B'nai Israel Jewish Synagogue postcard of exterior

Congregation B'nai Israel
Evansville, Indiana 

Also known as the Washington Avenue Temple
(Now the site of Patchwork Central).

Earlier Organ:
Henry Pilcher's Sons (1904, Opus 465): 2 manuals. 18 stops. 18 ranks.
Original price: $2700 + old organ. draw stops but pneumatic so as to give cresc. (Elizabeth Schmitt. 2005-04-06)

Later Organ:
Austin Organ Co. (1920s, Opus 1424): 3 manuals. 32 ranks.

Sources:

Organ Historical Society website:
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=16586
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=13639
Accessed on December 9, 2008

Photo from website of the National Museum of American Jewish History:
http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards/12.htm

Accessed on December 9, 2008


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