First Presbyterian / Whitesboro Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1 Elm St.
Whitesboro, NY
Images
ca. 1980's - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Jim Dimbleby via Whitesboro Presbyterian Facebook page in 2014, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1980's - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Jim Dimbleby via Whitesboro Presbyterian Facebook page in 2014, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1980's - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Jim Dimbleby via Whitesboro Presbyterian Facebook page in 2014, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2017-04-02 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page; submitted by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- 2 manuals
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 25 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1981. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - From Sayre Memorial Presbyterian, Utica, NY. Restored by Mowers and Hull 1981. -Database Manager
2007-12-18 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Best. -- Organ is in first rate original condition, including hand pumped winding system. Used for weekly worship. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Personal notes from Scot L. Huntington Date not recorded
Whitesboro, New York
Whitesboro Presbyterian Church
John Gale Marklove, No. 139, 1883 Compasses: 58/25
GREAT
8' Open Diapason Scale 44, spotted metal; 1-12 zinc in the façade
8' Melodia Fully stopped 1-18, bored stoppers 19-24,
remainder open wood with inverted mouths
8' Dulciana Sc. 53, spotted metal; 1-12 zinc, 3-12 in the façade
4' Principal Sc. 59, spotted metal; 1-5 zinc
4' Flute Stopped wood 1-12, then common metal chimney flute
21 open metal trebles
2 2/3' Twelfth Sc. 70, spotted metal
2' Fifteenth Sc. 72, spotted metal
8' Clarionet From c13, cylindrical, spotted metal resonators,
9 open metal trebles
SWELL (Expressive)
8' Open Diapason Sc. 46, spotted metal; 1-12 stopped wood
8' Stopped Diapason From c13, tenor octave stopped wood, then
common metal chimney flute with larger
chimneys than Gr. 4' Flute
8' Keraulophon From c13, cylindrical spotted metal, keyhole
tuning slots
8' St. Diap. Bass 1-12 stopped wood
8' Vox Celeste Spurious, from c13. Replaced full compass
1915 Morey 8' Aeoline
4' Octave Sc. 62, spotted metal, 1-5 zinc, pipes marked
"Violin"
2' Piccolo Sc. 70, tapered spotted metal
8' Hautboy 1-12 free reeds with tapered wooden
resonators, originally on separate 8'
Bassoon" knob, now used for Celeste.
Remainder replaced by Morey with a keen
string in 1915; itself replaced 1980 by
recycled pipework: typical Oboe construc-
tion with 9 open flue trebles
Tremolo 1915 Morey, beater unit replacing original
Marklove bellows tremulant
PEDAL
16' Bourdon Spurious pipework from several sources,
probably 1915; Replaced original 16'
Double Open Diapason
16' Gedeckt Spurious 1915 pipework; replaced original
8' Violoncello likely a Bell Gamba like
No. 128 formerly in New York Mills,
destroyed by Berkshire Organ Co. when
moved and rebuilt beyond recognition.
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Great
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal
NOTES
From Sayre Memorial Presbyterian, Utica, New York to replace
original Whitesboro organ destroyed by fire in 1979 (Marklove
No. 121). Slightly altered C.E. Morey 1915. Moved and refur-
bished by Cullie Mowers, 1980.
[Received from Scot Huntington 2015-11-11.]
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