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C. E. Morey (Opus 200, 1903)

Exhibited in the 1967 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
2 Forest Avenue
Cohoes, NY 12047 US
Organ ID: 5737

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is no longer extant; destroyed.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on August 02, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 26 ranks. 1,512 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 24 stops. 28 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Exposed pipes or case front visible in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Built by C. E. Morey
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 24
  • Registers: 28
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • 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 with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat radiating pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Scot Huntington on September 20, 2020.
Scot Huntington on September 20, 2020:

The following information comes from an internet history of the parish:

The congregation of French-Canadians formed in 1887, and the large brick structure on Forest Avenue was completed in 1899, with the Morey instrument following four years later. It was dedicated June 28, 1903 by Mrs. Arthur Thouin, organist, in a "grand concert" of the "Seven Last Words of Christ" by Dubois. When heard at the 1967 convention the organ was the largest extant tracker remaining from Morey's workshop, but although it had been allowed to deteriorate through neglect, it was still usable. In 1974, rather than spending money to refurbish the Morey, a parishioner donated a Wicks unit organ, which in keeping with Vatican reforms of the day, was located in front near the altar, and the choir was moved to the front as well. In 1977 the church affairs were consolidated under the pastorate of St. Rita's and was known thereafter as St. Rita's-Sacred Heart.

In 1986, under a new priest regime, the Wicks organ and choir were moved to the gallery and the Wicks material was installed behind the still-extant Morey pipe fence of gilded Diapason basses by a local "organ club". In the years since the Morey sat unused, it was heavily vandalized with most of the Great pipework either removed or ruined.

The church closed for good in June, 2009.

The organ was demonstrated during the 1967 convention by member Thomas Finch playing a Dupre Antiphon and three movements from Couperin's Mass of the Convents.

We received the most recent update for this note from Scot Huntington on September 20, 2020.
Database Manager on April 19, 2015:

Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- The organ was demonstrated by member Tom Finch at the 12th Annual O.H.S. convention, 1967.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on January 26, 2013:

Updated through online information from Edwin H Myers Jr. -- When we (Rosenberry & Myers Organbuilders) visited the church in May 2000, the organ case existed and a 1974 Wicks Forward 4 had been placed on the old windchests behind the Morey facade in the gallery. The Wicks console was located in the front. No sign of any Morey pipes.

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 1967.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Very damaged. 'Great pipework is ruined and two stops were stolen from the Swell. Church listed for 1974 Wicks.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
1967 OHS Capital District Convention Handbook: Open In New Tab Originally published June 1967
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on August 02, 2021.

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