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Richard Lurth Organ Co. (1978ca.)

First Presbyterian Church
Peoria, IL

Consoles

Keydesk

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
30 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2021-08-10 - Re-trackerized, restored and augmented by Lurth Organ Co. of Mankato, Minnesota. 1979 OHS Handbook ad says this was "recently". Dedication recital by Richard Herr. -Paul R. Marchesano

2021-08-10 - Retrackerized by Richard Lurth, Mankato, MN, 1970s, using a new Visser Rowland action. [from ORGAN ID #109] -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Builder ad, 1979 Handbook June 1979

GREAT (58 notes) DOUBLE OPEN DIAPASON 16, OPEN DIAPASON 8, MELODIA 8, GAMBA 8, DULCIANA 8, OCTAVE 4, FLAUTO TRAVERSO 4, TWELFTH 2⅔, MIXTURE IV 2, TRUMPET 8

SWELL (58 notes, enclosed) BOURDON BASS 16, BOURDON TREBLE 16, OPEN DIAPASON 8, STOPPED DIAPASON 8, SALICIONAL 8, VOX CELESTE 8 (TC?), PRINCIPAL * 4 (FORMERLY AEOLINE), FLUTE HARMONIQUE 4, FUGARA 4, FLAUTINO 2, MIXTURE III *# 1, CORNOPEAN 8, OBOE *# 8

PEDAL (32 notes) OPEN DIAPASON 16, BOURDON 16, VIOLONCELLO 8, PRINCIPAL * 8, CHORAL BASS * 4, MIXTURE III * 2, POSAUNE * 16

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