Woodlawn Cemetery: Mortuary Chapel
130 North Pearl Street
Canandaigua, NY
Images
2021 - Restored keydesk of reinstalled organ (Photograph from an archival source: Cemetery Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2021 - Restored organ re-installed (Photograph from an archival source: Cemetery Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2020 - Organ set-up in the Parson Organ Co. workshop (Photograph from an archival source: Cemetery Facebook page (from Parsons Organ Builders), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2018-07-19 - Keydesk of the unaltered, un-restored organ. (Photograph from an archival source: Cemetery Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2018-07-19 - Organ showing signs of neglect a year before removal for restoration. (Photograph from an archival source: Cemetery Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2013-11-07 - Unrestored organ languishing in the decaying chapel. (Photograph from an archival source: Cemetery Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 1 manuals
- 5 stops
- 5 registers
- 1 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Row Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: None
Notes
2005-03-01 - Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in <i>The Hook Opus List 1829-1935</i>, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -Database Manager
2021-01-24 - **Current state as of January 2021: **
The entire organ, including single manual built into the case, is currently undergoing complete restoration by Parsons Pipe Organ Builders of Canandaigua, New York, USA.
Restoration was initiated in 2019. The organ continues to be under restoration as of January 2021 as part of an entire restoration of the Chapel itself. The chapel reopened in November 2019. However, the organ continues to be a work in progress. The chapel has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
-Ian Scheil
2021-01-24 - **History of the Organ:**
The Hook-Hastings Co. single manual, 8-register organ was built in 1910 for the chapel located at the mortuary of Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua, New York, USA. Local Canandaigua resident, Matilda Burgher, pre-visioned a donation in her will for the construction of the pipe organ. The instrument is one of 30 organs built by Hook & Hastings in 1910. It was also the last in a series of four organs being completed for various churches throughout the Canandiagua area.
***Reference:***
[The Daily Messenger](https://www.mpnnow.com/article/20140914/NEWS/140919786) and [Woodlawn Cemetery](http://www.woodlawncemeterycca.org/woodlawn_cemetery_013.htm) -Ian Scheil
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from console directly, confirmed original. Source: Taken from console, verified against submitted photos of the keydesk 1910
Canandaigua, New York
Woodlawn Cemetery - Mortuary Chapel
Hook-Hastings Co., Opus 2243, 1910 - Original Specifications
MANUAL (Expressive)
16' Sub Bass
8' Diapason
8' Gedeckt
8' Dolce
4' Flute
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
4' Coupler
ACCESSORIES
Blowers Signal
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