Reformed Church of Beacon
1113 Wolcott Avenue
Beacon, NY
Images
Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: aheadworld.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-04-10 - Church exterior (Photograph by C. Rowe, The Highlands Current, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-04-05 - Trackers (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-04-05 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-04-05 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-04-05 - Console (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-04-05 - Console (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-04-05 - Organ case (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-04-05 - Organ case and console (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-04-05 - Chancel and organ cases (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-08-11 - Keydesk and facade at left side of chancel (Photograph by Peter OHearn/Peter OHearn)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 19 stops
- 19 registers
- 3 divisions
- 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: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination trundles
- Has coupler trundles
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1981. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Purchased for $1800. Left corner of chancel. Compass 61/27. Renovated c. 1979 by Archie Marchi and Joe Corksdale of Newburgh, NY. -Database Manager
2010-02-23 - Updated through online information from Joseph Bertolozzi. -Database Manager
2022-06-14 - The church closed Spring 2020 and building sold for an event space, bar and hotel; the organ was offered for sale via the Organ Clearing House. -Jeff Scofield
2022-06-14 - The church closed Spring 2020 and building sold for an event space, bar and hotel; the organ was offered for sale via the Organ Clearing House. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Source: Bob Siebert, Director of Music at the Reformed Church of Beacon; Stoplist from local AGO Website Date not recorded
Beacon, New York
The Reformed Church of Beacon,
Geo. H. Ryder, Op. ___, 1895 - II-21 (Tracker)
GREAT (61n)
8' Op Diap
8' Melodia
Gr. 8' Gamba
Gr. 8' Dulciana
Gr. 4' Octave
4' Flute d'Amour
3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
Gr. 3 Rks. Mixture
SWELL (Expressive - 61n)
Sw. 16' Bourdon
Sw. 8' Open Diapason
Sw. 8' Std. Diapason
Sw. 8' Salicional
Sw. 4 Ft. Flute
Sw. 4' Violina
Sw. 2' Flautina
Sw. 8' Oboe
Sw. Tremolo
PEDAL (27n)
Ped. 16' Op Diap
Ped. 16' Bourdon
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Great
FOOT LEVERS
Gr. Forte - 8, 8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 3, 2
Gr. Piano - 8' Mel., 8' Dulc.
Gr. to Ped - Reversible
Sw. Forte - 16, 8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 2
Sw. Piano - 8' Std. Diap., 8' Sal.
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal
NOTES
This instrument was very advanced for its day. It was originally hand
pumped (still has its "Bellows Signal" drawknob); then water pumped;
now electrically blown. It is the largest instrument in Beacon (Wow!)
[Received on line from Joseph Bertolozzi February 23, 2010.]
[Updated & Corrected by James R. Stettner June 18, 2022 - from photos.]
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