Better Pipe Organ Database

Hillgreen, Lane & Co. Opus 1056 (1940)

First English Evangelical Lutheran Church
1208 Race Street
Cincinnati, OH

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2023-09-24 - Console has been gutted and sound board now resides in the shell (Photograph by Scott Bailey/Scott Bailey)

2023-09-24 - Organ chamber with facade pipes (Photograph by Scott Bailey/Scott Bailey)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
25 stops
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Pedal Type: Concave Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was A. B. Felgemaker (1895, Opus 594). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Wind reduction permits Pedal Bourdon (16')/Flute (8') to be played as Lieblich Gedackt/Dolce. -Database Manager

2008-01-23 - Updated through online information from Barry L. Prince. -Database Manager

2018-07-24 - Information from Hillgreen, Lane & Co. opus list, compiled by Bynum Petty<br> Contract: November 1940.<br> Rebuild of the church-s A.B. Felgemaker organ, Op. 594 (1895).<br> Contract between Hillgreen, Lane and A.G. Morrison.<br> Price: $1,458.37. -Database Manager

2023-09-25 - Organ is extant but not playable. Console has been gutted. -Scott Bailey

Documents

(2005-05-30) Summary description with stoplist. -Database Manager

Websites

First English Lutheran Church -- 1208 Race Street -- Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 [History page] - Stoplist, photographs (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#8009 - A. B. Felgemaker Co. Opus 594 (1895)