OHS convention: 1967
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1967. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Very damaged. 'Great pipework is ruined and two stops were stolen from the Swell. Church listed for 1974 Wicks. -Database Manager
2013-01-26 - Updated through online information from Edwin H Myers Jr. -- When we (Rosenberry & Myers Organbuilders) visited the church in May 2000, the organ case existed and a 1974 Wicks Forward 4 had been placed on the old windchests behind the Morey facade in the gallery. The Wicks console was located in the front. No sign of any Morey pipes. -Database Manager
2015-04-19 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- The organ was demonstrated by member Tom Finch at the 12th Annual O.H.S. convention, 1967. -Database Manager
2020-09-20 - The following information comes from an internet history of the parish: The congregation of French-Canadians formed in 1887, and the large brick structure on Forest Avenue was completed in 1899, with the Morey instrument following four years later. It was dedicated June 28, 1903 by Mrs. Arthur Thouin, organist, in a "grand concert" of the "Seven Last Words of Christ" by Dubois. When heard at the 1967 convention the organ was the largest extant tracker remaining from Morey's workshop, but although it had been allowed to deteriorate through neglect, it was still usable. In 1974, rather than spending money to refurbish the Morey, a parishioner donated a Wicks unit organ, which in keeping with Vatican reforms of the day, was located in front near the altar, and the choir was moved to the front as well. In 1977 the church affairs were consolidated under the pastorate of St. Rita's and was known thereafter as St. Rita's-Sacred Heart. In 1986, under a new priest regime, the Wicks organ and choir were moved to the gallery and the Wicks material was installed behind the still-extant Morey pipe fence of gilded Diapason basses by a local "organ club". In the years since the Morey sat unused, it was heavily vandalized with most of the Great pipework either removed or ruined. The church closed for good in June, 2009. The organ was demonstrated during the 1967 convention by member Thomas Finch playing a Dupre Antiphon and three movements from Couperin's Mass of the Convents. -Scot Huntington
Source: 1967 OHS Capital District Convention Handbook June 1967
Cohoes, New York Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church C.E. Morey, No. 200, 1903 Compasses: 61/27 (handbook gives this pedal compass, not typical for Morey or with a concave pedalboard, but also specifies 30 pipes for the pedal stops) Metal pipes of spotted metal. Original wind power by Ross Water Engine, no blowing handle provided. Stop details recorded from an in-person examination of the instrument for documentation in the O.H.S. handbook by E.A. Boadway. Oak case with "an uninspired fence of gilded Great bass pipes and dummies". Stops recorded in console order, which because of the mechanical stop action layout, also indicates the order of stops on the chest. GREAT 8' Open Diapason 8' Gamba 8' Dulciana 1-7 Quintadena basses 8' Melodia 1-12 stopped wood, remainder open wood 4' Octave 4' Flute d'Amour* wood with bored stoppers, 24 open metal trebles 2 2/3' Twelfth 2' Fifteenth III Mixture 2, 1 1/3, 1, breaking at c25: 4, 2 2/3, 2 8' Trumpet 12 open flue trebles * omitted from the handbook stoplist, but described in the documentation SWELL 16' Bourdon Treble t.c. wood 16' Bourdon Bass 1-12 wood 8' Open Diapason 1-12 stopped metal basses 8' Salicional 1-12 Quintadena 8' Aeoline 1-12 Quintadena 8' Vox Celeste t.c. 8' Stop'd Diapason wood, 12 open metal trebles 4' Violina 4' Flute Harmonic harmonic from c25 2' Flautina III Dolce Cornet 8' Oboe with Bassoon 12 open flue trebles Tremolo PEDAL 16' Open Diapason wood, divided and visible at case sides 16' Bourdon wood, across rear of organ COUPLERS Swell to Great (on-off piston) Great to Pedal (knob) Swell to Pedal (on-off piston) Labeled Pedal movements: Great: Forte, Mezzo Swell: Forte, Piano Gr. to Ped. Reversible [Received from Scot Huntington 2015-04-19.]
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