Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 228 (1909)

First Presbyterian Church
Penn Yan, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Rotograph Postcard; image courtesy of William Dunklin (ca. 1910/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and Organ Facade (Postcard ca. 1910, courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Postcard ca. 1930, courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical

Notes

2004-12-21 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 20, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2011-04-15 - Updated through on-line information from Richard Johnson. -- This organ replaced an organ of similar size built in 1880 by Wm. King and sons of Elmira NY. On July 9, 1908, the King organ was destroyed by a fire which Mr. King himself set while using a candle for illumination to evaluate the organ for needed repairs. ... On April 17, 1957, the organ and church were totally destroyed by fire, this one of unknown origin. -Database Manager

Websites

Organs of the First Presbyterian Church, Penn Yan, NY - Photographs, description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#47849†* - Wm. King (& Son) (1880)