From The Organ Historical Society, Inc. “Organ Handbook 1983” for the 28th National Convention of the OHS (Worcester, MA) Pages 118-119
“This elegant organ was built for the South Congregational Church, Pittsfield, Mass., at a cost of $3,500. In 1919, it was moved by Hook & Hastings (second-hand #333), to Bogle Street Christian Church, Fall River, Mass. After that church closed, the organ was dismantled in August 1973 by a crew headed by Alan Laufman, and stored in the Kingston, New York, residence of Robert Guenther, who had purchased the instrument with the intention of presenting it to the Overlook United Methodist Church in Woodstock, New York. To that end, Mr. Guenther had some preliminary rebuilding work on the organ performed by Stewart Organ Co. Inexplicably, the church declined the gift, so the organ was once again offered for sale through the Organ Clearing House, eventually purchased by St. Mary’s Church, and rebuilt by the Andover Organ Co. The original stoplist of the organ may be found in the Boston Organ Club Newsletter, No. 89, August – September 1973.
The first organ in St. Mary of the Assumption Church was a three-manual instrument built in 1822 by Thomas Elliott of London, England, for the Old South Church, Washington Street, Boston. When that meetinghouse closed in 1875, the organ (which had been rebuilt by E.&G.G. Hook, opus 246, 1859) was moved to the new St. Mary’s church, the original case augmented with Gothic ornamentation. In 1910, Hook & Hastings rebuilt the organ once again, Opus 2253, replacing the mechanical action but retaining the slider chests and most of the pipe work. It survived in that form until 1959, at which time it was removed in favor of an electronic substitute".

Currently the organ is not in use. The Parish web site lists 2 organs as part of the parish, the Steer & Turner instrument in the rear gallery along with the Rodgers Infinity 361 installed in 2019 at the front of the church. The web site indicates the Steer & Turner tracker as “currently out of commission”.

Updated through online information from Kyle Bertulli.

Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- A video on the MilfordPatch web site includes references to repairs needed to the bellows.

Updated through online information from Lisa Lucius.

The original builder was Steer & Turner (1873, Opus 71).

Relocated through OCH from Bob Guenther residence, Kingston, NY. [This opus also on this list at the Methodist Church in Overlook, NY.]

Status Note: There 1982.