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J. W. Steere & Sons (1907)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 20 stops
• 22 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 58 notes
• Pedal compass: 27 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
• Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Steer & Turner (1869, Opus14). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Originally in rear gallery. Organ moved in 1907 to enlarged recess at front of room. Flat of dummy pipes added on each side of case front. Swell 8' Aeoline (58 pipes, 12 capped) replaced a Cornet Dolce III (167 pipes). One rank of former Cornet Dolce pipes added to Great Mixture. Balanced Swell pedal added to replace a lever held open with an elaborate stick. Horizontal shades removed, and combination action dismantled. Non-professional renovation in 1957. Altered Richard Hedgebeth in 1968-69. -Database Manager

2011-05-15 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #9418†* - Thaddeus H. H. Outerbridge, III (1968)
• #47946 - Steer & Turner [J.W. Steer] Opus 14 (1869)

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