Unknown - Builder's nameplate (Photograph from the 1982 OHS Convention Handbook, pg. 42./Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ in front of sanctuary (Photograph from the 1982 OHS Convention Handbook, pg. 43./Database Manager)
OHS convention: 1982
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Alvinza Andrews (1851). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1991. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - From Masonic Memple, Newark, NY; via [what location?] Rochester, NY through OCH c. 1975. The ca.1855 Andrews was installed by R[andy]. and Fr. Skanse, with some help as noted in the 1982 book, with absolutely _no_ restorative repairs, not even replacements to the 1855 pedal trackers, which I've been tryin' to patch without crawlin' under ever since. The pipework especially needs serious work; almost everything speaks, but the feet of these very soft pipes have a way of crumbling ... Offered through OCH c. 1998. -Database Manager
2007-05-10 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- ORIGINALLY BUILT BY A. ANDREWS & SON (1855) The organ was originally built for Calvary Episcopal in Utica, New York. Rebuilt by C.E. Morey as his Opus 206 in 1903 for the Masonic Hall in Newark, New Jersey. Rebuild included a new case above the impost of 19 half-round dummies in 3 sections arranged: 5-9-5; a new keyboard in the original frame, and brought forward - which resulted in the removal of the original sliding doors which had enclosed the manual. Also new was the key action, and a new pedal board with expansion from 12-pipes/notes to 27-pipes/notes. The swell shutters were not installed at the St. Matthew location, nor was the 1903 tremolo installed. The organ was taken back in trade by the Organ Clearing House when the 1871 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings was installed in 1999. -Database Manager
2014-08-28 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- Subsequent to its removal from Auburn ca. 1999, the metal pipes were separated from the instrument and recycled by David Wallace & Co. into a tracker house organ built for the late Mary Ann Dodd of Sherburne, New York. The case, wood pipes, and chassis was recycled with new metal pipes and stoplist, by Jeremy Cooper for the chapel of the South Kent School, South Kent Connecticut. -Database Manager
2014-08-28 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -Database Manager
2014-08-28 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console May 9, 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Auburn, Washington
St. Matthew Episcopal Church
A. ANDREWS & SON, 1853
C.E. Morey, opus 206, 1903 - Rebuild
Randall J. McCarty, ca. 1975 - Installation with new upper casework
MANUAL COUPLERS (Drawknob)
8 Open Diapason 54 Pedal Coupler (Man. To Ped.)
8 Keraulophone [sic] (tf) 37
8 Dulciana (tf) 37
8 Stop'd Diapason Treble (tf) 37 MISC. CONTROLS
8 Stop'd Diapason Bass 17 Bellows Signal
4 Principal 54
3 Twelfth 54
2 Fifteenth 54 ACTION: Mechanical key & stop
VOICES: 8 STOPS: 8
PEDAL
16 Sub Bass 27 RANKS: 8 PIPES: 371
NOTES
The Andrews was originally built for Calvary Episcopal Church in Utica, NY. It was rebuilt by
C.E. Morey of Utica in 1903 for the Masonic Hall in Newark, NJ. The rebuild included a new case
front above the impost of half-round dummies in an arch; a new keyboard in the original frame and
brought forward (which resulted in the removal of the original sliding doors); a new coupler action;
a new pedal clavier; and expansion of the pedal compass from 12 notes/pipes to 27 notes/pipes.
In 1975, the Masonic Hall was slated for demolition. The organ was removed by Alan Laufman, Jack
Morse, and Martin Walsh, and stored in Mr. Morse's barn in Webster, NY.
Subsequently offered for resale, the organ was obtained by St. Matthew Church, and was set-up by
Randall J. McCarty assisted by Leon Stevenson and other parishioners. Mr. McCarty designed and Mr.
Stevenson built new casework in the old style for the Auburn installation.
The original instrument was enclosed in a swellbox with shutters operated by a hitch-down pedal.
The present box dates from 1903, and has a balanced swell system, although the shutters are currently
not in place. The 1903 tremolo was also not re-installed.
The 8' Open Diapason has 11 open wood basses, some of which are offset at the sides. The 8' Stop'd
Diapason Treble is a metal chimney flute from c 25 with 7 stopped wood basses and 4 open metal trebles.
The 8' Keraulophone has narrow slots with a small hole at the top. Some evidence suggested that a small
scale reed stop may have originally occupied the space where the Keraulophone now resides.
Sources: 1982 OHS Convention Handbook; extant organ
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