Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2012-08-02 - Identified through online information from Will Dunklin. -- Parts of the Steere were incorporated into the Austin installed in 1927. -Database Manager
2019-07-12 - Updated by Edward Clark, naming this as the source of information: Inaugural Recital Program, 12/10/1901 and records in the archives of First Church of Christ. Inaugural program listed 53 stops, but that included couplers, tremolos and seven pneumatic pistons. Console had \"Invariable Combinations for all three Manuals, Couplers and Pedal, Simultaneously - Seven Pneumatic Pistons on Ledge of Manual III.\" Piston No. 5 \"0\" Escape Stop; Piston No. 6 \"On\" to connect the Stop Action; Piston No. 7 \"Off\" to disconnect the Stop Action. The organ had a Water-Motor and used \"The Carl G. Weigle System of Tubular Pneumatic Action and Membrane Wind Chests, with Weigle’s<br>Keyboard and Register Action applied to the Organ.\" -Database Manager
Received online from John Parsons on November 4th, 2024 Source: Inaugural Recital program 12/10/1901
Great Organ Open Diapason 8, Open Diapason 16, Dulciana 8, Doppel Flöte 8, Principal 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Fifteenth 2, Mixture IV, Trumpet 8, Tremolo
Swell Organ Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Aeoline 8, Vox Celeste 8, Octave 4, Stopped Diapason 8, Flute Harmonique 4, Violina 4, Flautino 2, Dolce Cornet III, Cornopean 8, Oboe and Bassoon 8
Choir Organ Dolce 8, Contra Gamba 16, Melodia 8, Viole d'Orchestre 8, Flute d'Amour 4, Fugara 4, Piccolo 2, Clarinet 8, Tremolo
Pedal Organ Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 16, Lieblich Gedackt 16, Quint 10 2/3, Violoncello 8
Swell Organ to Great Organ 8, Choir Organ to Great Organ 8, Great Organ to Pedal Organ 8, Swell Organ to Choir Organ 8, Swell Organ to Pedal Organ 8, Choir Organ to Pedal Organ 8, Swell Organ to Great Organ 4, Choir Organ to Great Organ 16
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