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J. W. Steere & Sons Opus 532 (1904)

College Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
College Avenue and Seminary Street
Greencastle, IN

Note: Not playable. (in this location)


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Notes

2007-11-23 - Tubular-pneumatic pedal action. -Database Manager

2007-11-23 - Identified through information in the <i>2007 Organ Atlas</i>. Removed from the church, placed in storage, then rebuilt in 1940 (Opus 6798) by Möller, under the supervision of Richard O. Whitelegg, for the Claremont, California residence of William G. Blanchard. -Database Manager

2016-05-08 - This was HOmer Blanchard's home church growing up; he later studied organ with Van Denman Thompson at DePauw University in Greencastle; Mr. Blanchard's father purchased the organ when the church closed and put the organ into storage; Moller rebuilt and enlarged the organ for Homer Blanchard's residence in Pomona, California, in 1940; he was head of the music department at Pomona College at the time. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>OHS Organ Atlas 2007</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Greencastle, Indiana
   College Avenue Methodist Church

   J. W. Steer & Son   Op. 532   1904
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   GREAT                   SWELL                      PEDAL

8' Open Diapason 61    16' Bourdon          61    16' Bourdon          32
8' Melodia       61     8' Violin Diapason  61    16' Lieblich Gedeckt 32
8' Gamba         61     8' Stopped Diapason 61
8' Dulciana      61     8' Salicional       61
4' Octave        61     8' Aeoline          61
4' Flute d'Amour 61     4' Flute Harmonique 61
                        8' Oboe             61
                           Tremolo

                 [Received from Jeff Scofield May 9, 2016]

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