Surely the oldest municipal organ must be Henry Pratt opus 1 (1799), in the
Conant Public Library, Winchester, New Hampshire. This is the oldest
surviving New England built organ. It was given to the first meeting house
(read town hall/ church for those not familiar with early New England
practice)on completion. It was moved to the second meeting house where it
was used until 1878. When the library was built (late 19th c.) the organ
was moved into storage there, narrowly avoiding the loss by fire of the
second meeting house. It remained in storage until it was restored by me in
1976 as a bicentennial project of the town. It has since been joined by
another, smaller Pratt organ c. 1830. The latter is the only organ with a
nameplate of the six surviving Pratt instruments. Any other candidates for
municipalities with multiple organs?

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