Cole & Treat
ca. 1909

Notes on the instrument from Eric Anderson who played at this church in the 1990's: "Church walls from 1840s only thing left after 1908 Chelsea fire. I played there for several years. Cole and Treat was rebuilt and enlarged by Welte-Whalon (Ray Whalon). Lots of old pipes. Jeremy Adams re-leathered reservoirs ca. 2000. [Smaller 2/10ish Woodbury tracker (one chest/2 roller boards ) in lower church with pneumatic pedal.]

"Cole was tubular, Whalon electrified with. New console in 60's"

"Worked great when I was there late 1990's. Huge 16 pedal reed, full great through mix and trumpet. About 25/30 ranks."

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ at St. Rose as I saw it in April 1988 was housed in a large case in the rear gallery of the room. The stoplist was clearly not turn-of-the-century, though the Welte-Whalon Organ Co, Newport, RI. nameplate was present at the console. The organ was 23 independent registers, 30 speaking stops, 32 ranks, and 1,761 pipes: Gt: 16,8,8,8,8,4,4,2-2/3,2,IV. Sw: 8,8,8,4,4,2,II Ses.,III PJ,8. Ped: 16,16,16,16,8,8,8,4,4,IV,16. The rector was Fr. William Sharkey and the organist was Dan Ryan.

Rebuilt by Welte-Whalon, date unknown. (Information from William Catanesye in 2005.)