Better Pipe Organ Database

J. W. Steere & Sons Opus 417 (1896)

First Congregational Church
140 S. Main Street
Wellington, OH

OHS convention: 2009

Images

2008-04-15 - Church interior (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-04-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-04-15 - Church interior (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-04-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-04-15 - Organ (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-04-15 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-04-15 - Nameboard (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-04-15 - Keydesk (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-04-15 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
13 stops
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: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - Stop list. -Database Manager

2007-09-29 - Updated through online information from Leek Pipe Organ Company. -- Our firm currently acts as curator to the instrument. This instrument replaced an earlier Felgemaker following its destruction in the church fire of 1895. In September of 1896, the church and new organ were dedicated. The Pedal is tubular pneumatic, despite tracker action on the other divisions. At some point, the cone tuned flue pipes were converted to slide tuning. The original pedal board was also discarded for a 32-note AGO standard replacement. During our curatorship at the church, our firm installed a lower octave to the Swell Oboe 8', a new blower box, and has maintained the leather work and other components. - Leek Pipe Organ Company (Oberlin, Ohio) -Database Manager

2007-11-30 - Updated through online information from James Leek. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: from <i>Organ Atlas 2009 â€¢ The City of Cleveland and Northern Ohio</i> (OHS Press) Date not recorded

Wellington, Ohio
First Congregational Church

J. W. Steere & Son   Opus 417   1896         2 manuals, 13 stops, 13 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (enc. with Sw)          SWELL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason        58          8' Open Diapason        58
      8' Dulciana             58          8' Salicional           58
      8' Melodia              58          8' Æoline (1-12 Sal.)   46
      4' Octave               58          8' Stopd Diapason       58
      4' Flute d'Amour        58          4' Violina              58
      2' Super Octave         58          8' Oboe (orig. TC)      58

         PEDALE ORGAN                        COUPLERS
     16' Bourdon              27             Great to Pedale
                                             Swell to Pedale
         PEDAL MOVEMENTS                     Swell to Great
         Composition Pedal - Great Piano
         Composition Pedal - Great Forte     ACCESSORIES
         Great to Pedal Reversible           Tremolo (affects Swell only)
         Balanced Swell Pedal                Bellows Signal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-06-26]

Websites

Organist G. Black playing restored 1896 J. W. Steere & Son Tracker Opus 417 - A couple of hymns to demonstrate the sound of the organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#60300†* - A. B. Felgemaker Co. Opus 419 (1880ca.)