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Geo. H. Ryder Opus 135 (1888 )

First Congregational Church: Sanctuary; front
Spencer, MA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2005-06-16 - Identified through information in <i>Descriptive Catalogue of Superior Church Organs Manufactured by Geo. H. Ryder & Co.</i>, published in Boston, January, 1896. Dates are not included in the publication; the one given here is conjectural. -Database Manager

2005-12-21 - According to the book *JOHNSON ORGANS: 1844-1898*, this was a relocating from the rear gallery of the church's existing Wm. A. Johnson, Opus 150, 1863 with some rebuilding. The organ was replaced in 1899 with a new Emmons Howard instrument. Disposition of the Ryder is not known, though it may have been taken in-trade by Howard. -Database Manager


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