Better Pipe Organ Database

Steer & Turner [J.W. Steer] (1891ca.)

Auburn Theological Seminary / Seventh-day Adventist Church: Willard Memorial Chapel
17 Nelson Street
Auburn, NY

OHS convention: 2014

Images

2014-10-04 - Area Under the Organ (Photograph by Christopher Molloy/Database Manager)

2014-10-04 - Pedalboard, Swell Pedal, and Foot Levers (Photograph by Christopher Molloy/Database Manager)

2014-10-03 - Manuals and Builder's Name Stencil (Photograph by Christopher Molloy/Database Manager)

2014-10-03 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Christopher Molloy/Database Manager)

2013-10-10 - Chancel and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2013-10-10 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
18 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Pedal compass: 25 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1991 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Originally built as chapel at Auburn Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), and used by them until 1939 Used by the Navy during World War II. Occupied by Seventh Day Adventists from 1957 to 1988. Owned by the Community Preservation Committee from 1990 to the present (2006). -Database Manager

2010-11-23 - Updated through on-line information from Jorge Batlle. -- CD recording done 11-21-10 - available from the Preservation Society soon. -Database Manager

2013-10-28 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Updated by Will Headlee, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console May 14, 2014 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Auburn, New York
Willard Memorial Chapel

Steere & Turner   1891

Great

Open Diapason 8'
Dulciana    8'
Melodia     8'
Octave     4'
Flute D'Amour  4'
Octave Quint  2 2/3'
Super Octave  2'
Clarinet  8'

Swell

Diaphason  8'
Stop'd Diapason  8'
Saliconal  8'
Aeoline  8'
Flute Harmonique  4'
Violin  4'
Flagolet  2'
Oboe 8'  starts at Tenor C
Basson  8'  pipes 1 - 12

Pedal

Bourdon  16'
Swell Bourdon 16'
Swell Bourdon Bass 16'
Violin Cello  8'

Couplers

Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell to Great 4'

[Received from Maureen Chapman May 19, 2014]