- St. Timothy's
is the only church in Curry County, Oregon with a pipe organ
- Oregon
Diocese Arch Deacon Lincoln Eng found the pipe organ at St. Michael's
Episcopal Church, Newburg, Oregon, in their storage barn. The
original home of the organ had been the Portland YMCA.
- At the
request of Fr. Tom Dement, the organ was restored by Richard Bond
Company of Portland, then shipped to St. Timothy's in Brookings.
- Don Horton's
foreman, Blaine Gribble, rebuilt St. Timothy's organ loft to house the
organ piping. Gribble's work and donation was made in memory of
his beloved wife, Mildred, who had been active in St. Timothy's musical
presentations.
- When the
organ arrived in Brookings, Don Smith and Rich Gilstrap hoisted it into
the choir loft, using block and tackle.
- Tigger
Misener led the congregation's effort to raise funds, retrofit the
organ and loft and install the organ in 1987.
- Gordon and
Honore Miller donated the funds to upgrade the organ in 1990, bringing
the organ to full blower power with glass chimes doors.
- Jason Gravel
of Organ Professionals upgraded the organ by reweighing the bellows to
more pressure, finding, in the process, some of the original packing
paper in some of the piping.
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