Americus, Georgia
Lee St. United Methodist Church

Organ by J. W. Steere & Son Organ Co., Springfield, Mass.
c. 1917

Great
    8'  Diapason           1-12, wood (tubed off); 13-61 linen lead
    8'  Dulciana           Zinc basses
    8'  Melodia            1-12 stopped wood; 13-61 open wood with lead 
                                tuning flaps

Swell
    8'  Gedeckt            stopped wood
    8'  Salicional         slotted; zinc basses  
    4'  Flute harmonic     Metal; harmonic from #25

Pedal
   16'  Bourdon


Enclosed in a single chamber.  Facade of dummy pipes.

Plaque above keydesk reads:
   IN MEMORIAM
   Sarah Margaret Culpepper
   1905-1917
   Minnie Sue Culpepper
   1914-1917
   Presented by
   Mrs. Jerry Mugivan
   and 
   Mrs. Bert Bowers

According to the church secretary, the Mugivans owned a circus.  The 
organ was donated to the church after one of the circus vehicles ran
out of control and killed the two children, who had attended the circus
and were walking home.
Jim Cook.  4/23/2005