Randall J. McCarty (1975ca.)

Originally A. Andrews & Son (1852)
Exhibited in the 1982 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. Matthew Episcopal Church
123 L Street NE
Auburn, WA 98002 US
Organ ID: 3158

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on September 02, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 8 ranks. 371 pipes. 2 divisions. 1 manuals. 8 stops. 9 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Divisions: 2
  • Stops: 8
  • Registers: 9
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 54
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 28, 2014:

Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- Subsequent to its removal from Auburn ca. 1999, the metal pipes were separated from the instrument and recycled by David Wallace & Co. into a tracker house organ built for the late Mary Ann Dodd of Sherburne, New York. The case, wood pipes, and chassis was recycled with new metal pipes and stoplist, by Jeremy Cooper for the chapel of the South Kent School, South Kent Connecticut.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on August 28, 2014:

Updated through online information from Scot Huntington.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on August 28, 2014:

Updated through online information from Scot Huntington.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on May 10, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- ORIGINALLY BUILT BY A. ANDREWS & SON (1855) The organ was originally built for Calvary Episcopal in Utica, New York. Rebuilt by C.E. Morey as his Opus 206 in 1903 for the Masonic Hall in Newark, New Jersey. Rebuild included a new case above the impost of 19 half-round dummies in 3 sections arranged: 5-9-5; a new keyboard in the original frame, and brought forward - which resulted in the removal of the original sliding doors which had enclosed the manual. Also new was the key action, and a new pedal board with expansion from 12-pipes/notes to 27-pipes/notes. The swell shutters were not installed at the St. Matthew location, nor was the 1903 tremolo installed. The organ was taken back in trade by the Organ Clearing House when the 1871 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings was installed in 1999.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

The original builder was Alvinza Andrews (1851).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1991.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

From Masonic Memple, Newark, NY; via [what location?] Rochester, NY through OCH c. 1975. The ca.1855 Andrews was installed by R[andy]. and Fr. Skanse, with some help as noted in the 1982 book, with absolutely no restorative repairs, not even replacements to the 1855 pedal trackers, which I've been tryin' to patch without crawlin' under ever since. The pipework especially needs serious work; almost everything speaks, but the feet of these very soft pipes have a way of crumbling ... Offered through OCH c. 1998.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the console May 9, 1991
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ in front of sanctuary: Photograph from the 1982 OHS Convention Handbook, pg. 43..

Builder's nameplate: Photograph from the 1982 OHS Convention Handbook, pg. 42..