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Orlando Weed (1844)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

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Notes

2015-03-29 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by John Speller, using information found in Rhamanthus Menville Stocker, <em>History of the First Presbyterian Society of Honesdale</em> (Honesdale, 1906), p. 312. -- Although Stocker's book is devoted to the history of the Presbyterian Church in Honesdale he mentions in passing that "Orlando Weed built the first pipe organ for the Episcopal Church in Alanson Blood's cabinet shop in 1846." -Database Manager

Documents

• (1906-01-01) R.M. Stocker, *History of the First Presbyterian Society of Honesdale* (Honesdale, PA: Herald Press Association, 1906), 312. Published book, page with one-sentence mention of the organ built by Orlando Weed "about 1846." -Charles Eberline
• (1844-05-04) W.P.C., "The Organ," *Wayne County Herald* (Honesdale, PA), May 4, 1844, [2], Newspapers.com, accessed January 18, 2024, https://www.newspapers.com/image/362436968. Newspaper article with description of the organ and list of stops. -Charles Eberline

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