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Henry Erben (1839)

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

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Sliding Doors That Enclose Keyboards
• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 1 manuals
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 58 notes
• Pedal compass: 18 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression

Notes

2023-05-19 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from a note on a related OHS Database entry. According to a Wikipedia article, *"Bishop John England of the Diocese of Charleston, which encompassed Savannah, consecrated the new church April 1, 1839."* The organ was acquired by First African Baptist Church of Savannah in 1888 and installed in their rear gallery. -Jim Stettner

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #908* - Henry Erben (1888)

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