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Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. (1990)

First Presbyterian Church
Fort Wayne, IN

Images

2016-05-05 - Exposed pipes and console in rear gallery (Photograph by First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-06-11 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Tonal changes by Michael Quimby and John Hendrikson to esixting Aeolian-Skinner organ, with new four manual David Harris console; console relocated to St. Matthew's RC, Central Falls, RI. -Database Manager

2015-04-16 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Quimby replaced the original three manual console with a new four manual, replaced the relay system, and releathered the chests. John Hendrickson made tonal revisions as part of the project. (source: Church Website, accessed April 2015) -Database Manager

Websites

First Presbyterian Church of Fort Wayne Music - Updated link to revised church website. By scrolling down on the church's Music page, narrative information about the church's sanctuary and chapel organs. Below the narrative is a link to a pdf with the stoplists for each instrument (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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