Wednesday, August 17, 2011

FRANK ROOSEVELT'S OP. 421 DAMAGED IN FIRE


FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO A SMALL roof fire at Saint James the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in lower Manhattan caused serious damage to the Frank Roosevelt Opus 421. The essentially unaltered 1889 III/36 organ was awarded the OHS's Historical Citation No. 369 on October 13, 2008, after it had been structurally stabilized and rewinded, returning a portion of it to playing condition.


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The destruction has been documented and insurance procedures initiated, but the future of the instrument and the 1826 building, which garnered landmark status 111 1966, remains uncertain.




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