damaged and steamy interior was finally permitted in the early morning, organ technician Jed Setchwell sped to the gallery, examined the organ, and, as shaken parishioners surveyed the damage to their exquisite organ, he instinctively turned on the power switch and played. "It gave us all a great boost in a moment of depression, and our reaction says much about organs in our faith life," said Fr. Hartman.
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