St. James Parish Church
Montego Bay, Jamaica

1890 Bevington - 2 manual, 13 rank

The restoration of this 2 manual, 13 stop Bevington instrument was completed in 1997. This late 19th Century mechanical action instrument was imported from Soho, London by the British colonists and is constructed entirely of Honduran Mahogany. This species of wood is the only kind that is not part of the wood-eating termite diet. In the early part of this century, the instrument was reinstalled in St. James' Parish Church (Anglican) of Montego Bay. Work included releathering of the bellows and hand pump mechanisms, recovering the keyboards with bone, repacking all stoppers, rebuilding offset and pedal chests, rebuilding all key and stop action, installing new tuning collars, and completing with tuning and regulation.