Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2022-04-12 - This organ is also known from the annotated William King work list compiled by King researcher Dr. Donald R.M. Patterson and published in *The Tracker* XVI:4:1972. A history of Methodism in Elmira states: Sunday, June 30, 1901, was a great day for the Methodists of Elmira. It was the day of dedication for the “2nd” Hedding Church. According to the Elmira Daily Gazette and Free Press (July 1, 1901), “The beautiful auditorium was filled to overflowing with devout people…Bishop C.H. Fowler spoke from the text Psalm 48:12.”[1] The new Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church was built at the corner of Church and Columbia Streets, next to the original Hedding Church which had been sold to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for $6000 [2] (the building remains the home of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and is the oldest building in the city of Elmira erected as a church and still in use as such). On October 13, 1851 the leadership of First Church decided to establish a Second Methodist Church, mainly for those living west of the Chemung Canal (State Street). Property was purchased on West Church Street just east of Columbia Street (the site of today’s Holy Trinity Lutheran Church). A new brick building was built. On October 19, 1852, the name Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church of Elmira was adopted in honor of Bishop Elijah Hedding who had spoken at First Church just prior to his death in April. In 1968, First Methodist, Hedding, and St. John's Methodist merged, using the Hedding building, as Christ's Methodist Church. Christ merged with Centenary in 2010, constructing a new building. The Christ/Hedding building was deconsecrated in 2010. Subsequent organs for this church include a Kimball and 1951 Schantz. -Scot Huntington
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