2015-05-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2008-10-04 - 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> Designed by John Bell; dedication recital by Gordon Balch Nevin, May 13, 1922; no information.</i> -Database Manager
2013-04-25 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- 2013 article in the online edition of the Johnstown Tribune Democrat reports that much of the 3,000-pipe instrument and the console that operates it have been rehabilitated over the past several years. The project cost $90,000. Filip Jakob Cerny, an organ builder from the Czech Republic, was hired first as a maintenance technician then eventually contracted to rebuild the organ. -Database Manager
Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i>, May 1922 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
First Lutheran Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 316 1920 4 manuals, 35 stops, 39 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 17 PED 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 73 8' Diapason 73
8' Horn Diapason 73 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Clarabella 73 * 8' Salicional 73
8' Erzähler 73 * 8' Voix Celeste II 146
4' Octave 73 8' Aeoline 73
4' Harmonic Flute 73 * 4' Flute 73
8' Tuba (10") 73 * III Dolce Cornet 183
Tremolo 16' English Horn 73
8' Harp (TC) -- 8' Cornopean 73
4' Celesta 61 bars * 8' Oboe 73
Chimes EC 8' Vox Humana 73
* enclosed Tremolo
CHOIR ORGAN ECHO ORGAN
8' Diapason 73 8' Flute Celeste II 134
8' Concert Flute 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Dulciana 73 Chimes 21 tubes
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61
4' Flute d'Amour 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' English Horn 73 32' Diapason (resultant) --
8' Clarinet 73 16' Diapason 32
Tremolo 16' Bourdon 32
8' Harp GT 16' Echo Bourdon SW
8' Major Flute 12
SOLO ORGAN 8' Dolce Flute SW
8' Grossflöte 73 16' Ophicleide 12
8' Gross Gamba 73
8' Gamba Celeste 73
8' Tuba Mirabilis (15") 73
8' French Horn 73
Tremolo
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-07-27]
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