William Redstone Sr.
1844ca.
St. John's Episcopal Church
Clyde, NY, US
4 Ranks
Instrument ID: 2936 ● Builder ID: 5195 ● Location ID: 2807
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Database Manager on March 3rd, 2018:
Updated by Steve Bartley, naming this as the source of information: The Midland Journal, Rising Sun MD 4/08, 1927, pg3; The Midland Journal 4/20/1928 pg 3.<br> Two similar articles appeared in the newspaper of Rising Sun MD, a small rural NE town in Cecil County. The article, like many in this paper, seems to be collected from a central new resource which provided short articles for similar small newspapers. <br>------------------------------<br>April 08, 1927 Frederick Miller, an expert on organ history, says that oldest organ in America is in an Episcopal Church, at Clyde NY. It was built for Queen Anne of England, and presented by her to Trinity Church, NY, which evidently passed it along to the congregation in Clyde. It is a genuine antique, with only 110 pipes and no pedal.<br> April 20, 1928<br>VENERABLE PIPE ORGAN<br>A pipe organ which has served three Trinity churches in as many cities and is believed to be the oldest of its kind in this country, is now in use at St. John's Episcopal Church at Clyde, NY. The organ was presented to old Trinity Church in New York by Queen Anne of England and was brought across in the seventeenth century. Later it was placed in Trinity Church at Utica, N.Y. Then it was installed in Trinity church at Geneva, N. Y. In 1864 it was brought to the Clyde Church.<br>Frederick Miller, an expert on organ history, says that oldest organ in America is in an Episcopal Church, at Clyde NY. It was built for Queen Anne of England, and presented by her to Trinity church NY, which evidently passed it along to the congregation in Clyde. It is a genuine antique, with only 110 pipes and no pedal.
Updated by Steve Bartley, naming this as the source of information: The Midland Journal, Rising Sun MD 4/08, 1927, pg3; The Midland Journal 4/20/1928 pg 3.<br> Two similar articles appeared in the newspaper of Rising Sun MD, a small rural NE town in Cecil County. The article, like many in this paper, seems to be collected from a central new resource which provided short articles for similar small newspapers. <br>------------------------------<br>April 08, 1927 Frederick Miller, an expert on organ history, says that oldest organ in America is in an Episcopal Church, at Clyde NY. It was built for Queen Anne of England, and presented by her to Trinity Church, NY, which evidently passed it along to the congregation in Clyde. It is a genuine antique, with only 110 pipes and no pedal.<br> April 20, 1928<br>VENERABLE PIPE ORGAN<br>A pipe organ which has served three Trinity churches in as many cities and is believed to be the oldest of its kind in this country, is now in use at St. John's Episcopal Church at Clyde, NY. The organ was presented to old Trinity Church in New York by Queen Anne of England and was brought across in the seventeenth century. Later it was placed in Trinity Church at Utica, N.Y. Then it was installed in Trinity church at Geneva, N. Y. In 1864 it was brought to the Clyde Church.<br>Frederick Miller, an expert on organ history, says that oldest organ in America is in an Episcopal Church, at Clyde NY. It was built for Queen Anne of England, and presented by her to Trinity church NY, which evidently passed it along to the congregation in Clyde. It is a genuine antique, with only 110 pipes and no pedal.
Database Manager on March 16th, 2016:
Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. <br>In 1992, the organ was returned to its original home, Trinity Episcopal Church, Geneva, New York, following restoration by Susan Tattershall.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was William Redstone (c. 1811).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From Trinity Episcopal, Geneva, NY. Given to Wayne County Historical Society when the church closed in 1930s. .
Related Instrument Entries: William Redstone Sr. (1811ca.) , Susan Tattershall Organs (1992)
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