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Frank Roosevelt (Opus 352, 1887)

Location:

Residence: J.W. Adams
903 East Terrace
Chattanooga, TN US
Organ ID: 68346

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Private Residences
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on August 04, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • 9 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 9 stops.
Main:
  • Built by Frank Roosevelt
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 9
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on August 04, 2021.
Jim Stettner on August 04, 2021:

The house remained with the son - George - until 1940, at which time it was divided into apartments. It later beame a home for the aged. Disposition of the Roosevelt organ is not known.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on August 04, 2021.
Jim Stettner on August 04, 2021:

Identified from the David H. Fox book, Hilborne and Frank Roosevelt, OHS Press, © 2012. The size is listed as 2-9.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on August 04, 2021.

Instrument Images:

House exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage photo in a TheChattanoogan.com article titled, "Historic Highways - East Terrace" by Harmon Jolley (pub. July 30, 2006), submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. early 1900's

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