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Moller records indicate claims below as to the Roosevelt not being or being reused are inaccurate. The contract ledger book has scant detail for moving a "used organ". In 1901, Moller just relocated the Roosevelt without changes. In 1925, they rebuilt the organ, retaining most pipework and adding a few ranks. See DOCUMENTS tab for factory ledger contract page.
The Roosevelt organ gave way to a new Moller organ in 1925. However, a great deal of the original Roosevelt was retained, despite what Moller claimed. Actual data exists to back this info up.
Updated through online information from Scott Siciliano: This magnificent organ was removed in 1925 and replaced with Moller #4251. I do not know if this instrument was relocated, or if any of the Roosevelt pipes were incorporated into Moller's instrument. Per the congregation's website (myerstownucc.org), "An annex was built in 1900 and a three manual pipe organ was installed. Per my research, the organ was the Roosevelt organ built for the Cornwall (Lebanon County), PA. home of Robert H. Coleman, know as "the Iron King."
This entry represents the installation of a used organ. The Roosevelt was replaced by a new Moller Op. 4251 ca. 1925.
Identified from the David H. Fox book, Hilborne and Frank Roosevelt (OHS Press, 2nd edition, © 2012, 2015).
Identified through information in List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928).
Related Instrument Entries: Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Opus 41, 1878)
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