Lewisburg
Female Institute
Lewisburg, WV
Opus
169
Christ
Church,
Charleston, WV
Great
8 Open Diapason
8 Melodia
8
Dulciana
4 Principal
Sw to Gt 8-4
Swell (enclosed)
8 Stopped Diapason
8
Salicional
4 Flute Harmonic
8 Oboe (TC)
Tremolo
Pedal
16
Bourdon
Gt to Ped
Sw to
Ped
9 ranks,
482 pipes.
Wind Indicator
Haskell's Patent
Register Action
Cost
$1550
Built in 1904, this organ once graced the stage of Carnegie
Hall (formerly the Lewisburg Female Institute)
in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
In 1996, the organ was donated to Christ Church United Methodist, Charleston,
West Virginia. Over the next year, extreme care was taken to rebuild
the instrument returning it to
the 1904 tuning (A=435) and original
tubular-pneumatic action (brass tubes.)
The wind is now generated by
an electric motor, but the original hand pumped
bellows are stored at the
church. The instrument was installed in the chapel of
Christ Church
during the summer of 1997. Two dedication recitals were performed in October,
1997.
Sources
Estey
Opus List
David Donathan