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(Carl) Barckhoff Church Organ Co. (1905)

Grace Episcopal
326 East Main Street
Pomeroy, OH

Consoles

Main


Notes

2014-12-27 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by John Igoe, using information from this web site: http://www.mydailysentinel.com/news/news/150991308/Grace-Episcopal-to-hold-organ-flute-concert-next-Friday. -- Barckhoff was located in this town when the organ was built. Web page states, "while at Pomeroy, Barckhoff Church Organ Co., and made a record three pipe organs per week."<br>Additional information noted at http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.plantz/98/mb.ashx: "Following the completion of the church renovation in 1905,a pipe organ, made by the Barchoff Organ Factory in Pomeroy, was given to the church by G. M. Plantz. It remained in the sanctuary until after the church was flooded in 1912 causing damage to the organ. After the repairs were made the organ was moved to the balcony of the church where it remains today." -Database Manager


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