Unknown Builder
1864

Originally Henry Erben (1851)

First Presbyterian Church

3rd & Washington
Portland, OR, US

6 Ranks - 285 Pipes
Instrument ID: 8206 ● Builder ID: 6193 ● Location ID: 7696
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
1 Manuals (56 Notes)27 Note Pedal1 Divisions7 Stops6 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on April 17th, 2019:

Updated by Jim Lewis, naming this as the source of information: The Weekly Oregon Statesman January 4, 1864 - \"Old First Presbyterian Church\". Faber, Stephen L. Old First Presbyterian Church 1999. According to a church history, this Erben organ was purchased second-hand in 1852 by George Pettinos for First Presbyterian, San Francisco. It was sold to First Presbyterian, Portland, Oregon, in 1864 for $1000. The Erben was replaced by the former Boston Music Hall 1834 Appleton organ in 1864.


Database Manager on February 19th, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.


Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1996.


Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Origins obscure. Said to have come from Calvary Presbyterian, San Francisco, CA; via First Presbyterian, Portland, OR c. 1863, where it was until 1893; via Westminster Presbyterian, Portland, OR 1889 (1893?); via Vernon Presbyterian, Portland, OR 1897 (1907?); via Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR (housed at Dr. L. Thayer residence 1950's-1978). Restored by Coulter in 1979 and relocated back to First Presbyterian, Portland, OR by 1996. Note that the only 1851 1m. Erben for San Francisco was for Episcopal church.

Related Instrument Entries: Kenneth Coulter (1978) , Henry Erben (1851)

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