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David Tannenberg (1802)

OHS convention: 1964

Images

2016-06-13 - Organ and organ case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Organ Case (Photo from church website, courtesy of Mr J. Veerman (2009)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 1 manuals
• 8 stops
• 8 registers
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
• Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1986 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Cost 200ú. Restored 1960 by Thomas Eader. Case refinished, new reservoir. -Database Manager

2006-01-21 - Updated through online information from K. Bryan Kirk. -- Restored by George Taylor in 1970, and maintained by Taylor & Boody - organ in superb condition - all original, may still be hand-pumped. Organ played every Sunday for services and used occasionally for concerts -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from Taylor & Boody Organbuilders website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Madison, Virginia
Hebron Lutheran Church

David Tannenberg   1802
Restored by George Taylor in 1970

The organ has been in continuous use since its installation by Tannenberg's son-in-law
Philip Bachman. The organ is the finest and largest surviving unaltered example of
Tannenberg's work.
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   8' Principal Dulcis   (stopped metal Quintadena bass pipes)
   8' Gedackt            (C-cs' stopped, pine; d'-f''' stopped, walnut)
   4' Octav
   4' Floete             (C-e open, pine; f-f''' open, walnut)
   3' Quinta
   2' Sub [sic] Octav
      Terzian            (C 1 3/5'; c' 3 1/5')
  II  Mixture            (C-b 1 1/3' + 1'; c'-f''' 4' + 2 2/3')


Mechanical key and stop action - all original parts
Compass: Manual 54 notes; C - f'''
Case of solid pine - repainted a number of times
All metal and wooden pipes are original - scattered mouse and rat damage has been repaired
Original keyboard with ebony covered naturals and ivory capped sharps
2 original double-fold wedge bellows and pumping levers with quiet blower added
Number of pipes: 486
Equal temperament
Wind Pressure: 43 mm


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-15]

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