1947 - The Rowland-Beach organ in Schenevus Baptist with Rowland's daughter Roberta sitting on the bench. (Photograph from an archival source: unknown, submitted by Scot Huntington/Scot Huntington)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2021-09-14 - This organ is identified in the Robert Roland biography written by Richard Triumpho (2011). In a collection of Rowland correspondence, Roland writes of the following details. The organ came from St. Paul's Lutheran in St. Johnsville. Rowland mentions the Beach organ in St. Johnsville was moved into their new building in 1871, rebuilt b Rowland in 1923, and then replaced by a new and larger electric-action organ for St. Paul's by Rowland in 1847. He took the organ in trade and gave it to the Baptist Church in Schenevus in memory of his wife's grandparents who were life-long members of the church. He did a fair amount of restorative repairs to the organ in the move. He further states they had it about 2 years when they desides "...it did not do justice to their Gospel Ditties and they gave it away and put in a 'Lolly-Pop' organ. He further mentions what sold the congregation on the new "Tin Horn" was because it had a 'Mandolin' stop. The electronic dealer took the Beach in trade and either "...sold or gave it to a Catholic school, convent, or small church", whereabouts not known. The organ is now presumably long lost. -Scot Huntington
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