Mr Merriman said the savage club members of yesteryear had probably never even thought about wheelchair access and with the club being in a pretty small way putting in a lift was not now financially possible.
The Albert St venue was bought in the 1970s and had at one-time been an auto arts business owned by the late Stan Lane.
Mr Merriman said "savagery was starting to wane" as far as membership is concerned and the Masterton club needed new members.
He said men or women who loved to sing, dance or who could play an instrument were welcome to come along and join.
The club meets once a week for rehearsals, being each Friday from 9am to noon and members "have a lot of fun".
For more than a century the club has either staged concerts or taken part in concerts organised by others, usually for fundraising for town amenities, in any of the Wairarapa towns.
One of the best remembered performers was Henry McLaughlan, who sang country and western - dressed to fit the role - and yodelled. He was the club's president for a year and is remembered especially for his signature tune Shearer's jamboree which he almost inevitably sang at concerts.
