2021-05-11 - The entry represents the installation of a used pipe organ. The pipe organ, still played today, was purchased in England by Trinity Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh, and was brought over the mountains by mule. This organ was given to Old St Luke’s Church in 1852, when Trinity acquired a new organ. This organ is the oldest pipe organ west of the Allegheny mountains, and is still played today for all weddings and ceremonies held in the church. -Jeff Scofield
2025-04-04 - The organ has a shipping label on the back of the case: "Theodore Lyman, Pittsburgh". So the organ was shipped to Pittsburgh sometime after Theodore Lyman became Rector of Trinity Church in 1850. It is most likely the 5 stop organ that Henry Berger shipped to Pittsburgh in 1852 as a substitute for the organ he was unable to deliver in time for the dedication of Trinity's chapel St. Peter's. The Berger contract was canceled in June 1852, so the organ was not built. (Pittsburgh Gazette 18 December 1852 and Trinity Church Archives). -James M Stark
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