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Andover Organ Co. Opus R-285 (1989)

St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic
1001 Woods Rd.
Solvay, NY

OHS convention: 2014

Images

2013-10-10 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

1989-09-26 - Facade (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-09-26 - Keydesk during reassembly (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-09-26 - Assembled keydesk (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-09-26 - Great pipework (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-09-26 - Inside of Swellbox with Violin Diapason (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-09-26 - Swell stop traces and Pedal Open Diapason (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2007-06-02 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Mechanical restoration of 1872 J.H. Willcox & Co. organ (Op. 23). Great 8' Gamba, which was a replacement of the original II Mixture, was itself replaced with an 8' Trumpet. -Database Manager

2015-08-10 - Updated through online information from Rev. Joseph Clemente. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist courtesy of the Organ Historical Society Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Solvay, New York
    St. Cecilia's R. C. Church

    J.H. Willcox & Co.   Op. 23      1872
    Andover Organ Co.    Op. R-285   1989
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    GREAT                   SWELL                       PEDAL
16' Bourdon       61     8' Violin Diapason  61     16' Open Diapason 27
 8' Open Diapason 61     8' Keraulophone     61     16' Bourdon       27
 8' Melodia       61     8' Stopped Diapason 61
 8' Dolcissimo    61     4' Flute Harmonique 61         Bellows Signal
 4' Octave        61     4' Violin           61
 2' Fifteenth     61     8' Bassoon          12
 8' Trumpet       61     8' Oboe          tc 49

    COUPLERS (knobs to left under Swell stopknobs)
    Great to Pedal
    Swell to Pedal
    Great to Swell [sic]

   [Received from Jeff Scofield July 20, 2014]

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