C. B. Fisk, Inc.

Updated through online information from Jonathan Hehn.

Updated through online information from Jonathan Hehn. -- The original home of this organ is not known. However, according to notes by Robert J. Reich of the Andover Organ Co. in Methuen, MA, the organ was moved to Haverhill, Massachussetts from a church in Rhode Island in 1938. The organ was built in 1911, possibly for the Rhode Island Church. The C.B. Fisk firm of Glouchester, Massachussetts bought the organ in 1979 from New Life Christian Assembly in Haverhill, Massachussetts. Some modifications were made to the original stoplist of the instrument after it was bought by Fisk. According to their records, the firm at that time repitched the 4' Principal on the Great, (originally built by Hinners as an 8' Dulciana), to 2' pitch. The Hinners organ was used by the Fisk firm as a "loaner" for many years, and is known to have been loaned to different churches before being permanently acquired by the First Presbyterian Church of Havana, Florida. Above the keydesk one finds a brass dedication plaque inscribed to "Minnie A. Mason" which is dated 1938, the year the organ was moved to Haverhill. It is because of this dedication plaque that the organ is lovingly referred to as "Minnie"?

Identified through on-line information from Richard Hinners. -- 1911 Hinners Organ "Minnie". Was used at St John's Episcopal Church, Tallahassee during the three year constuction of a new Fisk Opus 127 and installed at First Prespyterian Church in Havana after construction and installation of the Fisk. Sound and condition is excellent.