ca. 1905 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage Postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Unknown - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph from a church scrapbook (1927); image courtesy of Peter DuBois/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - Choir and part of Gt. enclosed in 2nd swell box. Rebuilt by Buhl, then replaced in 1951. -Database Manager
Annotations from the Viner Ledgerbook, p. 78, in the American Organ Archives Source: Democrat and Chronical; May 12, 1893, page 12 1893
Rochester, New York Third Presbyterian Church Wm. Johnson & Son, Op. 790, 1893 [Annotations from the Viner ledger in brackets] [Compasses: 61/30] [Barker machine to Great and its couplers] [Great upperwork enclosed with Choir] [Cost $8,500] Great: 16 Double Open Diapason [Scale 48 @ 8'C] 8 Open Diapason [sc. 43] 8 Spitzflöte [2 cap'd] 8 Viola da Gamba [sc. 55, 2 cap'd] 8 Doppelflöte 8 Dolce [sc. 56, 5 cap'd] 4 Octave [sc. 56] 4 Flauto Traverso 2 2/3 Twelfth [sc. 63] 2 Fifteenth [sc. 68] IV Mixture [sc. 68] 8 Trumpet 4 Clarion Swell [enclosed] 16 Bourdon [t.c. sc. #1] 16 Bourdon Bass [1-12 sc. #1] 8 Open Diapason [sc. 46] 8 Salicional [sc. 56, 7 cap'd] 8 Æoline [sc. 58, 7 cap'd] 8 Voix Celeste [sc. 58, 12 borrowed] 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Quintadena 4 Flute Harmonique 4 Violin [sc. 68] 4 Gemshorn 2 Flautino [sc. 68] III Cornet Dolce [sc. 78] 16 Contra Fagotto 8 Cornopean 8 Oboe & Bassoon 8 Vox Humana Choir [enclosed] 8 Geigen Principal [sc. 50, 7 cap'd] 8 Dulciana [sc. 56] 8 Melodia 4 Fugara [sc. 64] 4 Flute d'Amour 2 Piccolo [sc. 68] 8 Clarinet Pedal 32 Quintatön [sc. 15", 4" wind] 16 Double Open Diapason [sc. 15', 4" wind] 16 Dulciana [sc. 10", 4" wind] 16 Bourdon [sc. 8', 3" wind] 8 Violoncello [sc. 53, 3" wind] 8 Floete [3" wind] 16 Trombone [4" wind] No couplers and accessories are listed, but Johnson would typical include the following in a large organ of this size: Great Organ Separation Swell to Great Choir to Great Swell to Choir Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Choir to Pedal Swell Tremulant Choir Tremulant Pedal Check Bellows Signal [although an organ of this size would typically have a water motor, none is listed in the Viner ledger and he typically noted such equipment] Three and possibly four combination pedals to the Great, and likely three to the Swell Great to Pedal Reversible [Received from Jim Lewis 2016-03-02.]
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