Unknown - Organ case, ca. 1911. (Vintage postcard, courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2014-04-01 - A Methodist Church in Chardon had 1914 Pilcher 2/10 Op. 832; this might possibly by the original organ. It was rebuilt by Lima in 1955. However, First Methodist had a 1953 Hillgreen, Lane rebuilt by them in 1965; nothing known about the organ previous to 1953. -Database Manager
2014-03-28 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by William Dunklin, using information from this web site: http://www.chardonumc.org/index.php/about-us/our-history/298-chronological-history-of-the-chardon-united-methodist-church. -- The presence of this organ is known from a postcard showing a large, handsome, late-Victorian, polychromed facade with an attached console. There is also a reference in the on-line church history that the organ was bought in 1910, but not who the builder was. The Methodist congregation has moved to another building. The building at 103 Central is occupied by others. Fate of the organ is unknown. -Database Manager
2023-05-14 - "Carnegie as Patron Saint: Gifts to Churches Are Many and the Record Is Growing," *The Diapason*, March 1910, [2]: The First Methodist church of Chardon, Ohio, has been given $1,000 by Mr. Carnegie for the purchase of a new pipe organ, the congregation raising $1,200, according to agreement. "Work of Votteler-Hettche," *The Diapason*, August 1910, [6]: Herbert Hoag and Charles Vandemoeller, expert workmen for the Votteler-Hettche Organ company, 148 Abbey avenue W., Cleveland, have installed the new pipe organ in the Methodist church at Chardon, Ohio. The organ is operated by means of an electric motor, which has been installed in a small brick addition to the south side of the church. "Ohio at a Glance" (column), *Akron Beacon Journal*, Wednesday, August 3, 1910, 10, Newspapers.com, accessed May 13, 2023, https://www.newspapers.com/image/228120344: CHARDON—PROFESSOR W. B. Colson of Cleveland, organist in the Old Stone church, will dedicate the new pipe organ in the Methodist church here, Friday evening. The churches and organs referenced in the note "Database Manager on April 01, 2014" were in South Charleston, Ohio, not Chardon (on Henry Pilcher's Sons, Opus 832, see Bynum Petty, *Henry Pilcher's Sons: Opus List and Historical Sketch* [n.p.: Lulu Publishing Services, 2014], 186). -Charles Eberline
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