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Wm. A. Johnson Opus 412 (1874)

Trinity Lutheran Church
Reading, PA

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


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2014-02-27 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in <em>The American Organist</em>, December 2013. -- Dedicated on New Year's Day, 1874; cost $6,000. According to Bahr and Murphy, 2013, it was "housed in a black walnut case that contained an array of lavishly stenciled facade pipes in an unusual symmetrical arrangement." It was replaced in 1916 by Austin Opus 597, but the case and a few pedal stops were retained. -Database Manager

2014-02-28 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

2015-09-04 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Updated Opus and Registers as per: "Johnson Organs, 1844-1898: Wm. A Johnson, Johnson Organ Co., Johnson & Son: a documentary issued in honor the two hundredth anniversary of his birth, 1816-2016 / by Scot L. Huntington, Len Levasseur, Barbara Owen, Stephen L. Pinel, and Martin R. Walsh. Cranbury, New Jersey: The Princeton Academy of the Arts, Culture, and Society, 2015." -Database Manager


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