2007-12-06 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2009-06-11 - Updated through on-line information from John Haskey. -- I suspect that the instrument is no longer 'extant' or else has been altered. I answered a Craigslist ad today and viewed a 73 note unit chest and a 12 note top octave offset chest both with Möller magnets and stamped 5763. With the chests were 61 wood pipes bearing the stamp "Stopped Diapason Unit" as well as some miscellaneous metal flues. -Database Manager
2010-07-06 - Updated through on-line information from Thomas L. DeLay. -- I doubt this instrument still exists. It was intact and playable in the early 1980s and had work done on it by the late Don Dengler of Sacramento. The instrument featured a horseshoe console typical of earlier theatre organ days. The organ was not a recycled theatre organ. The organ was divided into Great, Swell, and Pedal and was located in the rear of the sanctuary. Stops were distributed with the Pedal on the far left, Swell in the Center, and Great on the left side of the stoprail. All stops were typical wide ivory colored Möller keys. The Pedal Bourdon and Swell Stopped Diapason were on unit chests with inside magnets. All other chests were Möller pitman with inside magnets. -Database Manager
2010-07-07 - Updated through on-line information from Thomas L. DeLay. -- Further information regarding the location of this Moller organ from the First Unitarian website: In 1992, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the church's construction by launching the Second Century Project, a fundraising campaign to save and restore our historic church, expand classroom space, and improve accessibility for people with disabilities. The restoration program was tragically interrupted when, on October 16, 1995, the church was gutted by a six-alarm fire. For three years the congregation met for worship outside the building, moving back into the sanctuary in 1998. Work and fundraising continued until the building was completed in 2001 at a cost of $8 million. -Database Manager
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