St. Michael's Lutheran Church
40 E Main Street
Strasburg, PA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
unknown orig. - [photo of photo] closeup of case, note facade pipe damage (Photograph by Kirk Garner, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
unknown - [photo of a photo] showing church interior and 1819 organ in loft (Photograph by Kirk Garner, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2014-11-30 - Building Plaques and dates (Photograph by Old Structures & Interesting Places in Central Pennsylvania & Beyond (Facebook), submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
1906 - Church interior with organ in side gallery (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)
1906 - Organ in side gallery (Vintage postcard (cropped)/Jim Stettner)
1906 - Church exterior (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Keydesk
- Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 1 manuals
- 6 stops
- 8 registers
- 1 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Notes
2022-12-26 - From *Saint Michael's Lutheran Church, Strasburg*, by William Frederic Worner, Lancaster County Historical Society, 1920.
"In 1819, Michael Withers, Sr., presented the church with a pipe organ. The instrument was made in his farmhouse in Lime Valley. It was used continuously for nearly a century, and has only recently been sold."
Michael Withers is not a known organ builder. No further information is available at this time, although the current organ is housed in a simple, early American style case which may survive from the original instrument. -Paul R. Marchesano
2022-12-26 - "One of the finest examples remaining of Georgian meeting house style churches in Lancaster County”. c. 1806-1816. Numerous graves of Revolutionary Soldiers in the grave yard. -- Old Structures & Interesting Places in Central Pennsylvania & Beyond, Facebook, 30 November 2014 -Paul R. Marchesano
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