Better Pipe Organ Database

Unknown Builder (1913)

Emanuel Lutheran Church
68364 County Road 27
Fairfax, MN

Images

2015-05-09 - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2015-05-09 - Keydesk (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2015-05-09 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2015-05-09 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2015-05-09 - Second Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2015-05-09 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2015-05-09 - Church Exterior (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2015-05-09 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2015-05-09 - Note on Windchest (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
9 stops
9 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions

Notes

2015-05-29 - Updated through online information from James R . Stettner. -- The organ was cleaned, repaired, and retuned between July 23 and August 3, 1973 by Lawrence J. Marowski of Jefferson, Wisconsin and Prof. Edward Meyer of New Ulm, Minnesota. -Database Manager

2015-06-24 - Updated through online information from John J. Miller. -- Organ was relocated from Immanuel Lutheran in Mankato, MN in 1913 or 1919 by an unknown builder. A picture in the narthex of the church taken April 13, 1919 was identified by a member as a picture of the organ dedication, however, the note in the organ states that it was relocated in 1913. <br> Electric blower installed in 1928. -Database Manager

2015-06-28 - Updated through online information from John J. Miller. -- Organ was relocated from Immanuel Lutheran Church of Mankato, MN in either 1913 or 1919. A member of Emanuel identified a picture in the church narthex taken April 13, 1919 as a picture of the organ dedication. However, a note inside the organ states the relocation was in 1913. Electric blower added in 1928. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from keydesk May 9, 2015 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Fairfax (Wellington Township), Minnesota
Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (Wisconsin Synod)

Unknown Builder 1913 (originally The Carl Barckhoff Church Organ Co. ca.1885)

MANUAL
8’ Open Diapason
8’ Gamba
8’ Dulciana
8’ Melodia
4’ Octave
4’ Flute
2’ Octave

PEDAL
16’ Sub Bass
 8’ Octave Bass

ACCESORIES
Tremolo
Bellows Signal

 [Received from John J. Miller 2015-06-20.]

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