St. Mary of the Assumption R. C.: Choir loft
Lake St.
Cleveland, NY
Images
2021-05-27 - Gallery and organ (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-05-27 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-05-27 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-05-27 - Organ case and console (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-05-27 - Console (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- 2 manuals
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Notes
2004-10-30 - Rebuilt in 1930 by C. E. Morey. -Database Manager
2015-07-26 - Updated through online information from Phil Sales. -- My wife, Elaine, (soloist) and I sang at this organ for many years (1984 to late '90's). After last organist Rita Fouquette, (now aged 95) was no longer able to play it. It's future is in limbo with the possibility of the closure of this Church. -Database Manager
2022-03-17 - The parishes of St. Mary's and St. Bridget's merged recently, using the St. Bridget's building and abandoning St. Mary's, which is listed on a realtor's site as of March 2022, and the organ is for sale and in danger. The organ is not original here, with its origins and date of installation in Cleveland needs further investigation. C.E. Morey rebuilt the organ in the 1930s, and that may be the time of its installation here. While the Great specification could easily date from 1870, the Swell does not, the 4' Flute, and Aeoline especially, being typical for Marklove, and likely date from Morey.
The feeders are missing, surely Morey's work as well, but the double-rise reservoir with inverted fold are Marklove. The terraced jambs are Morey (Marklove used flat jambs), but internally it is clear how Morey used longer extension shanks to reattach Marklove's original stop knobs to their original stop action traces, in order to facilitate their newly altered placement in the altered jambs. The ornate keyboard frames are Marklove. The key action, with backfalls to both divisions, is atypical for Morey, and is in the Marklove style (as are the wooden rollers with wood roller arms), so suggests this was either built as a two-manual organ by Marklove, or was a one-manual he enlarged to two. The case could contain Marklove elements, but the current installation suggests this case is not completely original and was made or altered to fit this installation.
The organ was conservatively restored in 1992 following the O.H.S. guidelines for conservation. The organ is installed in the corner of the rear gallery of this early 20th-century building, perpendicular to the rear window, so it speaks across the gallery rather than down the central axis.
With the church building de-consecrated and now for sale, the organ is in peril. -Scot Huntington
Stoplist
Source: Taken from console photos
John Gale Marklove (ca. 1872)
Altered C.E. Morey, ca. 1930
St. Mary of the Assumption R. C.
Cleveland, New York
Compasses: 58/27
* non-original stop label
GREAT
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Dulciana
8' Stop'd Diapason Bass
4' Octave
4' Flute
2 2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
SWELL
8' Open Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
Aeoline*
Stop Diapason Bass*
Flute*
PEDAL
16' Bourdon Bass
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
[missing label] likely Bellows Alarm
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