2008-10-03 - Identifed through information posted to PipeChat October 3, 2008 by Allan Remsen: Relocated and rebuilt Hilborne Roosevelt [sic. Hilborne died 1886, it was Frank Roosevelt/Roosevelt Organ Works -ed.] organ of 1889. "The organ was rebuilt and moved into the auditorium at St. Patrick's Church in Bay Shore. I heard it once, and it was a very distinguished sound. The last time I was in the building, the console had been removed, and the pipe chamber was being used as a store room. The pipework and chests were still there. I have no idea what has become of it since I last saw it." -Database Manager
2009-08-17 - Updated through online information from Tom Bailey. -- This organ and the other listing for the Roosevelt at St. Peter's are the same instrument. When the church moved, the Catholics bought the building. I have the contract for which James Campbell (and a young Ted Gilbert, still alive) rebuilt the organ in the 1940s. The above explanation is the best I have seen as to the current whereabouts of the instrument. It was probably destroyed when the building was razed in the 1970s. -Database Manager
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