Database Manager on November 22nd, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The pipes were in a ceiling/attic chamber above the rear gallery. The opening into the chamber "was a laughably small opening near ceiling height, partially obscured by a pointless grille." The date of the fire that destroyed the organ was April 23, 1968. Sources: www.esteyorgan.com; notes from Culver Mowers on PIPORG-L (11/21/08).

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Database Manager on November 22nd, 2008:
Additional information posted to PIPORG-L by Stephen Best November 21, 2008: -- "The Estey at Cornell University was given by Mrs. Jacob P. Estey and the late Mr. Estey in memory of their son, Jacob Estey, class of 1946, who died in World War II. I recall hearing that the organ was to have been more substantial, but that the Estey family was having financial challenges which limited the size of their gift. The fire that destroyed the instrument was deliberately set in the altar at the other end of the chapel. The flames traveled the length of the center beam directly into the organ. <br> As an elementary school child, I had unlimited access to this instrument. I hadn't even started organ lessons, and had no idea whether the organ was worthy or not. Nonetheless, having the use of that organ was inspiring to a me as a child, and that experience undoubtedly encouraged my interest in organ."

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Database Manager on November 21st, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Stephen Best. -- Organ destroyed by fire; replaced by Hellmuth Wolff, opus 6.

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Database Manager on October 27th, 2007:
Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979.