Crafted by David Tannenberg and purchased for £200, this tracker pipe organ was installed at Hebron during 1802. Transported over 300 miles by ox cart from Lititz, Pennsylvania, the organ remains in use today with minimal modifications.
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On February 9, 2025, in concert, Hebron Lutheran Church welcomed organist Daniel Grotz. The organ concert benefited Hebron’s Restoration & Preservation Project. Built in 1740, Hebron Lutheran Church is the oldest Lutheran church operated continuously by Lutherans in the United States, and one of only four remaining wooden churches from colonial Virginia.
Crafted by David Tannenberg and purchased for £200, the tracker pipe organ was installed at Hebron during 1802. Transported over 300 miles by ox cart from Lititz, Pennsylvania, the organ remains in use today with minimal modifications.
1802 organ
1802 organ
Graffiti on back of organ
1802 organ
Organ Historical Society citation
Graffiti on back of organ
Bellows
1802 organ
1802 organ
Graffiti on back of organ
Bellows
Graffiti on back of organ
Bellows
Key to the organ loft
1802 organ
1802 organ