John Roberts
1863
New Jerusalem Church
Adams Street
Chicago, IL, US
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This instrument is: Not ExtantandNot Playable in this location
Newspaper announcements in Philadelphia, where the organ was set up and advertised for demonstration, in the builder's shop before being shipped to Chicago and in Chicago newspaper announcements. "It contains 28 stops, having two manuals, full compass, and a 16 feet [sic] pedal, of Bach's range." See DOCUMENTS tab for articles.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
This appears in the first Pilcher ledger on a list of churches and organs destroyed in the 1871 Chicago fire. Builder llisted in the Pilcher ledger as Edwards or Nichols. Michael Friesen's research indicates that the builder was actually John Roberts.
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