Henry Erben
1857

St. Michael's Catholic Church (c. 1875)

6484 Louisiana Hwy 44
Convent, LA, US

7 Ranks - 341 Pipes
Instrument ID: 3025 ● Builder ID: 1934 ● Location ID: 2892
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STOPLISTS

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  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: (OM pipes - stopface not original)
  • Notes: (18-24 SW, 25-56 chimney flute; #25C signed "1857/John Fackler/St Diapason/2ndScale/C No. 1 Organ/Kerfoot C")
  • Notes: (39 OM pipes; signed "G. W. Oslr/Dulci F")
  • Notes: (56 OM pipes - stopface not original; signed "G W O")
  • Notes: (39 OM pipes; signed "1858/Flute/John Fackler")
  • Notes: (56 OM pipes - stopface not original; pipes farmed "Flageolet"; CC signed "Geo Hammill/No. 1 Organ/Kerfoot")
  • Notes: (39 pipes; 18-49 reeds, 50-56 OM)
8'56
8'17
8'39
8'39
4'56
4'39
2'56
8'39
  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Other
  • Stop Action: Other
  • Notes: (20 keys, no independent pipes; couples to manual)

Hitchdown Swell, horizontal shutters. 2 mechanical pedals, one brings on Principal, Fifteenth and Hautbois, another retires them.

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CONSOLES

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Builder: Henry Erben
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
1 Manuals (56 Notes)20 Note Pedal8 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on February 16th, 2009:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Photos of the church including one of the organ at this web page.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1997
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Only Erben in LA still in original location. Compass 56/20. Recessed keyboard.

Webpage Links: St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Convent, LA.

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