2009-10-31 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2011-06-27 - Updated through on-line information from dennis a steckley. -- I believe the instrument is mostly unaltered. Wicks added a trumpet a few years ago. -Database Manager
2019-11-27 - According to an online .pdf church history, <i>"In 1926 Mr. Luke Wilson, of Kansas City, made a generous gift to the church of a new pipe organ, val-ued at $4,000, in memory of his mother, Hannah DeckerWilson, wife of Isaac Newton Wilson. According to Dr. John Taylor who remembered the installation of the organ, it was disassembled at the factory and shipped in crates on three freight cars to Palestine. (The Robinson Baptist Church bought an identical organ at the same time.) The crates filled so much of the sanctuary that no church services could be held for the two months it took to install the organ. This involved some rearrangement of the sanctuary. Two rows of pews had to be removed from the front to make room. A beautiful stained glass window in the east end of the building was covered by the 545 pipes. (The pipes we see are only for effect.) The area behind the pipes had been used for the church orchestra and the stained glass window illuminated the choir and orchestra. The lattice work covers the rest of the area.The installation of the organ, at a cost of $1,000, was completed in time for Palm Sunday 1926. The organist from the movie theatre in Robinson played for Palm Sunday services. Dr. John Taylor and Dora Dickinson were taking lessons and played after that. The church wiring was not strong enough to accommodate the added demand. If the organ was played at night, all church lights had to be turned off. The organ was dedicated June 6, 1926, with an organ recital by Mr. John S. St. John, organist of the First Presbyterian Church of Vincennes."</i> -Database Manager
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