First Universalist Church organ and chimes - Rochester, NY
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N 43° 09.235 W 077° 36.290
18T E 288210 N 4781201
The Hope-Jones Organ was one of the first electrified organs, of the style used to accompany silent movies in the theaters.
Waymark Code: WMDCPF
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2011
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Wryly known as the "Hopeless Jones", this organ was installed in 1908, and the Murray Memorial Chimes, 25 chimes playable from the keyboard, were added when the organ underwent a restoration in 1937.
Mark Twain was a member of the Board of Directors of the Hope-Jones Organ Company, and during the week-long dedication of the organ in October 1908, he came to Rochester to hear "a demonstration of the organ used to accompany a singer which at that time was generally considered to be an unsuitable use of an organ." (
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