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The Aeolian Co. Opus 919 (1903)

Residence: Helen Handy Newberry: Music Room
483 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI

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1881 - The John S Newberry (Helen Handy Newberry) residence at 1363 East Jefferson, Detroit. Built in 1875-76 and demolished in 1961 (Photograph from an archival source: Online digital archive of the Detroit Public Library, submitted by William M. Worden/William M. Worden)

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2020-09-14 - The Detroit "Free Press" of February 8, 1903, reporteded that Mrs. Newberry hosted an event at which her guests had the opportunity of listening to the new pipe organ in her new music room. The organ was gone by the time the house was demolished about 1960 for urban renewal. -William M. Worden

2022-06-21 - Ten new ranks plus Harp (replacing the Campanetta) and Chimes added in 1912; rebuilt and enlarged in 1916 to 3/46 as Op. 1347; 4 additional ranks added in 1927; relocated in 1947 to First Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by Herbert Leadbitter of Detroit. -Jeff Scofield


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