2016-10-14 - For the first time in the history of the oldest still operating organ building company in The Netherlands, Adema-s Kerkorgelbouw made an organ for a church in America last year, in the Huguenot Memorial Church in Pelham, just north of New York City. The new organ replaces a neo-baroque instrument that was made by Gress-Miles in 1963, and that contained pipework from its predecessor, originally a large Skinner house organ from 1929 (op. 798, with 19 sounding stops on 3 manuals and pedal). The Gress-Miles organ had been in bad condition for several years, though the quality of some of the Skinner registers could still be heard.<br> It was soon decided not to repair the organ, but to look for another instrument, still retaining some of the Skinner registers. An organ was bought from Adema-s Kerkorgelbouw, which had originally been built by Hele & Co, also known under the name Hele & Son, in 1901, and enlarged by Henry Willis & Sons in 1950: about 30 stops on 2 manuals and pedal. This instrument was provided with a 3rd manual: an organ by Ingram of ca. 1875, also in Adema-s shop, that was a good stylistic match for the Hele/Willis organ and offered a substantial enrichment, could with some alterations serve as a Choir division. (Adema's Kerkorgelbouw website) -Database Manager
2016-10-14 - Dedication recital played by Jan-Piet Knijff on April 9, 2016 -Database Manager
Stoplist from dedication program courtesy Stephen Tharp Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Pelham, New York
Muguenot Memorial Church
Adema's Kerkorgelbouw 2016 3 manuals, 38 stops, 44 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Lieblich Bourdon 61 8' Geigenprincipal 61
8' Open Diapason I 61 8' Lieblich Gedackt 61
8' Open Diapason II 61 8' Gamba 61
8' Claribel Flute 61 8' Vox Celeste (TC) 49
8' Harmonic Flute 49 4' Viola 61
(1-12 Claribel Fl) Cornet III 183
8' Dulciana 61 16' Contra Oboe 61
4' Principal 61 8' Trumpet 61
4' Flute Couverte 61 8' Corno di Bassetto 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Clarion 61
2' Fifteenth 61 Tremolo
Mixture III 183
8' Tromba 61 PEDAL ORGAN
32' Acoustic Bass --
CHOIR ORGAN 16' Open Wood 44
16' Bass Flute 61 16' Bourdon 32
8' Open Diapason 49 16' Liblich Bourdon (Gt.) --
(1-12 Salicional) 8' Octave (fr. Open Wood) --
8' Salicional 61 8' Flute (Gt. Lieb. Bdn.) --
8' Stopp'd Diapason 61 4' Octave Flute (Gt. LB) --
8' Aeoline 61 16' Trombone 44
8' Vox Angelica (TC) 49 8' Ophicleide (fr. Tbn.) --
4' Principal 61
4' Harmonic Flute 61 COUPLERS
2' Fifteenth 61 Great to Pedal
Mixture II-III 171 Swell to Pedal 8', 4'
16' Clarinet 61 Choir to Pedal
8' Cornopean (TC) 49 Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'
8' Oboe 61 Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'
Tremolo Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'
Swell to Swell 16', UO, 4'
Choir to Choir 16', UO, 4'
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-10-14]
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