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A. J. Schantz, Sons & Co. (1904)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

before 1947 - Organ case and choir loft (Photograph from an archival source: Schantz Organ Company archives, submitted by ERIC J GASTIER/ERIC J GASTIER)

ca. 1910's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by James R. Stettner/ERIC J GASTIER)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 19 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2023-01-25 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. -ERIC J GASTIER

2023-01-26 - According to the Orrville *Courier Crescent* of May 27, 1904, the two manual and pedal organ cost $2,000. Schantz replaced this instrument in 1947 with project #0031. -ERIC J GASTIER

2023-01-26 - Standard practice for Schantz in 1904 was to use tracker action for manuals and tubular-pneumatic action for pedal. -ERIC J GASTIER

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