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The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ("French Church Redecorated: Church of Our Lady of Victory to Be Opened To-morrow," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Saturday, August 3, 1912, 13, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/135689128) reported, "The remodeling and redecorating of the French Church of Our Lady of Victory, in Pleasant street, which was completely gutted by fire last May, has been completed and the newly decorated edifice will be opened with a solemn high mass to-morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. . . . A new organ, built in Rochester, has been installed."
The builder is identified in "Work Done by C. M. Topliff: Rochester Organ Moved and Changed—Builds for Another Church," The Diapason, August 1912, 2: C. M. Topliff has just finished moving the organ from the old Church of SS. Peter and Paul at Rochester, N. Y., to the new edifice on West Avenue. He made some changes in the organ at the same time. This is one of the largest organs in Rochester. Mr. Topliff is building a two-manual organ for the Church of Our Lady of Victory (French) at Rochester and it is to be completed soon. In addition to the foregoing he is doing considerable other work and has been very busy all this year.
This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Andrew Henderson (April 17, 2025): As reported in The Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY, August 3, 1912).
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