Better Pipe Organ Database

George N. Andrews (1868)

Unitarian-Universalist Church: Sanctuary; front
3½ East Main Street
Canton, NY

OHS convention: 1970

Images

2021-03-09 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Sara Trimm/Sara Trimm)

2021-03-09 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Sara Trimm/Sara Trimm)

2021-03-09 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Sara Trimm/Sara Trimm)

2021-03-09 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Sara Trimm/Sara Trimm)

2021-03-09 - Keydesk with stops (Photograph by Sara Trimm/Sara Trimm)

2021-03-09 - Organ case from the left (Photograph by Sara Trimm/Sara Trimm)

ca. 2016 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by Kerner & Merchant builder's promotional photo, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2016 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph by Background for Parish Sound Cloud account, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
20 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1970. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Moved from earlier bldg. Ped Bourdon (pneumatic) replaced Doub. Op. Dia. in 1930's. Bourdon playes lowest 12 notes on reduced pressure. Compass 56/25. -Database Manager

2021-07-14 - The organ was originally built for the previous brick edifice on the same site. The organ is free-standing and encased with a recessed keydesk covered by folding doors. The 3-sectional façade contains 17 gold-painted pipes arranged: 5-7-5. This includes pipes 3-17 of the Great 8' Open Diapason. Pipes 1 & 2 are inside the case. The Clarabella has 24 stopped basses and turns open with inverted mouths at middle C. The 4' Flute is also of open wood with inverted mouths. The Swell 2' Piccolo and III Cornet are more recent knobs. The original Haut- boy knob as of the 1970 OHS convention was labeled Trumpet but controlled an 8' string rank of unknown origins. The III Cornet (probably Dolce Cornet) is 12-15-17 throughout. The Pedal 16' Doub. Op. Dia. stop controlled a non-original 16' Bourdon on a pneumatic action which replaced the original Open pipes in the 1930's. The non-original 16' Bourdon knob plays the lowest notes of the same rank on reduced wind. There are 32-pipes in the rank, but the top 7 are blanked-off. Source: 1970 OHS Handbook -Paul R. Marchesano

2022-05-02 - Restored "according the the guidelines of the Organ Historical Society" by Kerner & Merchant -- builder ad, *2005 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: 1970 OHS Convention Handbook 1970

Canton, New York
Unitarian-Universalist Church

GEORGE N. ANDREWS, 1868 - Original Specifications (?)

GREAT                                        COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Gt [8'] Op. Dia.                 56          Sw & Ped
Gt [8'] Keraulophon        (tc)  44          Gt & Ped
Gt [8'] Dulciana           (tc)  44
Gt [8'] Clarabella         (tc)  44          Sw & Gt
Gt [8'] St. Dia. Bass            12
Gt [4'] Principal                56
Gt [4'] [Flute]            (tc)  44          FOOT TRUNDLES
Gt [3'] Twelfth                  56          None
Gt [2'] Fifteenth                56

                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
SWELL (Expressive)                           Swell Expression  (balanced - orig. hitch-down)
Sw [16'] Bourdon           (tc)  44
Sw [8']  Op. Dia.          (tc)  44
Sw [8']  Viol D'Gamba      (tc)  44
Sw [8']  St. Dia. Treb.    (tc)  44
Sw [8']  St. Dia. Bass           12
Sw [4']  Principal               56
Sw [2']  Piccolo           (tc)  44
Sw [III] Cornet            (tc) 132
Sw [8']  Hautboy           (tc)  44
         Tremolo


PEDAL
Ped [16'] Doub. Op. Dia.         25
    [16'] Bourdon                –-


ACTION: Mech. Man. Key    VOICES: 17    STOPS: 19    RANKS: 19    PIPES: 889 
        Mech. Stop
        T-P Ped. Key


Sources: 1970 OHS Convention Handbook; OHS Database photos


Unitarian Universalist Church
3 1/2 E. Main St. 
Canton, NY. 13617                            Documented: 1970