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Owner (1964)

Bethlehem Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
Edmonton, AB, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was [Charles E.?] Chadwick (c. 1910). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Moved via OCH from R. C. [St. Mary of the Assumption?], Hull, MA in 1964. Moved to (old) West End Christian Reformed, Edmonton, AB. Rebuilt by Hugo Spilker in 1970. -Database Manager

2005-12-14 - Updated through online information from G. Gabert. -- Organ dated from early 1900s, only arrived at this church about 1964. -Database Manager

2024-12-29 - From the Edmonton Journal (May 30, 1964): "Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 117th Avenue and 48th St., will dedicate its pipe organ, Sunday at 3 pm. This is the tenth 'tracker' organ to be installed in Alberta. A Chadwick, it was brought in March in dismantled form, from Hanover, Mass. It is probably 60 years old. The organ has 659 pipes, which are controlled by 12 stops and 2 manuals. It was installed by congregation members. Stuart Kennedy, organ consultant, of Calgary, will be guest organist for the service." -Andrew Henderson

2024-12-29 - Updated through online information from Andrew Henderson (December 29, 2024): Instrument installed by Stuart Kennedy in May 1964. Original builder was Charles F. Chadwick, circa 1904, for an unknown church in Hanover, Massachusetts. [Editor: Newspaper article attributes installation to parishioners with Stuart Kennedy as Consultant]. -Jim Stettner


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