Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 2422 (1926)

St. Lawrence University: Gunnison Memorial Chapel
20 Romoda Drive
Canton, NY

Images

2014-10-05 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Robert Rusow, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-10-05 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Robert Rusow, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-03-12 - Chamber opening (Estey archive/Paul R. Marchesano)

2003-01-01 - Original console (Estey archive/Paul R. Marchesano)

1920s - Apparently period photo of the console (Estey archive/Paul R. Marchesano)

2006-03-12 - Casavant replacement console (Estey archive/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Original

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
36 stops
41 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Push-Button Stop Controls/Luminous Pistons
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Replacement console

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
36 stops
41 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-10-22 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

2024-06-04 - Original console "4 manual luminous console." Casavant supplied a new console at an unknown date. The organ and console were still extant and playable in 2006. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Estey shop order

GREAT (5" w.p.) Bourdon 16, 1st Open Diapason 8 (scale 39, inside bass, full length), 2nd Open Diapason 8 (scale 43, inside bass, full length), Gemshorn 8, Octave 4 (scale 56), Gross Flute 8, Flute Harmonic 4, Tuba Harmonic 8, Chimes

SWELL (5" w.p.) Open Diapason 8 (scale 44, Patent bass), Bourdon 16, Stopped Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Voix Celeste 8 (TC), Viol d'Orchestre 8, Viol Celeste 8 (TC), Aeolin 8, Cornopean Harmonic 8, Flauto Traverso 4, Oboe 8, French Horn 8, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo

CHOIR (5" w.p.) Violin Diapason 8 (scale 45, Patent bass), Viol d'Amour 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8, Flute d'Amour 4, Unda Maris 8 (TC), Clarinet 8, Tremolo

ECHO (CELESTIAL) (5" w.p.) Muted Viol 8, Wald Flute 8, Concert Flute 8, Vox Humana 8, Muted Celeste 8 (TC), Tremolo, Chimes (20 tubes)

PEDAL (5" w.p.) Open Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Violone 16, Flauto Dolce 8, Octave 8, Trombone 16, Cello 8

SWELL to GREAT 8, SWELL to GREAT 16, SWELL to GREAT 4, CHOIR to GREAT 16, CHOIR to GREAT 8, CHOIR to GREAT 4, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to GREAT 8, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to GREAT 16, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to GREAT 4, SWELL to SWELL 16, SWELL to SWELL 4, SWELL to SWELL, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to SWELL 16, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to SWELL 8, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to SWELL 4, SWELL to CHOIR 16, SWELL to CHOIR 8, SWELL to CHOIR 4, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to CHOIR 16, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to CHOIR 8, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to ECHO (CELESTIAL) 16, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to CHOIR 4, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to ECHO (CELESTIAL), ECHO (CELESTIAL) to ECHO (CELESTIAL) 4, GREAT to PEDAL 8, SWELL to PEDAL 8, SWELL to PEDAL 4, CHOIR to PEDAL 8, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to PEDAL 8, ECHO (CELESTIAL) to PEDAL 4

Documents

(1926-01-01) Shop order -Paul R. Marchesano