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Article: Pipe dream: ; Sold in 1914, old organ returns to Christ Church United Methodist
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- May 17, 2008
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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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