Lutheran Church of the Transfiguration
79 North Hanover Street
Pottstown, PA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2024-05-21 - Great pipework (Steven C. Eisenhart/Steven C. Eisenhart)
2024-05-21 - Choir pipework (Steven C. Eisenhart/Steven C. Eisenhart)
2024-05-21 - Choir pipework (Steven C. Eisenhart/Steven C. Eisenhart)
2024-05-21 - Echo pipework (Steven C. Eisenhart/Steven C. Eisenhart)
2024-05-21 - Echo pipework (Steven C. Eisenhart/Steven C. Eisenhart)
2023 - Exterior (MLS real estate listing/Steven C. Eisenhart)
Date unknown - Original Exterior (Unknown photographer/Steven C. Eisenhart)
2024-08-17 - Swell chamber pipework (Steven C. Eisenhart/Steven C. Eisenhart)
2024-08-17 - Opus number and installation information from Skinner staff written on Pedal Bourdon (Steven C. Eisenhart/Steven C. Eisenhart)
Consoles
Main
Notes
2006-01-16 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Changes and additions to Skinner Opus 402 (1923) in 1933 and 1947. Console replaced in 1978 by Schantz, #1565.</i> -Database Manager
2021-12-07 - The church closed in 2005 and the congregation merged into Emmanuel Lutheran Church, just down the street. -Jeff Scofield
2021-12-07 - The church closed in 2005 and the congregation merged into Emmanuel Lutheran Church, just down the street. -Jeff Scofield
2024-09-11 - Transfiguration Lutheran merged with Emmanuel Lutheran (150 N. Hanover St., Pottstown, PA) in 2005 and the building was sold to an African American congregation, Invictus Ministries. Invictus Ministries sold the building in 2024 to a developer who will convert the building into apartments. All of the pipework was removed in August of 2024 and it is currently being stored at Emmanuel Lutheran, Pottstown. Some of the pipework will made available for sale.
-- Information received via email from Steve Eisenhart 2024-09-10 -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
[Received from Jeff Scofield December 5, 2021. Corrections rec'd from Steve Eisenhart 2024-09-11] Source: Allen Kinzey from shop files
GREAT Diapason 8, Clarabella 8, Gedeckt 8, Flute 4, Cornopean 8, Flugel Horn 8, Fourniture IV (Added 1947), Octave 4 (Added 1947)
SWELL Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Gedeckt 8, Salicional 8, Voix Celeste 8 (TC), Flute 4, Cornopean 8, Flugel Horn 8, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo, Aeoline 8
CHOIR Diapason 8, Concert Flute 8, Flute 4, Orchestral Oboe 8, Celesta
ECHO (#402-E) Harp, Flute a Cheminee 8, Flute Celeste 8 (TC), Vox Humana 8, Tremolo, Chimes (21 tubes)
PEDAL Bourdon 16, Echo Bourdon 16, Gedeckt 8, Still Gedeckt 8
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