The Sidney church had the organ rebuilt on electric chests in deep chambers in the early 1960s, and was not successful. They finally replaced the organ with an electronic imitation and sold the Beman to Oneonta United Methodist for use in their large fellowship hall. All the Beman pipework was reused. The Great pipes were placed on a new unit chest, while the Swell was located in a chamber with new electric magnets fitted to the original slider-chest toeboards. When fuel is expensive, the congregation holds winter services in the Fellowship Hall using the organ, but in recent years with low fuel prices, and the past year in Covid lockdown, the Fellowship Hall has not been used for services and the organ has gone unused for several years.

Relocating misplaced notes -

Database Manager on October 19, 2005:
On-line update from John Jurgensen -- Rebuilt by Sid Chase, Worcester, NY. Gt is open & exposed. We used to close the Sanctuary down in the winter and hold services in Fellowship Hall due to heating costs.

Database Manager on October 19, 2005:
On-line update from John Jurgensen -- Rebuilt 1983, Chase Organ Co., Worcester, NY. Swell chamber located in old projection booth. Great/Pedal open and exposed. Organ originally located at United Methodist Church, Sidney, NY, until 1983.
We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner (theorganman@hotmail.com) on April 06, 2021.

Identified through on-line information from John Jurgensen. -- This particular instrument is, indeed, a Frank Beaman, built for the Methodist Church in Sidney, NY. It remained there until we purchased it in 1983. Rebuilt by Sidney Chase.