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from- The Washington TImes. Sept 11, 1911 pg12 & Boyds Washintgon DC City Directory 1911 pg 1553b
"Epiphany's New Organ Will Be City's Finest" - Operated entirely by electricity the fine new organ now being installed in the Church of the Epiphany will be ready in time for the Christmas services. The instrument will be installed in three sections, the main one being put in at once, and the other two as soon afterward as the finds of the church warrant. When the organ is complete it will represent an expenditure of $20,000 and will be the finest pipe organ in any Washington church. The organ is being erected by the Ernest M. Skinner Company, of Boston, Mass. In order to make room for he new organ, which will be much larger than the old one which is now being removed for shipment to Boston, extensive changes in the church are being made. The improvements are being made as quickly as possible.
The new organ is of the electro-pneumatic type and will be operated entirely by electricity said Oris D Swett, organist of the church. It will have seventy-two stops and will be equipped with every improvement known to makers of large church organs. As the old organ has been dismantled, music for the church service is furnished by a piano.
(In 1911 the Episcopal church of the Epiphany, G street, was the only church, in Washington with Epiphany as its name.)
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Additions in 1917, #187-A; replaced by #1485.
Webpage Links: Opus 187: Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal
Related Instrument Entries: Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 187-A, 1917)
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