Who's Who at Andover

Matthew Bellocchio
Matthew is no stranger to the organbuilding world, having spent 25 years at Roche Organ Company in Taunton MA, 3 years in Portland, Oregon with Marceau & Associates and Bond Organ Company, and 2 years as Project Manager with Parson Pipe Organs in Canandaigua, NY. Matthew is Chairman of the Education Committee of the American Institute of Organ Builders, where he is a charter member and earned his Fellow Certificate. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Francis College, studied architecture at the Pratt Institute and has served as a church organist in New York and Massachusetts. His studies of historic architecture and organs in America, England, Europe and Mexico have informed the designs of new instruments in a variety of period styles. He has lectured on organ case design at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the American Institute of Organbuilders, and the Organ Historical Society. At Andover he is a Team Leader in new organs, rebuilds and restoration as well as designer.

Anne J. Doré
Anne Doré came to Andover in 1983 as secretary. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Southern New Hampshire University. Now Office Manager, she is responsible for HR, bookkeeping, payroll and computer systems. She and her husband have two grown daughters.

Michael W. Eaton
Michael came to work at Andover in 1991. Specializing in windchests and mechanical key actions, he also leads one of the shop’s tuning and maintenance teams. Michael also serves on the shop’s Board of Directors as our clerk. He graduated from the New England Conservatory with a degree in Organ Performance. Michael has served as a church musician for 25 years, currently as Director of Music and Organist at Church Hill United Methodist Church in Norwell, MA. Michael lives in Weymouth, MA with his wife Katherine and daughter Mary.

Donald Glover
Don joined Andover Organ Co. in 2004 as a voicer specializing in reeds. Prior to this, he worked as a voicer for the Reuter Organ Co. of Lawrence, Kansas, as well as teaching choral music in his native Texas. Don has also served many churches as organist/choral director, most recently Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Topeka, Kansas. Since moving to the Northeast, he has retired from regular church work and is enjoying substituting in several area churches and simply being a "congregant." He and his partner live in Salem, MA.

Lisa Lucius
Lisa joined us as our secretary in January 2002. She is the voice on the other end of the phone when you call us. Lisa grew up in Brattleboro, Vermont, home of the Estey Organ Company. She has been a flutist for twenty-one years and is currently a member of the Merrimack Valley Flute Choir and the Lexington (MA) Bicentennial Band. She also enjoys singing alto in her church choir. Lisa and her husband Matt live in Nashua, NH.

Benjamin G. Mague
After a 4 1/2 year stint in the U.S. Navy as a Chaplain’s Yeoman, Mague came to Andover in 1975. Prior to that he received a Master of Music degree in organ from the University of Wisconsin, where he also did a survey of contemporary North American tracker organ builders. He holds a B.A. in Music from Colby College, with a specialty in organ. Ben is treasurer of Andover Organ Company. He is experienced in almost every facet of organ building and leads with quiet competence. He is also Minister of Music at The First Congregational Church, UCC, in Milford, New Hampshire. He and his wife Kathy have three grown children.

Tony Miscio
Tony is a recent addition to our family. He previously worked for Richards, Fowkes & Co in TN, where he began his career in organbuilding in 2000. He and his wife, Susan, relocated to Massachusetts from Chattanooga, TN and he is glad to be on parole from the south. His hobbies include woodcarving (which we are making good use of), and playing with sharp objects.

Felicia Morlock
Fay started with Andover as a summer intern in 1979, the last summer the company was in the old shop building. As an organ student at Duke University, she thought it would enhance her work to know more about the instrument. She worked for Andover again during the summer in 1980, and after receiving her B.A. in Music, became a full-time employee in 1981. In 1989 Morlock was promoted to maintenance coordinator. In this position she oversees 600 service calls a year. She is an accomplished organ builder and in the shop she has worked in the following areas: pre-voicing pipes; repairing wooden and metal pipes; and restoration work on windchests, cases, reservoirs, wind systems, key action, and pedal coupler action. She and her husband, John, have two sons.

