Very interesting. Bob Moody from Staunton who raised the question initially
tracked it down to the Brooklyn Academy of Music where it was installed
after the Jamestown Exposition. He even had a picture, and it was HUGE!!!!!
Maybe part of it went to that Norfolk church and part to Brooklyn.
I have a copy of THE MARCH OF THE POWHATANN GUARDS that the official
organist wrote for the exposition, and I can just hear him pulling out all
the stops. It is not a march but a real concert piece. Band version
available on the JAMESTOWN JUBILEE CD recorded for the 2007 JTown
celebration by the Wind Ensemble at Lehigh University.
Randy Cabell - The Trumpeter of Jamestown
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Pearce" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:12 PM
Subject: [VA-HIST] partial answer re Jamestown organ
Colleagues, when Brent posted his inquiry about the Jamestown exposition
organ some days ago, I forwarded it to John Vreeland, Director of Music
Ministries at St. George's Episcopal here in Fredericksburg, who has done
some nifty research aand come up with this information:
John,
A partial answer:
Austin Opus 182, 3 manuals and pedal 31 stops. Installed in the First
Presbyterian Church in Norfolk after the exposition. Research on the Church
web site shows that the congregation moved to a new sanctuary in 1912. It
is likely that the Austin organ went along. The current organ, 4 manuals
and 70 ranks, dedicated in 1993, is by J. W. Walker and sons, an English
firm. No mention of the Austin organ can be found on the church web site,
but a call to the current organist, Dr. Jean Thiel, might be helpful.
First Presbyterian Church
820 Colonial Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23507
Phone: (757) 625-1697
Fax: (757) 625-1288
Office Hours:
8:00a.m. - 5:00pm
Monday - Frida
Again, this information is from John Vreeland--I'm just the lucky conduit.
John
John Pearce
Director, James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library
University Liaison for the Enchanted Castle Site at Germanna
University of Mary Washington
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