1918 Postmark - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Vintage postcard, courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)
1918 Postmark - Organ case/facade in front (Vintage postcard [cropped], courtesy of James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Second hand in 1891 building. [Probably not Op. 179.] Altered. -Database Manager
2023-04-25 - The organ there now, built by Steere & Turner about 1883, is clearly second-hand. Although the original home of the organ is not known, there is one rather obvious possibility on the Steere list. Opus 179, 1883, built for St. Barnabas' Episcopal Mission in Troy, New York, was replaced by the same firm with their Opus 403 1895. According to the Steere ledgers, housed in the OHS American Organ Archives, the former one-manual instrument was taken in trade for an allowance of $300. Although not confirmed, they may be the same instrument. Unfortunately, most of the original stoplabels have been replaced and the organ has had some tonal revisions. The manual compass of CC-c4, 61 notes, is unusual on a small church organ of the period. Its successor at St. Barnabas' Church in Troy, a jewel of a building in a run-down industrial area, shows that J. W. Steere & Son were "keeping up with the times." for the organ has several features considered quite modern at the time. Source: *The Tracker*, Pinel & Laufmann, 41:3 (1997) 18. -Paul R. Marchesano
2024-11-07 - This entry represents the installation of a used organ. -Jim Stettner
FOOT TRUNDLES: Unlabeled Piano & Forte combinations; PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Expression (bal.); ACCESSORIES: Bellows Signal Source: The Tracker, 41:3 (1997) 18
Manuale (CC-c4, 61 notes; expressive) Open Diapason (t.f.) 8 (44 pipes, metal), Open Diap. Bass 8 (17 pipes, zinc & metal, bass in facade), Salicional (t.f.) 8 (44 pipes, metal), Melodia 8 (44 pipes, wood), Bass Melodia 8 (17 pipes, wood), Octave 4 (61 pipes, metal), Viola 4 (17 pipes, metal), Flute d'Amour (treble) 4 (44 pipes, wood & metal), Piccolo 2 (61 pipes, metal), Oboe (treble) 8 (44 pipes, zinc & metal)
Pedale (CCC-D, 27 notes) Ped. Bourdon 16 (27 pipes, wood)
Manuale to Pedale 8 (Manuale to Pedale)
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