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Wigton Pipe Organs Opus 16R (1992)

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• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 19 stops
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Henry Pilcher's Sons (1906, Opus564). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Built for First Christian, Danville, IL, (later Antioch Temple). Moved here through OCH c. 1990. Rebuilt by Wigton Pipe Organs to 2-18s, 21r, with new case, console and pedal action and chest. Much new pipework. [Replaced a 1927 Moller Op. 4892 in old bldg. on Harrison Ave.] -Database Manager

2005-09-25 - Online update from David K. Wigton -- New oak casework; prepared-for Trumpet added in 1997 -Database Manager

2005-09-25 - Online update from David K. Wigton -- New oak casework; prepared-for Trumpet added in 1997 -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #3177†* - Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 564 (1906)

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