John Morlock
John began working for Andover in 1976. He had previously worked for organ builders G.W.F. Hunt, Charles Hendrickson, and Bozeman-Gibson. Before coming to Andover, Morlock had learned to solder pipes, a skill useful to the Andover firm. During his first years with Andover, Morlock gained experience by working in various areas of production. A virtual encyclopedia of organ information, Morlock now shares the position of co-tonal director with Bob Newton. He also leads a maintenance team, responsible for the Southern trips each fall, as well as caring for organs closer to home. He is infamous for his far-fetched puns.

Robert C. Newton
Bob, a Vermont native, was a mathematics major at the University of Vermont. He is presently a part owner of the company, and as director of the old organ department has been in charge of the restoration of several large and important organs, including the 1866 E.&G.G. Hook at Old South Church in Newburyport, MA, and the 1852 E & G.G. Hook at the Unitarian Church in Bridgewater, MA. He is a nationally-recognized authority on E.&G.G. Hook and Hook and Hastings organs. He has served as a member of the National Council of the Organ Historical Society and has served the OHS on several convention committees. His home is a renovated church in Methuen, MA, where he has collected many antiques and musical instruments.

Donald H. Olson
Olson, an avid organic gardener and fan of Wagnerian opera, has been the artist behind Andover's case designs for many years. A native of Osceola, Wisconsin, he earned a Bachelor of Music from St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, studying organ with Raymond C. Boese and David N. Johnson. He has been associated with Andover since 1962. His apprenticeship with Andover was followed by three years in the US Army Military Intelligence. After his return to the company, he was made Director of the Old Organ Department and later took on the job of Executive Vice President and General Manager. His primary responsibilities have included sales and marketing, visual design, general management, estimating and staff supervision.

Don is a charter member of the American Institute of Organbuilders and past secretary for that organization. He chaired the AIO Convention in Boston in October 2001. A past dean of the Merrimack Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Don has lectured at several of its conventions. He has given organ concerts throughout the East Coast including three appearances at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall, and served 31 years as a church organist. He also served as general manager for the Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, in which he was a bassoonist for 26 years. He is currently a volunteer at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, Maine.

Robert J. Reich
Bob received a Master's degree in engineering from Yale in 1953, then taught until 1956. He came to work for Andover that year, and his job description was "helper." We recently celebrated his 50th anniversary. When asked how he started organ building, Bob said that there were no schools where you could go and learn to build organs in this country. He observed that businessmen were building organs and making profits even if they did not know anything about tonal design. As an organist, Bob thought it would be nice to know about tonal structures. Since coming to work with Andover, Bob has held various jobs. When he and Leo Constantineau bought the company from Charles Fisk in 1960, he became partner and treasurer. Bob soon became tonal director, and was elected company president in 1975, continuing as president and tonal director until 1999 when he semi-retired. Bob still maintains an active work schedule at Andover, but is not involved in the day-to-day operational decisions. Among other things, he maintained a section of the trail in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and he volunteers at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine. He is organist at Pinewood Lutheran, Burlington MA.

Jonathan Ross
Jon joined us in January 2003 as an apprentice organbuilder. He has had a fascination with musical instruments since early childhood. After attending Tufts University where he majored in Ancient History, Jon decided that he wanted to focus once again on music. He became very active in the harmonica community, learning to repair and work on the mouth organ while forming a close association with some of the best technicians in that field. This encouraged him to consider making musical instruments and to take the leap from the humble mouth organ to the grand pipe organ: the 'King of Instruments.' For Jon, working on the many historic 19th century organs Andover maintains and restores has been especially rewarding as it incorporates his two great passions of history and music. Jon is primarily serving in pipe and voicing areas, repairing old pipes and preparing new ones.

Craig A. Seaman
Craig came to Andover in 1994, shortly after receiving a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering from Boston University. He also brought industrial experience in electronic assembly and design. At Andover, he specializes in electrical systems design and wiring, and is a maintenance supervisor, among other duties. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College, and is Organist/Choir Master at Tewksbury (MA) Congregational Church.

David Zarges
In 2000, Andover was lucky enough to acquire David’s services. Prior to coming to Andover, David had worked 10 years for Bozeman Organ Co. A consummate craftsman, his experience was largely in casework, windchests and wood pipe construction. He continues to have the same responsibilities at Andover. Originally trained as a pattern maker for ferrous metal casting, he turned to organ building when many U.S. foundries went out of business in the face of foreign competition and computerized pattern making. As an avocation, Zarges enjoys woodcarving.