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From the church website: Christ Church’s “Historic Church” is home to the Hilborne Roosevelt Organ, Op. 25: 1876, installed by M.P. Moller in 1911. The organ was rebuilt in 1940 and 1974. Various changes and additions have been made over the last several decades. Unfortunately, many of these changes further removed the organ from its original rich sound and added brightness and harshness. Most of the original reeds were replaced in the 1990’s. In 2021, the Buzard Organ Company completed some restoration and console upgrades. The Walker Technical Company added a handful of digital stops to supply the missing bass frequencies and a proper English Tuba. The organ includes 36 ranks over three manuals and pedal.
New console installed by Julian Bulley in 1999, including the Artisan Console Control Computer with 25 levels of memory and solid-state combination action. (church website)
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 1876 Hilborne Roosevelt Op. 25 was originally installed in Chickering Hall, New York NY; in 1902 the organ was moved to Thiel College, Greenville PA; in 1911, Möller relocated the organ as Op. 1686 to Glendale and rebuilt it; Möller rebuilt it again as Op. 7008 in 1941; it was 'updated' in the 1970's and received a new console in 1995.
Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Rebuild or replacement of 1913 Möller opus 1686. Swell reservoirs releathered by Miller Pipe Organ Company of Louisville, Kentucky, in 2003.
Webpage Links: The Pipe Organs, Christ Church, Episcopal, Glendale , The Pipe Organs, Christ Church, Episcopal, Glendale
Related Instrument Entries: Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Opus 25, 1876) , Unknown Builder (1901) , M. P. Möller (Opus 1686, 1911) , Julian E. Bulley Pipe Organs (1991) , Casavant Frères (Opus 3956, 2025)
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