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Maxwell Presbyterian Church
180 East Maxwell St.
859-255-1074
Clif Cason, Director of Music

Rieger Organ Company
in Schwarzach, Vorarlberg Province, Austria
(scroll down for pictures)

The specifications were drawn up in 1961 by Herr Joseph von Glotter-Gotz, President of the Rieger Company after consultation with Mr. Wyatt Insko and members of the Church organ committee. The organ was installed by five members of the Austrian firm under the direction of Herr Winfried Albiez.

This completely mechanical unenclosed organ contains 22 stops of 31 ranks with 1,732 pipes. These are made from mahogany, tin, brass, lead and copper.

The following specifications indicate each stop. The figures on the left give the length of the longest pipe in that rank and the figures on the right the number of pipes involved:

HAUPTWERK

8' Principal 61 pipes
8' Rohrflote 61 pipes
4' Octave 61 pipes
2' Blockflote 61 pipes
2 2/3' Sesquialter II 122 pipes
1 1/3' Mixture IV 366 pipes
16' Barpfeiffe 61 pipes
8' Trompete 61 pipes

OBERWERK

8' Holzgedeckt 61 pipes
4' Principal 61 pipes
4' Koppelflote 61 pipes
2' Octave 61 pipes
1 1/3' Quint 61 pipes
2/3' Scharff IV 244 pipes
8' Krummhorn 61 pipes
Tremulant

PEDAL

16' Subbass 32 pipes
8' Octavbass 32 pipes
8' Subbass 12 pipes
4' Gemshorn 32 pipes
2' Rauschpfeiffe III 96 pipes
16' Pesaune 32 pipes
4' Zinke 32 pipes
Tremulant

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