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Choir
Organist - John
Kent & John Stansfield
Members
If you like to sing and would like to join
Choir Practice - Thursday at 7 pm
Praise Band:
Larry Gildner, AustinWilliams, Michael
Bell, Marel Raub Finding Faith Band: Larry Gildner, Harry Wachter, Mike Bell, Tracy Houck, and Marel Raub
M.P. Moller Tracker Organ One of the most distinctive and possibly the most historical feature of the Church is the antique pipe organ that dominates the front of the sanctuary When the Church was first built musical instruments were not used in the worship service. In February 1905 a committee was formed to “take action on the project of installing a pipe organ” At that time millionaire Andrew Carnegie had made an offer to pay one-half of the cost of any Church who wished to install an organ and who were able to show their ability to pay for the second half of the cost. The organ committee took advantage of his offer and purchased a 1904 M. P. Moller Tracker organ with opus no. 588. It was installed with the promise of completion for July 1, 1905. It has 2 manuals and 11 ranks of pipe and the blower system was run by waterpower. The total cost was $1385.00 which included the choir area. Records show that Carnegie paid $600 toward the organ. The water powered blower system was converted to electric in 1925. In 1974 the organ narrowly escaped replacement by a new Allen digital computer organ, but on April 27, 1975 Session accepted a bid for extensive renovations to retain the tracker organ. Twenty-two pastors and 12 organists later the organ remains an intricate part of our weekly worship service. Columbia Organ Works of Lancaster, Pa. regularly maintains the organ and says that the 2006 replacement price is in excess of $220.000.00. Researched and Composed by Brenda Williams.
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