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See DOCUMENTS tab. Reported in The Post-Standard, Mon, Sep 17, 1900 ·Page 6.
"The new pipe organ placed in the church this summer is the greatest improvement. It was manufactured by Odell & Co. of New York.
The instrument has 1,219 pipes and is valued at $1,700. It is finished in paneled oak with gilded pipes..."
This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Andrew Henderson (January 16, 2025): From The Post-Standard (Syracuse, August 20, 1900): "The work of erecting the new organ at the First Baptist Church was finished last week ... the organ occupies a raised platform at the rear of the pulpit in the northwest corner of the auditorium. It towers to the ceiling and in its case of cabinet finished native oak, with its gilded display pipes, presents an imposing and handsome appearance, in harmony with the architectural features of the auditorium. Its two manuals have a compass from CC to C or 61 notes and the compass of its pedals extends from CCC to F or thirty notes. The great organ includes nine stops and 549 pipes, the swell organ eleven stops and 610 pipes and the pedal organ two stops and and sixty pipes. The pedal movements include the great organ forte and piano, the swell organ forte and piano; the great organ to pedal reversible; and a balanced swell pedal. The mechanical accessories are a bellows signal, a swell tremulant and pedal movement and bellows signal."
First Baptist Church began construction of a new building on another site in 1912, for which Casavant Freres, Op. 553 (1914) was built. The fate of the original church and Odell organ are unknown.
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