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Henry Erben (1851)

Presbyterian Church
Kearneysville, WV

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

Images

2009-01-09 - Erben builder's plate (Photograph by James Baird, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
4 stops
5 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
Combination action: None

Notes

2023-08-05 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from related OHS Database entries. This town was reportedly originally part of Virginia at the time the organ was installed. This may be the only extant Erben organ from the short-lived Baltimore manufactory. -Jim Stettner

2023-08-05 - **History of the 1851 Erben** -Built for the Presbyterian Church in Kearneysville, Virginia, now West Virginia, 1851. -Moved to the Presbyterian Church in Leesburg, Virginia, 1901. -Moved to the Old Presbyterian Meeting House, Alexandria, Virginia by Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc., 1956, and placed in the front of the gallery. -Moved to Immanuel Presbyterian Church, McLean, Virginia by Cleveland Fisher, 1962. -Moved to the home of Ira (Ben) Faidley, McLean, Virginia by Jim Baird ca. 1980. -Moved to St. Luke's Anglican Catholic Church, Fredericksburg, Virginia, by Jim Baird and David Dutton, 2009. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from a related OHS Database listing

Kearneysville, West Virginia
Presbyterian Church

Henry Erben, 1851

     MANUAL
[8'] Open Diapason               39 pipes
[8'] Dulciana                    39 pipes
[8'] Stpd. Diapason [bass]       17 pipes
[4'] Principal                   56 pipes
[4'] Chimney Flute               39 pipes

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