Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2017-09-27 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. <br>Identified by Steven Bartley, citing information from this publication: Sun Papers 1/5/1904 pg7; 11/7/1904 pg12; 6/26/1905 pg12. . Steven Bartley also gave this as a source of information: Inspected the organ in 2016.<br>Built in 1897, the low dark stone church looks as if were plucked from the Adirondacks. Its interior design follows the Akron plan of semicircular pews facing a wide wall. The Kimball organ sits in a recessed chamber behind the pulpit, which was part of a building project in 1904. At first glance it appears to be a standard Moller of the period with three flats of pipes, divided by two turrets of pipes standing on cup and columns. During a brief inspection, 2016, it was realized that what remains of the organ was far more elegantly built than that of the same period Moller. All pipes and swell shades are missing, as is the original attached keydesk. <br>The tubular action is intact as well as the windchests and shade frame. <br>The Great contains 3 stops and the Swell 6. One rear chest indicates the pedal contained a single Bourdon. <br>The Sun Paper, says that Archer Gibson designed the instrument, and gave its dedication recital. Cost of organ was $3,000. <br>The Methodist Congregation merged/moved in the 1950s, selling to a Mennonite Congregation. -Database Manager
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