Paul R. Marchesano on August 22nd, 2023:
The church in which this organ is installed was built in 1883 and hence the organ is presumably later than that. The case bears this out since it has no wood in it, only one large flat of Great Diapason pipes and two enormous towers of the lowest Pedal Violin Diapason pipes. The stop knobs are round, non-tilted; the shanks are square, and the stops are grouped in Marklove's unique stop-jambs, projecting on each side. Lettering is in one color, fancy German type. The S-P and G-P couplers are operated by a pneumatic action controlled by the buttons, all of which are located between the Swe11 and Great manuals. All other couplers are as usual. The Great chorus is good and well balanced, but a mixture is really needed. The Double Dulciana is excellent -- a fine foundation stop, but not muddy. The Flauto d'amor [sic] is softer than the usual Melodia. The Swell has an excellent chorus of less force than the Great. The Hautboy is quite large. The Bassoon is of free reeds with wood feet and resonators -- real Bassoon character, but hardly a match for the Hautboy. The Solo has no real ensemble, but several nice voices and an elegant Clarionet. The Unda Maris has only one rank but has a beat. All of the pedal stops but the Violin Diapason are on a slider chest at the rear of the organ. The Aoline is of free reeds with wood feet and resonators, very fine character, but only medium loudness. The Violin Diapason has two separate chests at the front on each side and the lowest are tubed off to the case. These are ventil chests and the action to them runs off from the main pedal trackers, at right angles by means of short vertical rollers with arms at right angles. The reservoir is tremendous and is located in its own room under the center platform at the front of the church, the organ being on the left. The extra slider at the rear of the Great chest seems to have been provided with the intent of adding a Trumpet, but there shalots removed, and the remainder dumped into a rear corner. The Eoline has been disconnected, but little work appears necessary to put it into good tune. Otherwise, the pipe work is in good condition. Since all pipes are slot tuned, there is no evidence of top crumpling by poor tuners. There is some worn out leather in the action linkage, but there is only one note that does not work, this due to a break inside the Great chest, and the pallet box cover is screwed on. Tonally, there is much of excellence in this organ. It's individual voices are almost all very fine and the blend is excellent. There are numerous fine combinations of various kinds, but the entire ensemble is weak. It needs the missing Clarion and perhaps a Trumpet on the Great (or a good Mixture). -- *The Tracker*, 1:2, p6

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Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Existed in 1957. Compass 58/27. 1 rank (Clarion) missing.