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Henry Erben (1870)

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church [formerly St. John Chapel]
257 Main Street
Lewiston, ME

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Consoles

Main


Notes

2012-09-17 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Ogasapian, 1977, reports that this was one of two organs Erben installed in Lewiston, Maine, in 1870, both of two-manuals and 28 registers and pedals of 30 notes. The other was for First Baptist Church. -Database Manager

2012-09-26 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

2022-09-09 - "The organ just built for St Joseph's church has arrived and will be set up at once. It was manufactured by Henry Urben[sic], New York." -- *Sun-Journal*, 27 Sep 1870 -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: Ogasapian, 1977) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      St. John Roman Catholic Church
      Lewiston, Maine
      Henry Erben, 1870
      OHS ID: 50346
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      GREAT (C-a''', 58n)     SWELL (C-a''', 58n)        PEDAL (CC-f, 30n)
    8 Open Diapason        16 Bourdon                 16 Double Open Diapason
    8 Gamba                 8 Open Diapason           16 Bourdon
    8 Stopped Diapason      8 Stopped Diapason treble  8 Violon Cello
    8 Dulciana              8 Stopped Diapason bass
    4 Principal             8 Keraulophon                COUPLERS
    4 Harmonic Flute        4 Principal                  Swell to Great
2-2/3 Twelfth               2 Piccolo                    Great to Pedal
    2 Fifteenth               Cornet III                 Swell to Pedal
      Sesquialtera III      8 Hautboy
    8 Trumpet                 Tremolo
    4 Clarion
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-17]

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