I bought the Rosetown organ. I still have the keyboards, the stopped wood flute pipes which were by Quinez (except the bottom 12 at 16' pitch), the Oboe pipes which your Dad put in (they were badly damaged when the parishioners moved the organ to another location for storage) and the German Gamba which your Dad put in. I used the reservoir, the bottom octave of the 16' Stopped Flute, the Dolcissimo (which your Dad had put in), the Principal (by Quinez which I rescaled and revoiced into a 2' Fifteenth), and the windchests for Zion Lutheran church. The windchests were rebuilt in some cases, in other cases I threw away everything except the shell and built new actions and rack boards for them. Some of them had been built by your Dad. The blower from that organ is now an exhaust fan for my shop.
 
The ranks in the Zion Lutheran Church organ that came from Rosetown are:
Swell:
8' Dolcissimo
Great:
2' Fifteenth
Pedal:
16' Gedeckt (bottom 12)
Altogether Zion has eight ranks of pipes and nine digital ranks.

Letter from Dr. Howard Hart

Dear Stuart:

I looked for you last night, but didn't see you.

As you probably know Mr. Howatt gave the opening recital of the new organ at St. Theresa's Church Rosetown.

Celia and I, together with two of the Nagles, drove out after supper.  I am enclosing for your edification, a copy of the programme.  You may know something of this set-up, but in case you don't, Father Provost planned to get a Casavant unit organ, when somebody suggested to get a Quinez organ built in Quebec by former Casavant men for Thirty Five Hundred Dollars ($3500.00), a saving of about $1500.00.

You should really see and hear this organ, as it looks as if it had been put together by the janitors. They certainly have been sold down the river and are just beginning to realize it. It is a two rank open and Stop Diapason unified to the nth degree.  I think that you are in a good position to try and help them correct their mistake.  I thought Mr. Howatt did exceptionally well considering what he had to work with.

Mr. Howatt spent all afternoon before the recital getting the shavings out of the pipes and trying to improve the regulation.  The case has apparently been given just one coat of varnish and has not even been rubbed down.

I had a letter from Bill Legge the other day, saying that the chimes are ready but the striking action was not yet complete, and I will phone you as soon as this equipment arrives in Indian Head.

Hoping to hear from you soon, I am,

Yours organically,

Howard