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Edmund Giesecke (1909)

Images

1922 - Chancel with organ at front, left (Photograph from an archival source: Church archives via Evansville AGO website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 11 stops
• 3 divisions
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2021-09-16 - Identified through information on the Evansville AGO website, -- *"The first pipe organ was installed in 1909 by Edmund Giesecke of Evansville. It probably contained eleven ranks. Half of the $2025 cost was provided by the Carnegie Foundation. Originally the Giesecke organ was powered by a water motor. It was "electrified" in 1922."* -Jim Stettner

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