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Tellers Organ Co. Opus 969 (1963)

St. Hilary of Poitiers Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
820 Susquehanna Road
Rydal, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2022 - Church exterior: facade (Photograph from an archival source: Parish website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

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Gallery


Notes

2022-08-18 - From the parish's 50th anniversary anthology as found on their website: "The original Tellers pipe organ, designed by St. Hilary’s first Organist and Choir Director Eugene L. Szonntagh, was installed in 1963 to be played at the Blessing of the Church." My peronal memory of this organ is vague. I never played it and only ever saw it from a distance. It was located in the loft. Typical for the era, it had a lot of exposed pipework. It was replaced with a digital instrument around 2010. -Colin O'Malley

2022-08-20 - This entry represents the installation of a new pipe organ. Identified from the Tellers opus list. -Jim Stettner

2022-08-20 - From the online history on the parish website, *"On May 10, 2010, Steve Beddia, who had graciously agreed to provide a new home for the old Tellers organ, and who also gave a donation to Saint Hilary’s Church, arrived at the Church to dismantle the pipe organ. Representatives from the Daffer Organ Company came with him that morning to help remove the old organ and to install the new one."* The new instrument was an electronic substitute. -Jim Stettner


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