Saint Dominic Parish
Shortsville & Manchester, New York
Diocese of Rochester
PICTURES
OF OUR OLD AND NEW PIPE ORGANS
Our old pipe organ was built in 1911. It was purchased in 1925 from the
Congregational Church in Clifton Springs by Father John Ganey, (1885-1946) the
third pastor of Saint Dominic Church.
The Congregational Church had closed. Its organ was a “tracker” organ,
which worked with mechanical rods connecting the keys to the pipes.
Father Ganey had the organ electrified by
Arthur Kohl, a well-known organ builder of that time. Mr. Kohl specialized in
building new organs out of old parts. The electrification gave the organ a
console separate from the pipe case and connected by hundreds of wires. The
organ was dedicated on the Sunday after Easter April 19, 1925 by Father John
Ganey.
The organ was remanufactured and
reinstalled April 21-26, 2003 and dedicated on the Sunday after Easter April
27, 2003 by Bishop Matthew H. Clark.
The new organ has 719 pipes, with 304 from
the old organ and 415 new pipes. The organ case is new and the wooden shell of
the console was reused and fitted with two new keyboards and control
mechanisms.
The project was approved unanimously by
the Parish Council on Mother's Day, May 13, 2001.
The cost of this project by Parsons Organ Builders of Canandaigua was $96,000.
The first picture below shows the old organ hiding the four choir windows over
the front door of the church.
These became visible when the old organ was removed in October 2002. The 1925
console is at the right.
The four towers remained at Parsons Organ
Builders. They were returned to the parish in 2006, restored and used to build
the Eucharistic Tower in the Sanctuary. The four electric candles were restored
and lighted at the Dedication by Bishop Clark.
The
plaque honoring the late Alice Boardman (1904-1993) can be seen to the right of
the
organ case. In April 2003, It was moved to a prominent location central to the
loft.
Mrs.
Boardman served for fifty-nine years as our organist. (1932-1991)
On
Saturday 26 March 2005, just before the Easter Vigil,
fourteen
of the nineteen quatrefoils of the old organ were
mounted
above the front doors of church with stained glass attached.
The
above two photos were taken by day inside and night outside.
OLD ORGAN: September 29, 2002 5:00 P.M.
The
clock was given to the parish by David and Barbara Bush
and
installed at Easter, 2002. It was moved
to the front of the
choir
loft after the removal of the old organ in October, 2002.
NEW
ORGAN: April 26, 2003 5:00 P.M.
This
is the first “official portrait” taken of the
new organ
just after its installation was completed.
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The
following eight computer-assisted designs (CAD) were presented to the parish on
Friday
April 27, 2001 to show what the remanufactured organ would look like when
completed.
This date was exactly two years before the dedication of the
organ.
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Saint Dominic Parish
Shortsville & Manchester, New York
Diocese of Rochester