Project 47
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Canandaigua, New York
2017
27 Ranks – 2 Manuals & Pedal
Electro-mechanical Action
Remanufacture
1908 A.B. Flegemaker/1985 Delaware
The rebuild of the instrument at St. John’s Episcopal occurred in two phases between 2015 and 2017. The first phase involved replacing the failing console and supplying a new digital control system. The new system is neatly housed and greatly simplifies troubleshooting in addition to bringing the organ into compliance with the National Electric Code (NEC). The new console provides the organist with a multitude of modern conveniences in an elegant package that aesthetically integrates into the room.
The tonal phase of this project included not only regulation and some select revoicing, but also new reed stops with improved tuning stability and grandeur of tone. In addition, the winding system was replaced with a wedge bellows for the manual divisions to support the tonal revisions. Wind stabilizers are provided to smooth out unsteadiness, while the wedge bellows provides a living quality to the instrument. Service access was also improved throughout the instrument to allow the organ to serve faithfully for generations to come. As a final touch, the lower casework panels were modified with metal grills to allow better service access and tonal egress.
