Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2023-10-23 - From *Prince Rupert Daily News* (November 5, 1949): "During the morning service in First United Church tomorrow, a new Hammond organ will be dedicated. The organ replaces the very old pipe organ which was installed for the opening of the then new Methodist Church in Prince Rupert on March 3, 1912. The story of the old organ is very interesting. At a conference held in Victoria in 1911 or early 1912, Dr. George H. Raley, then minister at Port Simpson and district chairman, appealed for an organ for the Prince Rupert church. Delegates from the Metropolitan Methodist Church, Victoria, offered their old pipe organ which had been stored in a basement because they had just secured a new organ. The Prince Rupert delegates inspected the organ and agreed to accept it. However, extensive repairs were required. Dr. W. T. Kergin undertook the care of the repairs and look after the shipping of it. So it was shipped to Rev. Charles R. Sing, Prince Rupert, and installed in the Methodist Church." From the Victoria *Times Colonist *(February 21, 1951): "Pipes from the organ which stood in the original Metropolitan Methodist Church on Pandora and Broad Street 92 years ago, were played by Dr. A. E. Whitehouse at the church's 92nd anniversary dinner Monday in the church Sunday School. 'When the church was dismantled, the pipe organ was sent to Prince Rupert ... last week I received these four pipes from Prince Rupert. They have a new pipe [sic] organ, and these were returned as a mark of appreciation for the original gift.'" -Andrew Henderson
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