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From the "Patrician" (the parish bulletin) dated April 22, 1973: 'The "Elmira Advertiser" for November 23, 1874 contains this item of interest: "Father Bloomer intends to have the music of his new church, St. Patrick's, (to be) of a very fine order . . . King, the Elmira organ-builder, is to build the organ. It will be of large size, twenty-two stops, and, of course, in other respects equal to the work of this builder."
The "Elmira Gazette" for April 21, 1911 said: "the organ was entirely rebuilt and enlarged . . ."
On September 19, 1932, Father Brien engaged Tellers of Erie, PA. to have the organ "revised, augmented and electrified" at a cost of "$3,000. A new two-manual console was installed, electro-pneumatic action was applied, and additional pipes were added.
In 1940 a harp stop was added and interior and exterior chimes was installed at a cost of $2,200. On October 4, 1940, Tellers was authorized to "rebuild and augment" the organ at a cost of $4,000. A new console and blower were installed; the Great was increased from 415 pipes to 573; the Swell from 488 pipes to 766; and the Pedal from 96 pipes to 108.
From the September 30, 1973 issue of "The Patrician": The church purchased an Allen 900 electronic organ rather than re-leathering the organ for $20,000. The King pipe front will be left in place for "visual purposes". The console was offered to St Casimir's church as a gift.
From the October 14th 1973 issue of "The Patrician": "The pipes of the old organ have been sold to Michael Susick for the sum of $2000. Receipts from the sale of the older Teller's (sic) make the net cost of the new Allen become $21,000.
Scot Huntington on April 12th, 2022:
This organ is known from the William King work list compiled by King researcher Dr. Donald R.M. Patterson, and published in The Tracker XVI:4:1972.
Patterson states the organ was rebuilt or replaced by Tellers.
Database Manager on June 22nd, 2018:
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by David Lenington, listing this website as a source of information: https://www.newspapers.com/image/276328617.
Related Instrument Entries: Tellers Organ Co. (Opus 653, 1940)
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