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The organ at my church (Lincroft Bible Church in Lincroft, NJ) is one of these frankensteins put together by the famous Chester A Raymond of Princeton, New Jersey, or, as the local organ tech around here put it, "ahhh yes, 'Chester the Organ Molester'". haha! Anyway, a while back, Nathan (Kleinerzahler) here from the forums came out from Connecticut to see my organ and try to repair a few things! We spent all day on it and he fixed a stop whose pouch had burst. At the end of the day he said that he was pretty sure it was a turn-of-the-century Moller that was originally tubular pneumatic and installed in another church. Nathan is the man, so I trust he's right.
Now, the organ tech I mentioned in my area, I actually discovered recently. I wasn't aware that there was any organbuilder or tech in my area, but there's one in my town that I found through ebay, it turns out! Anyway, I met him at his shop, and spoke to him. Turns out he's the last guy that maintained my organ! He told me he was told it was a Midmer organ... the same Midmer that became Midmer-Losh. Interesting, as I never thought to challenge what Nathan said. Anyway, I have quite a few pictures I'll post here below in addition to a very interesting thing I found on the back of the low C diapason after looking at it for the longest time.
Loads of pictures are in this album:
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/John9013/LBC_organ/
Didn't want to directly link for our 56k friends here. (Click view all in the lower right-hand corner to view all of the thumbnails and see what strikes you)
Here's the picture of the back of the low C:
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...t=IMG_1480.jpg
Nashville??? Anyway, let me know what you guys think.
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