Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2022-01-22 - This entry represents the installation of a second-hand organ, which was sold as part of the inventory of the 1854 First Congregational Church of Detroit when they moved to a new edifice in 1891. -William M. Worden
2023-04-28 - On June 17, 1906, the Detroit "Free Press" reported on the various Polish Catholic churches in the city. The article includes this in the section on St. Casimir: " The organ was purchased for $6000 at the sale of the church effects in the building now used by the Detroit Journal." The Detroit Journal was located at Fort Street and Wayne Street (the latter now Washington Boulevard). The church that preceeded it at that location was the First Congregational Church, built in 1854. The sale of the contents was caused by the Congregational congregation's move to a new church at Woodward and Forest. $6000 seems excessive for a second-hand organ at that time. -William Worden
2023-04-30 - The circa date of 1890 assumed a new organ; turns out to be second-hand from a church of 1854. -William Worden
2023-04-30 - St. Casimir's was a large and magnificent Polish Catholic church completed in 1890. In 1960, the Archdiocese declined to loan money to the parish to repair the church; as a result, the church was demolished and a bland modern replacement erected in its place. As far as I know, the organ went down with the church building. The organ was quite small for the very large room. -William M. Worden
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