Ground was broken for the present edifice for Elm Park Methodist Church in 1893. At that time a large Farrand and Votey organ was installed in the chancel area of the sanctuary. It included four manual divisions plus pedals, and had 68 stops and more than 2200 pipes. It served the congregation in that configuration for about 60 years when renovation work was done. In 1995 the Reuter firm of Lawrence, Kansas removed the old instrument, conserved some pipework and constructed a new instrument, their opus 2179. The new instrument uses electronics to provide the lowest notes of two 32' stops in the pedals. The Reuter site does not give specifics, but we can learn the instrument has 3 manuals and 53 ranks.My card is color showing a large swath of the sanctuary, including space that could have been closed off by a moving wall at the back of the room. The image clearly shows the organ and window at the front of the room. It seems that the new Reuter instrument kept the facade look of the Farrand and Votey instrument, minus the stenciling on the facade pipes. My card is used with the stamp removed, but the postmark indicating the year it was sent was 1910.
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