December 2021 - Organ case and facade (Photograph by Church staff, used with permission, submitted by William Dunklin/William Dunklin)
OHS convention: 1980
2004-10-30 - Builder's Nameplate: A. R. Strauss -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Steere & Turner (1883, Opus178). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1980 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Built for First Reformed, Syracuse, NY. Relocated here in 1968 through OCH & rebuilt, case altered. [Used some pipework from the church's previous 1905 J. W. Steere & Son tubular organ which had been electrified & rebuilt by Cregier of Binghampton, NY.] -Database Manager
2021-08-18 - The newly rebuilt instrument was dedicated 7 December 1969 with a recital played by Donald R. M. Paterson, in honor of Arthur R. Chauncey, a member of the Newark Valley church who was of inestimable help during installation of the organ. -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: 1980 OHS Handbook 1980
GREAT (58 notes) Open Diapason 16 (58 pipes; 4 swb; E5-B24 zinc, in case, C25-fs31 zinc; 1883; 19 slotted zinc common basses, to slotted top, scale common), Open Diapason 8 (58 pipes; 1883; 19 slotted zinc common basses, to slotted top, scale common 34 scale 44), Gamba 8 (58 pipes; 1883; 19 zinc basses; slotted, spotted, scale 56), Dulciana 8 (58 pipes; 1883; 19 zinc basses; slotted, spotted, scale 56 narrow mouths), Melodia 8 (58 pipes; 1883; 12 stopped wood basses; open wood trebles, inverted mouths), Octave 4 (58 pipes; 1883; 6 zinc basses; common, coned, scale 60), Flute D' Amour 4 (58 pipes; 1883; all stopped wood except 12 open metal trebles), Twelfth 2⅔ (58 pipes; 1883; common, coned, scale 70), Super Octave* 2 (58 pipes; 1883; common, coned, scale 70), Mixture III (174 pipes; 1883; common, coned, 15-19-22, scale 73-84-86, breaks c25, 37, 49), Trumpet 8 (58 pipes; 1883; conical spotted on zinc, 9 open metal trebles), Carionet (TC) 8 (46 pipes; cylindrical with movable bells, common 9 open metal trebles, c13 32 mm o.d.)
SWELL (58 notes, enclosed) Bourdon (Treble) (TF) + 16 (41 pipes; 1905 Steere trebles replacing missing originals; unenclosed), Bourdon (Bass) + 16 (17 pipes; 1883; stopped wood, arched mouths ), Dolcissimo + 8 (58 pipes; 1883 Aeoline basses, 1905 Aeoline trebles replacing missing originals; 24 zb; slotted, spot.), Voix Celeste + 8 (58 pipes; 1883 Salicional basses, 1905 Salicional trebles replacing missing originals, 7 szb; slotted, spot.), Stopt Diapason + [sic] 8 (58 pipes; 1883, revoiced AR Strauss with new upper lips), Principal + 4 (58 pipes; 1883 Swell 8' Open Diapason repitched; slotted common), Nasat + 2⅔ (58 pipes; 1905 Swell Fl.; Harm. repitched, revoiced; replaced missing 1883 4' Flauto Traverso), Flautino + 2 (58 pipes; 1&83, common, coned, revoiced; Cl marked "Snacuse, New York" and "C PIC Choir"), Terz + 1⅗ (58 pipes; 1883 Sw. 4' Violina, repi;tched, revoiced, spotted, coned), Oboe (Treble) (TC) + 8 (58 pipes; 1883; flared, conical; spotted on zinc, 9 open metal trebles), Oboe (Bass) + 8 (58 pipes; 1883; spotted on zinc, 86 mm i.d.), Tremolo
PEDAL (30 notes, electro-pneumatic key action, electric stop action) Open Diapason † 16 (30 pipes; Low Bourdon 4 notes and 4 pipes synthetic:, from bottom 4 Ped. of Sw. Violin16' 1883 cello, sounding together; next 12 borrowed from Gt. 16' OD via flip-flop valves; top 18 borrowed from 8' Oct.; replaces 1883 Ped. 16' open wood), Bourdon † 16 (30 pipes; 1905, replacing 1883 16' Bourdon; stopped wood), Octave † 8 (30 pipes), Gedackt † 8 (12 pipes; Extension of 16' Bourdon; top 12 recycled old pipes), Choral Bass † 4 (30 pipes; recycled old pipes), Trumpet † 16 (30 pipes; new)
COUPLERS I Manuale to Pedal Coupler, II Manuate.to Pedal Coupler, Swell to Great *
PEDAL MOVEMENTS None presently installed
Stoplist taken from the console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Newark Valley, New York
First United Methodist Church
Steere & Turner, op178, rb A. Richard Strauss 1969
GREAT SWELL PEDAL
16' Open Diapason 16' Bourdon TF 16' Open Diapason
8' Open Diapason 16' Bourdon bass 16' Bourdon
8' Gamba 8' Dolcissimo 8' Octave
8' Dulciana 8' Voix Celeste 8' Gedeckt
8' Melodia/St. Diap Bass 4' Principal 4' Choral Bass
4' Octave 22/3' Nasat 16' Trumpet
4' Flute D'Amour 2' Flautino Great to Pedal
22/3' Twelfth 13/5 Terz Swell to Pedal
2' Super Octave 8' Oboe Treb
III Mixture 8' Oboe Bass
8' Trumpet Tremolo
8' Clarionet TC
Swell to Great
Great reeds enclosed in the Swell Box
The church has excellent acoustics and the organ speaks with a clear, robust sound.
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