E. Pfeifer & Son
1903
Baylor University
Carroll Chapel
Speight and 5th Streets
Waco, TX, US
Instrument ID: 46957 ● Builder ID: 1844 ● Location ID: 41414
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Database Manager on July 23rd, 2013:
Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- This information about the organ builder was found on an Organ Recital Program dated May 12, 1905 at the Carroll Chapel, Professor Rudolf Hoffmann, organist. He was a professor of music at Baylor University and the organist at the Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- This information about the organ builder was found on an Organ Recital Program dated May 12, 1905 at the Carroll Chapel, Professor Rudolf Hoffmann, organist. He was a professor of music at Baylor University and the organist at the Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Database Manager on July 20th, 2010:
Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- An extensive fire destroyed most of the Carroll Chapel in 1922; the building now houses the Texas Collection of Baylor University. The 1903 organ had facade pipes which were stenciled.
Database Manager on July 18th, 2010:
Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- According to a Dallas Morning News article dated April 20, 1903, the pipe organ cost $3,500.
Database Manager on July 16th, 2010:
Identified through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- The 1903 pipe organ was located in the F. L. Carroll Chapel at Baylor University. The building and organ cost $75,0000. A fire later destroyed much of the chapel.
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