Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2022-03-29 - The organ was installed in Hanover Lutheran's second church building, constructed in 1887. According to Wikipedia, this building is still standing. The congregation's third church building was completed in 1969. Charles McManis described the organ as follows (*Wanted*, 44): "Opus 5 was a five-stop new organ for rural **Hanover Lutheran Church** (#5, Opus 5) near **Cape Girardeau, Missouri.** The two-stop electro-pneumatic Great chest I had built with the help of two high school students. It was cantilevered over the church's balcony rail, balanced by the weight of the two-manual console behind it in the gallery. The two-stop Swell organ behind the console was located under the facade rose window and the Pedal 16' Subbass rank of pipes that I had built, mounted on either side of the window." "Current Status: Destroyed" (*Wanted*, 295). Sources: "Hanover Lutheran Church," Wikipedia, accessed March 29, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_Lutheran_Church. Charles W. McManis, *Wanted: One Crate of Lions: The Life and Legacy of Charles W. McManis, Organbuilder: An Autobiography* (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 2008), 44–45 (with three photographs), 283, 295. -Charles Eberline
Source: Charles W. McManis, *Wanted: One Crate of Lions: The Life and Legacy of Charles W. McManis, Organbuilder: An Autobiography* (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 2008), 295. 2008
Great (Exposed; cantilevered over the balcony rail) Melodia 8 (61 open wood pipes), Principal 4 (61 open metal pipes), Subbass 16 (32 notes from Pedal)
Swell (Enclosed) Gedeckt 8 (73 stopped wood pipes), Salicional 8 (61 open metal pipes), Tremulant
Pedal Subbass 16 (20 stopped wood pipes, 12 notes from Swell)
Couplers Great to Great 16, Great to Great 4, Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Great 4, Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Swell 5⅓, Swell to Swell 4, Great to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 4, Swell to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 4
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