"Clonewheel organ" is a jargon term used to refer to an electronic musical instrument that emulates (or "clones") the sound of the electromechanical tonewheel-based organs formerly manufactured by Hammond.
The core technology is based on the String Section of the Eminent 310 electronic organ, manufactured by the Dutch company Eminent NV, whose sound was popularized by Jean Michel Jarre on his early albums.
A 1200-pipe organ manufactured by the Jardine Company of New York City is also inside.
The church organ is a two-manual organ manufactured by Bishop & Son.
By 1909 the first expansion was done and by 1911 the first organ had already worn out, it used a human blower hired at $5 per month, and was replaced by a new organ manufactured by Wurlitzer.
Like other electronic musical instruments that emulate (or "clone") the sound of the electromechanical tonewheel-based organs formerly manufactured by Hammond, the VK-7 is referred to as a clonewheel organ.
In 2005, the church was gifted a new organ manufactured in Austria.
By 1876, the piano was a popular home entertainment device, with sixty to seventy thousand pianos and organs being manufactured and sold in the United States per year.
Designed by John Duncan and built by J.T. Farmilo at a cost of 14,000 pounds, it features a large two level brick and stucco hall, containing a historically significant water powered organ manufactured by the English firm of Charles Brindley c.1859.