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Updated through online information from Larry Pruett (August 12, 2025): Key action is slider chests with electro-pneumatic pull-downs. Pedal actions are electro-pneumatic.
Dedication concert November 15[?], 1904, by Mrs. Amy Oberlin, organist of the First Methodist Church [Columbia]. The organ cost $2,800 of which Andrew Carnegie paid half.
-- Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) · 16 Nov 1904, Wed · Page 4
Updated through online information from Christopher Howerter. -- I know a parishioner that lives next to the church and I've played the instrument. They have a contract with the Columbia Organ Works to refurbish the instrument and it should be done by next September. The only sort of combination action is a set of fixed push down toe studs that mechanically push out the stops for the manuals only. There are two for each manual (a swell piano and forte, and a great piano and forte), which are to the left of the swell pedal. The pedal does not have mechanical stop actions, which is different from the manuals. There is also a toe stud on the right of the swell pedal that does not work. The swell pedal is also mechanical.
Status Note: There 1991.
Electrified. Repaired & missing reeds replaced 1990 by Columbia Organ Works. Rear gallery. Carnegie grant for 1/2 the cost ($2800).
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