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J. W. Steere & Sons (1915)

Yale University - Woolsey Hall: Woolsey Hall
New Haven, CT

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Notes

2006-05-08 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Basis of E. M. Skinner Opus 722 (1928).</i> -Database Manager

2009-07-15 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2018-05-26 - The Newberry Organ as it was rebuilt by Steere was dedicated on Friday evening, February 2, 1917, at a recital by Professor Harry Benjamin Jepson, University Organist. The program was:<br> <br> 1. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in D major<br> &nbsp&nbsp     Choral. "Schmücke dich, O Liebe Seele"<br> 2. Franck, Grande Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17<br> &nbsp&nbsp     Andante serioso, Allegro non troppo e maestoso<br> &nbsp&nbsp     Andante, Allegro, Andante<br> &nbsp&nbsp     Grand Choeur<br> 2. Bariè, Intermezzo<br> &nbsp   Holloway, Duo<br> &nbsp   Gigout, Scherzo<br> &nbsp   Acadelt, Ave Maria<br> &nbsp   Karganoff, Reproche<br> &nbsp   Rebikoff, Feuille d'Album<br> 4. Widor, Fifth Organ Symphony, Op. 42<br>     I. Allegro vivace   II. Allegro cantabile   V. Toccata<br> -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: from <i>Two Centuries of American Organ Building</i> by William H. Barnes and Edward B. Gammons Date not recorded

New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University - Woolsey Hall

J. W. Steere & Sons   1915                        4 manuals, 96 stops, 104 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (10" wind)                 SWELL ORGAN (10" wind)
     16' Diapason                 73         8' Stentorphone             73
      8' Diapason I               73         8' Diapason                 73
      8' Diapason II              73         4' Principal                73
      8' Diapason III             73            Solo Mixture III ranks  219
      8' Diapason IV              73        16' Bourdon          (wood)  73
      4' Octave                   73         8' Tibia Plena      (wood)  73
  2 2/3' Twelfth                  73         8' Flauto Traverso  (wood)  73
      2' Fifteenth                73         8' Gedeckt          (wood)  73
         Mixture V ranks         365         8' Quintadena               73
     16' Bourdon                  73         4' Harmonic Flute           73
      8' Gross Flute      (wood)  73         2' Flautino                 73
      8' Clarabella       (wood)  73        16' Gamba                    73
      8' Doppel Flute     (wood)  73         8' Gamba                    73
      4' Wald Flute       (wood)  73         8' Voix Celestes III ranks 134
      4' Hohlpfeife       (wood)  73              (draws 8' Gamba)
      8' Gamba                    73         8' Salicional               73
      8' Gemshorn                 73         8' Aeoline                  73
      4' Gambette                 73         8' Unda Maris               73
     16' Bass Tuba (So)           --         4' Violina                  73
      8' Tuba (So)                --        16' Posaune                  73
      8' Trumpet                  97         8' Cornopean                73
      4' Clarion                  97         8' Oboe                     73
                                             8' Vox Humana    (5" wind)  61
         CHOIR ORGAN (10" wind)
     16' Dulciana                 73            ORCHESTRAL ORGAN (10" wind)
      8' Diapason                 73         8' Concert Flute    (wood)  73
      8' Dulciana                 73         8' Flute Celeste    (wood)  61
      8' Melodia          (wood)  73         8' Flûte à Cheminée (wood)  73
      8' Gedeckt          (wood)  73         8' Viole d'Orchestre        73
      4' Flute            (wood)  73         8' Viole d'Orchestre #      73
      2' Piccolo Harmonique       73         8' Viole d'Orchestre ##     73
      8' Violoncello      (wood)  73         8' Muted Viole              73
      4' Viola                    73         8' Muted Viole #            73
     16' Fagotto                  73         8' Cor Anglais              61
      8' Clarinet                 61         8' Clarinet                 61
         Tremolo                             8' Orchestral Oboe          61
                                             8' French Horn              61
         SOLO ORGAN (25" wind)
     16' Diapason         (wood)  73              PEDAL ORGAN (10" wind)
      8' Jepson Diapason II rks  146        64' Gravissima (resultant)   --
      8' Dolce                    73        32' Diapason II      (wood)  56
      4' Octave                   73        16' Diapason I               44
      8' Gross Flute      (wood)  73        16' Diapason II   (fr. 32')  --
      8' Tibia Clausa     (wood)  73        16' Dulciana                 32
      4' Hohlpfeife       (wood)  73         8' Diapason I    (fr. 16')  --
      2' Piccolo                  61         8' Diapason II   (fr. 32')  --
     16' Viole                    73         4' Super Octave             32
      8' Gross Gamba              73        32' Bourdon       (ext. Gt)  12
      8' Gross Gamba Celeste      73        16' Bourdon            (Gt)  --
     16' Tuba     (wood & metal)  97        16' Gedeckt            (Sw)  --
      8' Tuba          (fr. 16')  --         8' Bourdon            (Gt)  --
      8' French Trumpet           73         4' Flute            (wood)  32
      4' Tuba          (fr. 16')  --        32' Contra Bass (resultant)  --
      8' Tuba Mirabilis  (w & m)  73        16' Violone                  44
          (unenclosed, 20" wind)            16' Gamba              (Sw)  --
                                             8' Violone       (fr. 16')  --
         ECHO ORGAN (10" wind)               8' Violoncello        (So)  --
      8' Diapason                 73        32' Bombard   (So Tuba Mir)  24
      8' Dulciana                 73        16' Bombard   (So Tuba Mir)  --
      8' Vox Angelica             73        16' Tuba               (So)  --
     16' Bourdon          (wood)  73        16' Fagotto            (Ch)  --
      8' Cor de Nuit      (wood)  73         8' Bombard   (So Tuba Mir)  --
      4' Fernflöte        (wood)  73         8' Tuba               (So)  --
      8' Viole d'Amour            73         4' Tuba               (So)  --
      8' Oboe-Horn                73        
      8' Trumpet                  73            ECHO PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Vox Humana               61        16' Diapason                 44
                                            16' Bourdon (Ec)             --
                                             8' Diapason (fr. 16')       --
                                             8' Bourdon (Ec)             --
                                            

         NOTES:
         Orchestral duplexed on Swell and Choir
         Echo duplexed on Great and Solo
         Chimes playable on Great, Solo, and Pedal
         Harp playable on Swell and Choir
         Orchestral bells playable on Swell and Great


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-05-25]


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