Better Pipe Organ Database

J.G. Pfeffer & Son (1908)

Dale Norton residence [was St. Andrew's Episcopal Church]
123 S National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS

Images

2024-06-14 - Console (Caleb Klinzing /Caleb Klinzing)

2024-06-14 - Facade (Caleb Klinzing/Caleb Klinzing)

2024-06-14 - Left stopjamb (Caleb Klinzing/Caleb Klinzing)

2024-06-14 - Right stopjamb (Caleb Klinzing/Caleb Klinzing)

2024-06-14 - Pipework (Caleb Klinzing/Caleb Klinzing)

2024-06-14 - Builders' nameplates (Caleb Klinzing/Caleb Klinzing)

Consoles

Keydesk

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
11 stops
14 registers
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
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Rebuilt by James Ackright. -Database Manager

2011-04-30 - Updated through on-line information from Dale Norton. -Database Manager

2012-06-09 - Updated through online information from Dale Norton. -- My wife and I own the old Episcopal church in Fort Scott, Kansas. It has a J. G. Pfeffer organ that plays beautifully. In the church history book it states that it was the last organ Pfeffer ever built. It was installed in 1908. -Database Manager

Stoplist

The instrument is in fair condition and is not in regular use. The church building is owned by a private family as their primary residence. It was rebuilt in 1960. Source: Taken from console

Positif Quintadena 8, Prinzipal 8 (Not playing), Gedackt 4, Sifflöte 1 1/3, Prinzipal 2

Hauptwerk Gedackt 8, Dolce 8, Prinzipal 4, Flöte 2, Oktavin 1, Scharf (1960 addition, ranks not identified)

Pedal Subaß 16

Positif to Hauptwerk 8, Positif to Pedal 8, Hauptwerk to Pedal 8