Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case ((ca. 1905) Vintage postcard; image courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)
2016-06-05 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by William Dunklin, using information from this web site: http://www.catchthespirit.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/A-great-Throng-Attends-the-Dedicatory-Exercise-of-Trinity-Church-June-1888.pdf. <br><br>A newspaper article from the Hackettstown Gazette, June 8, 1888, describes the church's dedication events in preceding week, including an opening organ recital on Monday, June 4, 1888:<br><br>"On Monday night the general public was first admitted to the church, the occasion being the organ opening concert, at which Mr. Wenham Smith, organist of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, and the Courtney Ladies- Quartette, of New York, appeared. There were between 700 and 800 persons present, and the entertainment was one of the most delightful and thoroughly enjoyed musical events that had ever taken place here.<br><br>"That Mr. Smith is a master of the instrument is a fact fully established by the position he holds, and he showed excellent taste in his renderings, selecting not only those that required skillful manipulation, but that were also melodious and that could be understood without taking a three years- course at the conservatory of music."<br><br>A postcard from 1905 shows a simple pipe fence facade above an equally simple frame and panel case, standing front and center in a tall arch. The attached console is visible. The organ reportedly removed during or after World War II. -Database Manager
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