She learned that the company records about Opus #2882 still existed. “Because I’m an archivist, I had a suspicion that the Brattleboro Historical Society might have the information,” she said. Her search led her to the town where the Seventh Avenue pipe organ, and thousands of others, were built. Mary Morganti, a professional archivist and member of the Seventh Avenue congregation, volunteered to do the detective work for the church to track down information about the once-mighty organ. One year later, the assembly work on Estey Opus #2886 was completed, and it was dedicated on April 27, 1930.Īt its dedication ceremony, the church elders said they hoped that the organ would enrich the church’s music ministry to “cheer the hearts, and to kindle holy purpose.”īut the passing years took their toll on the organ and, nearly nine decades after it was built, it is in need of a thorough refurbishing. BRATTLEBORO-When the Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church in San Francisco built a new sanctuary in 1928, the church signed a contract the next year with the Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro to build one.
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