Unknown Builder
1905

In 1905, Calvary Church acquired a secondhand Johnson & Son organ, Opus 415, 1874, built originally for Christ Church, Episcopal, Harlem, Illinois (although it is listed on the firm's opus list as Oak Park, adjacent to Harlem, now part of River Forest). A history relates: "Many who are schooled in music have commented on the quality of the organ and this is explained by the circumstance that Dudley Buck, famous both as organist and composer of church music, was a close friend of Mr. Quick [then the rector], and as a favor to him personally supervised the construction of the instrument." UnfortunatelY, this lovely organ burned in the 1966 fire. Alan Laufman recorded the stoplist of this instrument in 1959.
Source: "The Organs of the Upper Hudson Valley", Alan M. Laufman and Stephen L. Pinel, The Tracker, 41:3 (1997) 22.

On Johnson list at Episcopal Church, Oak Park, IL Obtained by the Burnt Hills church from Christ Episcopal Church, Harlem, IL, [Lake Street and Bonnie Brae (modern names), River Forest] Tthe organ was presented c. 1898 to this church after Christ Church merged with the Oak Park church to form Grace Episcopal. [That building later used by 1st Christian Science.] Burned in a 1966 fire. Replaced by a relocated Tallman, using two Johnson ranks.