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Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc. (1963)

Tabb Street Presbyterian Church
29 West Tabb Street
Petersburg, VA

Note: Not playable. (in this location)


Images


Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1900s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2013-08-15 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Frank W. Fitzgerald, using information found in The Tracker, Vol. 30, No. 1, 1986, Page 25. -- Picture caption, page 25: "The 1867 Levi U. Stuart at Tabb Street Presbyterian Church in Petersburg, Va., was enlarged to three manuals by Hilborne Roosevelt as op. 112 in 1883. It was electrified with tonal additions in 1963 by Lewis & Hitchcock, retaining the Roosevelt Choir chest and replacing the Stuart chests with pitman chests." -Database Manager

2013-08-18 - Updated through information received via e-mail from Fran Fitzgerald: -- from an e-mail received in 2009: "The organ was damaged by a collapse of the balcony ceiling and cannot be played.� -Database Manager


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