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J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co. Opus No. 324 (1894)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
Main Street
Hornellsville [now Hornell], NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1909 Postmark - Church exterior; facade (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
2 manuals
13 stops
19 registers
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: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2021-04-03 - According to the contract dated June 19, 1894, the organ cost $2,500 and was to be installed on or before October 15, 1894. The organ was powered by a water motor with a measured street pressure of 73 pounds. Signing on behalf of the church were D.D. Babcock, Chairman; W. H. Van Duser, Secretary; R. M. Tuttle, Treasurer. The specification page was a copy of the catalog page for Style 30. At the time of the organ's installation, the town was formerly known as Hornellsville, a major junction on the Erie-Lackawanna railroad and site of their locomotive works- the largest such building in the country. The church is now known as the United Presbyterian Church, with Aeolian-Skinner Op. 984, 1938, an original installation and an entirely new instrument which presumably replaced the Odell. -Scot Huntington

Stoplist

Source: Contract 1894

J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co.  (No.324, 1894)
First Presbyterian Church
Hornellsville, New York

Compasses: 58/27

       GREAT
8'     Open Diapason
8'     Melodia (Stopped bass)
8'     Dulciana
4'     Octave
2'     Super Octave

       SWELL (Expressive)
8'     Open Diapason (Stopped bass)
8'     Salicional
8'     Clarinet Flute
4'     Rohr Flote
4'     Violina
2 Rks. Cornet
8'     Oboe and Bassoon
       Tremulant

       PEDAL ORGAN
16'    Bourdon

       COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Reversible, Swell to Great

       FOOT TRUNDLES
Piano on Great Organ
Forte on Great Organ
Great to Pedal, Reversing Pedal

       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression          (bal.)

       ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal
Wind Indicator

       DIMENSIONS
Height: 18'  Width: 11' 6"  Depth: 7' 9"

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#25585 - Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 984 (1938)