Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. H. Ryder Opus 156 (1890)

St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
318 Church Street
Naugatuck, CT

OHS convention: 1994

Images

2012-11-20 - Console (Photograph by Michael Petruzzi/Database Manager)

2012-11-20 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Michael Petruzzi/Database Manager)

2012-11-20 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Michael Petruzzi/Database Manager)

2012-11-20 - Pedalboard and Foot Levers (Photograph by Michael Petruzzi/Database Manager)

2012-11-20 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Michael Petruzzi/Database Manager)

2012-11-20 - Tremulo On/Off Buttons (Photograph by Michael Petruzzi/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Detached, Reversed Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
3 manuals
25 stops
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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1994 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - OHS Historical Recital 20 Jun 1986. -Database Manager

2012-11-26 - Updated through online information from Michael Petruzzi. -Database Manager

2012-11-28 - Updated through online information from Michael Petruzzi. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Naugatuck, Connecticut
St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church

Geo. H. Ryder   1890                    3 manuals, 23 stops, 23 ranks
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        Source: Examination of extant organ by Barbara Owen

        GREAT ORGAN                         SWELL ORGAN
     8' Open Diapason      61           16' Bourdon Bass       12
     8' Hohl Flute         61           16' Bourdon Treble     49 tc
     8' Viola di Gamba     61            8' Open Diapason      61
     4' Octave             61            8' Stop'd Diapason    61
 2 2/3' Twelfth            61            8' Æoline             61
     2' Fifteenth          61            4' Flute Harmonique   61
     8' Trumpet            61            4' Violin             61
                                         2' Flautino           61
        CHOIR ORGAN                      8' Basson Bass        12
     8' Clariphone         61            8' Oboe (treble)      49 tc
     8' Dulciana           61
     8' Melodia            61               PEDALE
     4' Flute Celeste *    61           16' Open Diapason      30
     2' Piccolo            61           16' Bourdon            30
        * despite its name, this         8' Violoncello        30
        is not an undulating stop

        COUPLERS                            MECHANICALS
        Swell to Great                      Swell Tremolo
        Choir to Great                      Great to Pedal Reversible
        Swell to Choir                      Swell to Great Reversible
        Great to Pedal                      2 Great combinations
        Swell to Pedal                      2 Swell combinations
        Choir to Pedal                      Balanced Swell Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-01-02]

Stoplist taken from the console November 24, 2012 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA
St. Francis of Assisi Church

Geo. H. Ryder Opus 156 (1890)
3 manuals/23 ranks

GREAT
Open Diapason 8
Hohl Flute 8
Viola di' Gamba 8
Trumpet 8
Octave 4
Twelfth 2 2/3
Fifteenth 2

SWELL
Swell Bourdon Bass 16
Swell Bourdon Treble 16
Open Diapason 8
Stop'd Diapason 8
Aeoline 8
Bassoon 8
Oboe 8
Flute Harmonique 4
Violine 4
Flautino 2

CHOIR
Melodia 8
Dulciana 8
Claraphone 8
Flute Celeste 4
Piccolo 2

PEDAL
Open Diapason 16
Bourdon 16
Violoncello 8

COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Choir to Great
Swell to Choir
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal

ACCESSORIES
Tremolo
Balanced Expression Pedal

Mechanical Toe Studs for:
Swell p
Swell ff
Reversible Swell to Great
Reversible Great to Pedal
Great p
Great ff



 [Received from Michael Petruzzi 2012-11-26.]