Better Pipe Organ Database

Meloni & Farrier (2019)

Images

2020 - Organ case placement in the nave (Photograph by Frederick Frahm/Frederick Frahm)

2019 - Original builder's nameplate (Photograph by Frederick Frahm/Frederick Frahm)

2019 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Frederick Frahm/Frederick Frahm)

2019 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Frederick Frahm/Frederick Frahm)

2019 - Keydesk (Photograph by Frederick Frahm/Frederick Frahm)

2019-10-18 - Organ Case (Photograph by Frederick Frahm/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 1 manuals
• 7 stops
• 8 registers
• 2 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 56 notes
• Pedal compass: 20 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
• Combination action: None

Notes

2019-10-18 - The organ was originally built for the Presbyterian Church in Chester, New Jersey. It was for sale through the Organ Clearing House in 1996. Compass 56/20. The organ was purchased intact with working feeder bellows by Anthony Meloni in 1998 and was stored in Port Chester, New York until a new home was found. An identical organ, Odell Opus 80 (with one less stop), was restored by Anthony Meloni in 1990 for the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Manassas, Virginia. Opus 76 looks identical to Opus 80, and contains one more stop, 8' Keroulophone (TC). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist taken from the Meloni & Farrier website Date not recorded

Albuquerque, New Mexico
St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church

J.H. & C.S. Odell, Opus 76, 1968 - Original Specifications
Meloni & Farrier, 2019 - Restoration and Installation


MANUAL (Expressive)
   8'  Open Diapason        (TC)  44
   8'  Keraulophone         (TC)  44
   8'  Dulciana             (TC)  44
   8'  Clarionet Flute      (TC)  44
   8'  Stopped Diapason Bass      12
   4'  Principal                  56
   2'  Fifteenth                  56
       Tremulant

​
PEDAL
   16' Bourdon                    20

​
COUPLERS
   Manual/Pedal Coupler

Documents

• Original Contract for the Odell organ, Opus 76 (1868) PDF of original commission contract between Reformed Church of Chester, NJ and J. H. and C. S Odell dated 1 September 1868. -Frederick FRahm

Websites

• St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Community - Blog with history narrative, stoplist, and jpg of original contract (1868) (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Music for Organ: 'Altar Flowers' performed on the 1868 Odell by the composer - Set of three pieces by Frederick Frahm composed specifically to demonstrate the 1868 Odell organ at St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church in Albuquerque, NM. Performed by the composer. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #7167†* - J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co. Opus 76 (1868)

Other Links

• View API response (JSON)
• View on Pipe Organ Database
• Organ link wheel: -1, +1

Regrettably, it is not possible to display the information about the sponsor of this pipeorgandatabase entry or if there is a sponsor. Please see About Sponsors on Pipe Organ Database.

"Better Pipe Organ Database" (development version) | Not affiliated with OHS and pipeorgandatabase.org | Source code | IRC chat