2007-02-07 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Case of red oak with Honduran mahogany trimmings. Façade pipes from Great and Pedal Principals. Console also of red oak with trimmings in Brazilian lauro and Mexican bocote. Manuals have ebony naturals and oak accidentals trimmed in bone. Pedal accidentals are wenge. French-style terraced drawknob console. Temperament is modified Werckmeister. Organ dedicated by church organist-choirmaster Alfred Carter on January 10, 1988. -Database Manager
2024-04-16 - Received through POD contact email: April 2024: In a WEWS-TV 5 news feature, the pastor said in the interview that there are major plans for the restoration of the church AND THE ORGAN. The organ has fallen into disrepair and no longer used. This was the church of wealthy Euclid Ave. residents who were active in The Christian Church, Disciples of Christ (millionaire's row) early in the 20th century. By the 1950s, most of the white population had departed. Fortunately a black Baptist congregation made the purchase. By the year 2000 the church was surrounded by the large campus of Cleveland Clinic. Fortunately the Akron Plan church has survived, and appears to have an active congregation, and now has the church on the register of historic places. Replacing the roof on the large structure is the next major task, but hopefully the pipe organ will remain in their plan for restoration. The two large displays of nonspeaking pipes, on either side of the chancel, appear to be in good shape. -Paul R. Marchesano
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