New Hanover Lutheran Church
2941 Lutheran Road
New Hanover Twp.
Gilbertsville, PA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
c. 1936 - Church interior, 1936, showing an organ facade in the loft, apparently this instrument. (Photograph from an archival source: church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Unknown - Console and Facade (Church archives, courtesy of Steve Eisenhart (1904)/Database Manager)
Consoles
Keydesk
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 16 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Notes
2004-10-30 - "May have originally contained some Dieffenbach pipes, but no longer did so in 1986. Electrified by Paul Fritzsche in 1960, and provided with a Moller console. Replaced by a 1986 Schantz, Op. 1842." -Database Manager
2019-04-18 - Updated by Steve Eisenhart -Database Manager
2020-11-02 - Known from a list published in a descriptive report of the dedication of the organ in Emporium, Pennsylvania. The Cameron County Press, February 1, 1906, p. 1. church reported as "Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church." Town originally reported as New Hanover, Pennsylvania. -Paul R. Marchesano
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