Scot Huntington on February 16th, 2024:
The removal of the organ began on November 4, 2010, by two members of the German firm doing the relocation and two members of the Organ Clearing House crew. The organ was restored to its 1968 Outerbridge/Boadway tonally-modified condition by Orgelbau-Schulte and installed in the rear gallery of St. Maternus, Cologne-Rodenkirchen, Germany. The installation was completed at the end of 2011. A new Great Trumpet replaced a missing original.
Scot Huntington on February 7th, 2024:
Unable to afford their large brick building, the dwindling congregation downsized to smaller quarters in 2009 and disbanded for good in June 2016. The organ was relocated to Germany. The building was sold to developers who repurposed it into their business headquarters.
Database Manager on May 15th, 2011:
Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In 1907, the organ was moved to the front of the church by J.W. Steere & Son Organ Co. with minor tonal alterations.