Article: Pipe dream: ; Sold in 1914, old organ returns to Christ Church United Methodist

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Christ Church United Methodist has gotten back half the pipe organ it sold in 1914.

Now the downtown congregation wants to rebuild the organ and install it in the church's sanctuary - which already has one working pipe organ.

In 1904, the congregation of what was then called State Street Methodist Church bought its first organ, paying $1,750 to the Moller Pipe Organ Company, which shipped the instrument from Maryland and oversaw the installation here.

The congregation moved temporarily to the YMCA on Capitol Street in 1908, taking the organ with it. When the new building opened at the corner of Quarrier and Morris streets in 1911, it had a bigger organ, paid for in ...

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