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The First German Lutheran Church in Manitowoc was made in 1919. The 105-year-old pipe organ needed an updated electrical system, a few new pipes, and console and facade repairs and overall ...
Organ pipes are so sensitive to temperature that the body heat of the organ tuner can affect the tuning. If one holds a small metal flue pipe briefly in one's hand and then returns it to the chest ( windchest ), its pitch (relative to a tuning reference) can be heard to change as the pipe returns to room temperature.
The church raised $580,000 in 2022 to refurbish the organ, which was built in 1919.
In February 1883, repairs on the organ were carried out through the combined contributions of the government, town residents, and the Archbishop. A total of two hundred seventy pesos was the cost of the repair. In 1888, Fr. Saturio Albeniz headed the project of improving the organ.
With the restoration of Charles II to the throne in 1660, Loosemore was commissioned first to repair the old organ in Exeter Cathedral, and then, in 1662–1663, to build a new one. This was completed on 27 May 1665. Loosemore reported the cost of the new organ as £847.7s.10d.
HORC reports that as of 2024, 95% of the Ballroom Kimball Organ and 67% of the Main Auditorium Midmer-Losh Organ are operational again, [24] the latter including most of the pipe ranks in the Right Stage, Left Stage and Left Forward chambers. Restoration work is ongoing and proceeding, as the organs' 100th anniversary approaches in 2029–2032.
Hendrickson Organ Company is a manufacturer of pipe organs based in St. Peter, Minnesota. Charles George Hendrickson, born 10 June 1935 in Willmar, Minnesota , founded the company in 1964. Since then, over 100 pipe organ projects have been completed.
Pease Auditorium was built to accommodate a large pipe organ, ... was constructed at a cost of $159,000 ... a major fundraising campaign to repair and expand Pease ...