Edward Lloyd Parry's Organ

This is the organ Edward Lloyd Parry purchased at an auction. Family tradition holds that the organ was originally intended for the Manti Temple chapel, but it was determined that it did not produce enough sound for the chapel. It was auctioned off and ELP purchased it in a closed bid. However, he didn’t keep the organ for long; by 1891 he had given it to Charlotte Edmunds Parry, the wife of his son Edward Thomas Parry.

On February 27, 1944, Winnifred Parry Brooks (daughter of Edward Thomas Parry, who was the oldest son of Edward Lloyd Parry) gave the organ to her daughter, Barbara Dean Brooks, with this letter:

This organ belongs to Barbara Dean Brooks if she learns to play it well. 

(signed)
Winnifred Parry Brooks

P.S. My father Edward Thomas Parry bought it for $90 from his father, Edward Lloyd Parry, over 60 years ago. Take good care of it, Bobby.

Witness -
Samuel Brooks

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