Better Pipe Organ Database

J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co. Opus 294 (1891)

St. Bernard R. C. (Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard's)
328 West 14th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

Unknown - Church interior from gallery (Photograph by John Rust 2005 via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church interior to gallery and organ (Photograph by John Rust 2005 via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - Gallery, console and case (Photograph by John Rust 2005 via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - Gallery, console and organ case (Unknown/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by John Rust 2005 via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - Odell metal swell shoe with name (Photograph by John Rust 2005 via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by John Rust 2005 via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
31 stops
31 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical With Pneumatic Assists
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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 - [Replaced 1881 Odell which was destroyed by fire] -Database Manager

2005-08-07 - On-line update from michael ryan -- Restored 1991 by Chris Ballad. -Database Manager

2006-01-13 - Updated through on-line information from Edward Odell. -- It is in playable condition but badly needs restoration. We are currently undertaking restorative repairs. The Bottom octave of each manual division features a unique pneumatically-assisted action. These are not Barker levers, but pneumatic pull downs activated mechanically from the manual keys via trackers. -Database Manager

2007-04-11 - Updated through on-line information from Anthony Meloni. -- This organ was in fact patched-up by Chris Ballard. A new tracker system was installed in 1999 by Meloni & Farrier Organbuilders. Some pipe ranks were also repaired by Timothy Fink and revoiced by Anthony Meloni. Replacement pedal keys, identical to the originals, were built and installed by Meloni & Farrier. -Database Manager

2010-12-05 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. Bernard's Church, New York City
1891 Odell, Op. 294
(Stoplist: David Schnute from T 11:4:5)

GREAT
16' Double Open Diapason
8' Open Diapason
8' Gemshorn
8' Dolce
8' Grosse Flöte
4' Octave
4' Flute d'Amour
2-2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
III Mixture
8' Trumpet
8'Clarinet
chimes (added 1920)

SWELL
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8'Gamba
8' Salicional
8' Clarinet Flute
4' Octave
4' Wald Flute
2-2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
III Cornet
8' Cornopean
8' Oboe
8' Vox Humana
4' Clarion
Tremolo

PEDAL
16' Double Open Diapason
16' Bourdon
10-2/3' Quint
8' Flute

"The second Odell organ was installed in St. Bernard's Church on November 7, 1891."   
(See older Odell in table of Historic Organs - Gone.)



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