First Presbyterian Church of Springville: Sanctuary; front
38 North Buffalo Street
Springville, NY
Images
2017-01-15 - The organ and the church's Schimmel piano (Photograph by Taylor Koepka/Taylor Koepka)
2019-04-20 - The console (Photograph by Taylor Koepka/Taylor Koepka)
2019-04-20 - Full front of the case (Photograph by Taylor Koepka/Taylor Koepka)
2021-11-02 - Signature of organ installer W.A. Sommerhof giving date as April 1922. (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from Organ Media Foundation video (Brent Johnson), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2021-11-02 - Original tubular-pneumatic keying action (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from Organ Media Foundation video (Brent Johnson), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2014-12-20 - Organ case in front (Photograph by Eric Miller/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 12 stops
- 26 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
Notes
2021-11-26 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ which incorporates pipework from the church's previous organ which was damaged by fire. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Taylor Koepka, the current organist since 2017. Source: Taken from the console
Great (Ventil chest) Open Diapason 8 (61 pipes, metal, bottom in the facade), Melodia 8 (61 pipes, wood), Octave 4 (61 pipes, metal, bottom in the facade), Flute d'Amour 4 (61 pipes, wood and metal), Super Octave 2 (61 pipes, metal, former 8' Dulciana cut down, bottom is still in the facade), [blank], Chimes (25 chimes, G2-G4)
Swell (Ventil chest, enclosed, mechanical expression. ) Bourdon 16 (49 pipes, T.C., wood ), Violin Diapason 8 (61 pipes, metal, bottom outside the box), Stopped Flute 8 (61 pipes, wood), Flute Harmonique 4 (61 pipes, wood), Piccolo 2 (61 pipes, metal, cut down 8' string), Oboe 8 (61 pipes, metal), Tremolo (Pressure drop)
Pedal (Unit chests) Bourdon 16 (32 pipes, wood), Bourdon 8 (12 pipes, wood, unit extension of 16' Bourdon), [blank], [blank]
Couplers Great to Great 4, Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Great 4, Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Swell 4, Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 8
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