Lewistown United Methodist Church: Sanctuary; front
204 W Washington Ave.
Lewistown, IL
Images
2019-04-27 - Organ case in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2019-04-27 - Front of church showing organ placement (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page , 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
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2022-11-04 - This entry represents the installation of a used organ in a new location and for a new owner. Identified from church Facebook photos. Further information from the church via Facebook Messenger, *"The organ was donated and installed here in 1930. It was built by the Marshall Bennett firm out of the quad cities. It is their Opus 115, which puts the date of original construction around 1904-1906."* [Ed. Note: Marshall-Bennett was formed in 1902].
Opus 115 was originally built for the Christian Science Church of Peria, Illinois. -Jim Stettner
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