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Installation of new solid state relay. This organ is unique in American organbuilding. It is the magnum opus of Harry Kriisa, an Estonian-born organbuilder whose family firm in Taalin (founded in the 19th century) still exists. At the end of World War II, Mr. Kriisa's immigration to the United States was sponsored by the congregation […] Read More
This three manual and pedal, 37 stop, 49 rank mechanical action 1969 Schlicker organ is one of only a few instruments by this important post-World War II American organbuilder that has survived relatively unaltered. Buzard Pipe Organ Builders is involved in ongoing restoration of this important organ. In 2003 the original (and unique to Schlicker) […] Read More
The Henry Vincet Willis Organ - A National Treasure in Organbuilding The organ in the Cathedral is a significant instrument, not only within the city and diocese of Peoria, but also in the overall context of early-twentieth-century American organ building. Tonally it is among the largest and most important instruments designed, scaled and voiced by a […] Read More
New Hope Baptist (formerly Congregational) Church, Waverly, IL Attributed to Samuel S. Hamill, Cambridge, MA Documentation and Stabilization 2008 by Buzard Pipe Organ Builders Possible original stoplist Open Diapason Bass (1-12, front) in façade, unenclosed Open Diapason Treble (13-61, front) enclosed Stop’d Diapason Bass (1-12, middle) enclosed Stop’d Diapason Treble (13-61, middle) presumably stopped wood […] Read More
