Moller retained only two ranks of pipes from the original Roosevelt, and supplied entirely new structure, winding, console, and pipework for its opus 11615. Moller firm of Hagerstown, Maryland, was commissioned to build a new instrument for the church. The reconstructed instrument, however, grew unreliable and in 1983 the M.P. What the instrument lacked in completeness, it gained from the remarkable and exemplary acoustics of the building and the newly unencumbered location from which it spoke. The rear balcony became the new location for the three manual instrument, which had been constructed from spare pipework from the discarded Roosevelt and surplus mechanical parts. Shone, undertook the assembly of an instrument himself. Therefore, the parish organist, Robert C. Unfortunately, funds for the organ were scarce. By the 1960s the Roosevelt instrument required substantial restoration. Soon thereafter the prestigious firm of Roosevelt installed a mechanical action organ in what is now the Lady Chapel, the side altar on the Gospel side of the sanctuary. The Church of the Ascension (founded 1845) completed construction of the current building in late 1875.
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