2011-05-15 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In 1907, the organ was moved to the front of the church by J.W. Steere & Son Organ Co. with minor tonal alterations. -Database Manager
2024-02-07 - Unable to afford their large brick building, the dwindling congregation downsized to smaller quarters in 2009 and disbanded for good in June 2016. The organ was relocated to Germany. The building was sold to developers who repurposed it into their business headquarters. -Scot Huntington
2024-02-16 - The removal of the organ began on November 4, 2010, by two members of the German firm doing the relocation and two members of the Organ Clearing House crew. The organ was restored to its 1968 Outerbridge/Boadway tonally-modified condition by Orgelbau-Schulte and installed in the rear gallery of St. Maternus, Cologne-Rodenkirchen, Germany. The installation was completed at the end of 2011. A new Great Trumpet replaced a missing original. -Scot Huntington
Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Keene, New Hampshire
Grace Methodist Church
Steer & Turner Opus 14 1869 2 manuals, 20 stops, 23 ranks
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Source: Examination of extant organ by Barbara Owen.
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon (TC) 46 16' Bourdon Treble (TC) 46
8' Open Diapason 58 16' Bourdon Bass 12
8' Dulciana 58 8' Open Diapason 58
8' Melodia 58 8' Keraulophon 58
4' Octave 58 8' Stop'd Diapason 58
4' Flauto Traverso 58 4' Octave 58
2 2/3' Twelfth 58 4' Flute a Cheminee 58
2' Fifteenth 58 Cornet Dolce III 174
Mixture II 116 8' Oboe (treble) 46
8' Trumpet 58 8' Bassoon (bass) 12
8' Clarionett (TC) 46
PEDALE
16' Dbl. Open Diapason 27
MECHANICALS
Swell Tremulant COUPLERS
Bellows Signal Great to Pedale
Great to Pedale Reversible Swell to Pedale
2 Great combinations Swell to Great
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-01-01]
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