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J. W. Steere & Sons Opus 359 (1893)

St. John's Episcopal Church
120 W Lamb Street
Bellefonte, PA

OHS convention: 2003


Images


2002-05-01 - Keydesk and Pipe Facade (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Chancel and Pipe Facade (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Keydesk and Pedalboard (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Builder's Name Stencil (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1981 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - All manual stops but Gt. 16' Bourdon and 8' Open Diapason enclosed in swell. -Database Manager

2012-11-16 - Updated through online information from filip cerny. -- As of November 2012. Other than the addition of slide tuners on the pipework, this organ is original and intact, including all leather components. Gussets are starting to fail. Confirmed by visual inspection. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

St. John's Episcopal, Bellefonte, PA
1893 Steere, Op. 359
(Stoplist: Dieffenbuch 11:9)

Great (58 notes)
16' Bourdon (40 pipes)
16' Bourdon Bass (18 pipes)
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia (enclosed in swell)
8' Dulciana (enclosed in swell)
4' Octave (enclosed in swell)
4' Flute D'Amour (enclosed in swell)
2' Fifteenth (enclosed in swell)

Swell (58 notes)
8' Open Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Salicional
8' Aeoline
4' Flute Harmonique
2' Flautino
8' Oboe [TC]
8' Bassoon (12 pipes)

Pedal (27 notes)
16' Bourdon

Couplers
Great to Peda
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great

Accessories
Three combination pedals
1. Great to Pedal Reversible
2. Great full without 16'
3. Great Melodia 8' and Dulciana 8'
Balanced Swell Pedal
Tremolo
Blowers Signal (nonfunctioning in 1981).

Located front, left of nave behind choir screen in a deeply recessed chamber.


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