Better Pipe Organ Database

Unknown Builder (1905 ca.)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
Terra Alta, WV

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

Images

ca. 2019 - Keydesk and bench (Photograph by Photo courtesy of Taylor & Boody, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2019 - Lower casework and keydesk (as stored) (Photograph by Photo courtesy of Taylor & Boody, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2019 - Upper casework (as stored) (Photograph by Photo courtesy of Taylor & Boody, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2019 - Organ case and keydesk (as stored) (Photograph by Photo courtesy of Taylor & Boody, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1910 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
9 stops
9 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 54 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - From somewhere in Virginia (maybe what is now WV); via Cumberland (MD?). Installed here 3rd hand in 1905. -Database Manager

2021-08-12 - The organ contains a note from Baltimore organ technician J. Edward Shad that states he rebuilt it in 1905. David Storey dismantled and restored the whole organ in 1995. The church closed in 2020 and the organ was removed to storage. -David Storey

2021-08-17 - The organ was removed and stored by Taylor & Boody of Staunton, VA. in March, 2019. It was made avaible for free via Facebook *Pipe Organ Garage Sale* in August, 2021. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Taken from console and from examination of pipes 1995

First Presbyterian
Terra Alta, WV
Thomas Hall (1845ca.)
Unknown Builder, ca. 1905 - Installation here


MANUAL (Expressive - 54 notes)
8'     Open Diapason        54 
8'     Stopt Diapason       54
8'     Gamba          (TF)  37
8'     Dulciana       (TF)  37
4'     Principal            54
4'     Flute                54
2-2/3' Twelfth              54
2'     Fifteenth            54

       PEDAL  18 notes
16'    Subbass              18

COUPLERS 
Great + Pedal

ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Balanced Swell Pedal
All under expression