2008-02-18 - Identified through on-line information from Ralph A. Krueger. -- I am the organ technician who relocated and totally restored this Barnes & Buhl. I added a toe stud - (Auto Bass) - lower 20 keys on the great will play the lower 20 pedals -Database Manager
2008-02-19 - Updated through on-line information from Ralph A. Krueger. -Database Manager
2009-02-03 - Updated through on-line information from Ralph A. Krueger. -- manufacture date 1915 -Database Manager
2017-08-10 - Updated by James R. Stettner, listing this website as a source of information: http://sgcongregationalchurch.org/history--tradition.html. "Our beautiful pipe organ (above) was manufactured in 1915 by the Barnes & Buhl Organ Co., Utica, NY. Today there are only three known to exist. It’s specifications were 2 manuals, 9 ranks, with 326 pipes, from huge 16’ wood bourdons down to tiny metal pipes smaller than a pencil. It was built for a small church in Cleveland, NY. After serving them well for 65 years, their church closed and the organ was silent for 25 years. The ravages of time, neglect and water damaged the organ. It was removed just before the building had to be razed. We discovered it was for sale, finding it to be the perfect size and fit for our church, the sale was made. During the next four years, as a labor of love, Ralph Krueger, who has a B&B the Organbarn http://organbarn.com/index.html and is one of our devoted church members, rebuilt the thousands of individual pieces. The oak woodwork, façade, console and pipes were refurbished to their original new condition. In 2006 with the help of the Carey Organ Co. of Troy, NY, we added an additional rank of pipes, installed the latest computer controlled operating system, MIDI, record and playback feature plus an auto bass pedal coupler. Building our own instrument was the only way we could afford to have a magnificent new pipe organ, yet saving a historic antique pipe organ. No longer silent, this grand instrument once again leads our congregation with beautiful music played by our organist Geoffrey Gee. http://www.vitalartsmedia.com/Play/geoffreygee.html. -Database Manager
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