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New pipe organ signals rebirth for Episcopal parish after fire, flood and ‘plague’
The $2.5 million handcrafted pipe organ symbolizes the culmination of a $70 million church relocation and rebuild, aiming to enhance worship and community ties, with 60-80 attendees weekly.
- On Jan. 6, the organ arrived from Utah at Church of the Epiphany, with voicing nearing completion and a blessing scheduled by the bishop of New York.
- After space limits in 2018, the nearly 200-year-old parish faced flood, fire and pandemic during a $70 million relocation to the former Jan Hus Presbyterian Church one block west.
- After being disassembled, the organ was loaded into tractor-trailers for shipment to New York, where parishioners and organ builders hoisted pipes and lifted the 600-pound organ console into the sanctuary.
- Leaders say the $2.5 million organ will anchor the itinerant congregation, host recitals and unconventional events, and support outreach like Wednesday dinners, Rev. Matthew Dayton-Welch said.
- The congregation paid $2.5 million for the organ, while Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America note strong demand despite declining attendance.
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New pipe organ signals rebirth for Episcopal parish after fire, flood and ‘plague’
NEW YORK (RNS) — The organ arrived from Utah on a warm August morning. Greeted by holy water, incense and slide whistles, it came in a 53-foot-long truck that was double-parked on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
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