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Reuben Midmer & Son (1920)

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

Images

September, 1920 - Stoplist of the Lincoln High School (Jersey City, NJ) Auditorium Organ (Photograph from an archival source: The American Organist - September, 1920, Page 321, submitted by Brian Maher/Brian Maher)

1940's - Organ console and Lincoln High School Orchestra (Photograph from an archival source: Lincoln High School Yearbook (1940's), submitted by Brian Maher/Brian Maher)

Consoles

Auditorium

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 4 manuals
• 33 stops
• 36 registers
• 5 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2020-06-22 - Pipe organ is no longer at school. Organ "pit" in Auditorium has been covered over and is now level with surrounding Auditorium floor, although a slight "dip" can be felt where organ console location was. At rear of Auditorium, behind the rear curtains, are the left/right on-stage organ chambers with organ grilles facing the seating. Both chambers are devoid of pipes. One level down, directly below the stage and in the hallway outside the athletic director's office, the original Orgablo motor was still sitting there (as of 2001), behind a wire mesh security fence, with the organ wind pipes leading upwards to the Auditorium. -Brian Maher

2022-06-13 - Found builder name in old "Jersey City Public Schools" book. -Brian Maher

2022-06-16 - Saw that the incorrect year was listed. (The organ was contracted & installed in 1920, not 1919 when Lincoln High School opened.) Also add ranks/pipes -Brian Maher

Documents

• (1920-09-01) "Organs of Note" Lincoln High School, Jersey City, NJ Article from the September, 1920 (Volume 3, Number 9) issue of The American Organist about the installation of Lincoln High School's Auditorium Organ. -Brian Maher
• (1920-01-01) Article regarding the Lincoln High School Auditorium Organ Article from the January, 1920 issue, Volume 3 of "The American Organist" describing the future Midmer & Sons auditorium organ for Lincoln High School -Brian Maher

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