2024-05-20 - This entry is believed to represent the installation of a new instrument. Identified from the 'history' page of the parish website, which states, "In 1960, the family of Neil Esposito donated a new electric Wicks pipe organ, in memory of Regina Esposito, their wife and mother. On Sunday, May 15, 1960 Arthur Eymans, who was then the music instructor for the Minonk School Unit, presented a recital on the organ, which contains eight sets of speaking pipes, 38 stop keys, with a total of 523 pipes including 11,769 notes. The pedal and chime section is dispersed on either side of the two chambers with the pipes exposed. The instrument is operated by an exclusive patented all-electric system, thereby adding to the versatility and flexibility of the organ. The organ replaced the Hinners and Albrecht [sic] pipe organ made in Pekin and installed after the dedication of the church in the fall of 1893." -Jim Stettner
2024-05-20 - This organ appears on the Wicks opus list as contracted in August 1958 as a 2-7. -Jim Stettner
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