Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2008-12-03 - Identified through information from Dr. Stephen Schnurr, edited by Joe McCabe, 2008: -- <br><i>Research by Michael Friesen has revealed that the first organ for this church was built in 1853 by Votteler and Siedle, a partnership of Gottlieb F. Votteler and perhaps August Siedle, located in the Phoenix Buildings, Superior Street. The modest instrument was of three stops, and may have been the first pipe organ built at the hand of Votteler. Church records indicate Charles and Anna Gill and Charles Robison served as organists. On April 6, 1859, it is recorded, "On motion of Brother Lowman the amount of $345 dollars now due on the organ be assumed by the church.� In 1869, the church left the deteriorated building on Saint Clair for a new building. <br>A separate agreement called for removal of the 1853 organ from the old chapel to the new (on Euclid Avenue)at a cost of $75.00. Some work was done to the organ in the 1920s by Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling, though the nature is not known. The organ was removed and its pipework sold around 1954. </i> -Database Manager
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