Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2023-08-10 - According to the *Montreal Gazette* (August 22, 1866): "An organ, the munificent gift of Messrs. Robert & John Hamilton to the Church of the Holy Trinity at Hawkesbury, was used for the first time in the celebration of public worship on Sunday, the 29th July. The Rev'd Edmund Wood, Curator of the Free Seat Church of St. John the Evangelist Montreal, accompanied by a portion of the choir, visited Hawkesbury at the invitation of the Rev. J. G. Armstrong, incumbent of the parish for the purpose of conducting Divine Service on this special occasion. Full choral service, which had never been sung in this locality, and the introduction of hymns, ancient and modern, for use in the church, gave additional interest to the services of the day ... The following simple and brief ceremonial attended the inauguration of the new organ. The clergy and choir, habited in surplices, started from the vestry, passed around the exterior of the church chanting the 84th Psalm, and entering the nave by the north porch, they assembled in front of the organ, which is placed on the floor of the building, in a recess formed by the tower and spire at the west end ... The organ, which reflects great credit on the builders, Messrs. Warren of Montreal, consists of a great organ, eight stops, enclosed in a general swell, with a pedal stop, Bourdon, from CCC, an octave and a half, on a separate sound-board. It is of very great power, amply sufficient for a much larger church, and yet capable of producing the softest and most agreeable quality of sound. The members of the choir, during the whole of their visit, which extended from Saturday to the Tuesday following, were most hospitably entertained by the Hon. John Hamilton, MLC. On the Monday, the junior choristers joined the children of the local choir in a pic-nic on a grand scale to the falls of the Calumet River, bringing to a most agreeable conclusion the events of this interesting occasion." -Andrew Henderson
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