2022-03-17 - This organ is both in its original home, and unaltered (except for the addition of an electric blower). This makes it one of the very rarest of the few surviving Marklove organs- a distinction now in jeopardy. Sadly, the church has closed, with the last service being held on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. The future of the building and organ is unknown at this time, and potentially in danger. The organ is chambered, and typical for later one-manual Marklove organs, the stopknobs are in a single horizontal row above the keyboard rather than in the terraced jambs or vertical rows typically encountered at the time. The narrow pedal compass of 25 notes is unusual in an organ so late. In a catalog published several years after the organ was built, there is no model that matches this organuhhhh exactly, being in between Models 1 and 2 in size: No. 1 has no 4' Flute, and No. 2 adds a Twelfth, Fifteenth and Octave Coupler to this disposition, and neither has a Tremolo. The handsome but chaste stencil decoration in late-period tertiary colors is in good condition, and the manual pipework is enclosed with the exception of the facade Diapason basses. The double rise reservoir is intact but leaky, and the organ was in regular use at the time of the church closing. As one would expect for the period, the tone is broad and diapasonal, and the rather wirey Violina 4' adds clarity and brightness. The Marklove output was dwindling near the end of John Gale's life (d. 1891), and before it was reorganized by Clarence Morey and once again had a prolific volume. This may be one of the last instruments built by the company under Marklove's direction, and is now the youngest of the surviving instruments. -Scot Huntington
2023-12-04 - The organ was donated to St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Franklin, New York, and was installed there in 2023 by Sidny Chase (Chase Organ Co.), and first used in concert on December 16 of that year. -Jim Stettner
Source: Stoplist copied from the keydesk
Chadwicks, New York St. George’s Episcopal Church John Gale Marklove, Opus 151, 1889 - Original Specifications Drawknobs, left to right: Bellows Alarm Tremolo Subbass [16’ Pedal] Pedal Coupler Gr. Flute [treble of 4’] Gr. Flute Bass [4’] Octave Treble Octave Bass Melodia Treble Melodia Bass Viol de Gamba Viol de Gamba Bass Open Diapason Open Diapason Bass [Submitted by Steve Best]
All labels were present in 1998 examination. Source: Database photo, 1891 catalog, visitation notes 1998/2019
Chadwicks, New York St. George's Episcopal Church (closed 2020) John Gale Marklove (No. 151, 1889) Compasses: 58/25 Divided stops break at e29/f30 Enclosed [indicates missing label in 2019] Stop order from console, right to left Open Diapason Bass (largest basses in facade) Open Diapason Treble Viol de Gamba Bass [Viol de Gamba Treble] Melodia Bass Melodia Treble [Violina Bass] [Violina Treble] [Flute Bass] Gr. Flute (4', treble) Pedal Coupler Sub Bass Tremolo Bellows Alarm
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