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Farrand & Votey Organ Co. (1894)

Location:

Calvary Methodist Church
971 Beech Avenue at Allegheny Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15233 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 9115

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on August 22, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 07, 2018:
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 08, 2005:

Jim Stark reports the church has purchased a used Möller console to replace the Tellers replacement. Organ will be rewired.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on June 02, 2005:

On-line update from Kirk A. Wilson: Roosevelt chests w/electric action, original condition; the original console was replaced by Tellers as were 2 ranks in the Great--- Twelfth/Fifteenth were replaced by a Dulciana and a Gemshorn, the basses of these stops are placed on an offset chest back in the Pedal division, blocks access for tuning to this division. Otherwise the organ is extant and playable.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 2000.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary interior with twin facades: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2009-09-16

Exterior front: Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2010

Exterior: Photograph by Western PA UMC Church. Taken approx. 2010s

Church interior: Photograph by United Methodist Parishes, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2020

Church exterior side: Photograph by UMC Parishes, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2020

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