

Repurposed Organs
The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Aptos, CA

On April 22, 2018, the Hook-Rosales organ played its last notes at First Presbyterian Church in Marysville, CA, after decades of music. A few months later, we disassembled organ, carefully removing each piece and pipe, and transported it to Aptos, CA. After a few weeks of reassembly, it now beautifully adorns The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist.
United Church of Christ, Cloverdale, CA

In spring 2003, Janice Hawthorne Timm, Minister of Music, hired Hupalo & Repasky Pipe Organs to rebuild and expand a nine-stop tracker organ originally built by Thomas W. Whalley in 1904. Few of Whalley's organs remain, with one example in the First Congregational Church of Alameda, where Mr. Hupalo restored the pipes. The restoration included new vertical grain Douglas Fir sides and the addition of an 8' Oboe.
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​The floor was leveled and raised for a proper organ base, and the hand-pumping mechanism was restored for use during power failures. The Whalley is now fully restored and ready for its second century of music and inspiration.