Henry Erben
American
Architect - AsNotedIn
Architect - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1845/00/00 | Huguenot Church buys a tracker organ designed by New York organ maker Henry Erben. The "tracker" connects the keys and pipe valves, and responds to the organist faster than modern mechanisms. | Craftsman | Huguenot Church | Charleston, SC | |||
1869/04/29 | Henry Erben installs one of his 3-41 organs at St Patrick's at a cost $15,000. A masterpiece of musical and visual art, its nearly 2,500 pipes will be used at more than 150,000 liturgies and thousands of hours of rehearsals and concerts over 150 years. | Craftsman | Old St Patrick's Cathedral | New York City |
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