2024-01-08 - From the church website: Built and installed by the Harry Hall Organ Company of West Haven, Connecticut, in 1929 (dedicated 1930) for $11,000, with a simple specification that included a flute conique, flute celeste, viola, oboe, principal, bourdon, chimes, and gedeckt. The “echo organ” (a division of a pipe organ situated at a distance from the rest of the instrument and containing soft stops suitable for echo effects) was given in recognition of Mrs. Samuel Armor by her Sunday school class, and the Deagan Class “A” chimes were given in memory of D. P. Crawford by his wife. The noted American organist, professor at Eastman School of Music, and life-long church musician, Dr. David Craighead (b. 1924, d. 2012), was one of the first organists of this church at the early age of 14. The third and current church building was erected and dedicated in 1964 where the Lola Pearson Memorial Organ was relocated and modified early the same year by the Abbott & Sieker Organ Company of Los Angeles (some Moller pipes were included), with 21 ranks of new pipes, including mixtures, and existing pipes of the first organ (about 7 ranks), bringing the total to 28 ranks of pipes (c. 1,867 pipes—noted in the following stop list), and financed by Miss Sue Rankin. The organ was renamed the Pearson-Rankin Memorial Organ. Kristin Ball, wife of Dr. Larry Ball (then Music Director), served as organist for many years. Historical Sources: John Burt -Jeff Scofield
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