Unknown - Chancel and Organ Case ((ca. 1908) Vintage Postcard in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2008-10-20 - Identified by Jim Stark. The organ originally cost $3,500.00. Replaced by Wirsching, 1911. -Database Manager
2017-06-01 - Updated by William Dunklin <br> According to the church's website, this building was dedicated in 1859 and torn down in 1909. They bought a new Wirsching organ at that time. Fate of this organ is unknown. -Database Manager
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The Wirsching Church Organ Co., Salem, Ohio, 1887 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Salem, Ohio CONTRACT SPECIFICATION Great 58 notes 16 Bourdon 58 wood 8 Open Diapason 58 metal 8 Dulciana 58 metal 4 Principal 58 metal 4 Flute D’amour 58 wood & metal 3 Quinte 58 metal 2 Octave 58 metal III Mixture “for addition” Swell 58 notes enclosed 8 Open Diapason 58 metal 8 Stopped Diapason 58 wood 8 Salicional 58 metal 8 Aeoline 58 metal 4 Fugara 58 metal 4 Flauto Traverso 58 wood & metal 8 Oboe & Bassoon 58 metal Pedal 27 notes 16 Bourdon 27 wood 8 Flute 27 wood Mechanical Registers Great to Pedal Swell to Great Swell to Pedal Bellows Signal Combination Pedals Great Organ Forte Great Organ Piano Reversible Pedal (Great to Pedal) Fortissimo to Full Organ Balanced Swell Pedal Source: W. VanPelt, Tracker 28:3:29-30 [Received from Jim Stark 2013-10-29.]
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