2012-03-03 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Nancy Sullivan/Database Manager)
2010-12-18 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Nancy Sullivan/Database Manager)
OHS convention: 2018
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1966. -Database Manager
2009-03-24 - Updated through online information from Nancy Sullivan. -Database Manager
2016-03-16 - Updated through online information from Nancy Sullivan. <br>The pipe stenciling renovation that was mentioned earlier has unfortunately not taken place due to financial reasons. This organ is tuned on a regular yearly basis and is in excellent condition. It is used on a regular basis. -Database Manager
2018-06-24 - In 1895, Avon UMC received its instrument as a gift from Mrs. Alva Carpenter, who paid $2,400 for the A. B. Felgemaker tracker organ, Opus 606, from Erie, Pennsylvania. The organ was dedicated on August 22, 1895, with a concert by Herve D. Wilkins, a respected local concert organist and a founder of the American Guild of Organists. In the early 1900s, the organ's blower was converted to electric, and some years later, the organ was moved from its original front and center position to the front right side. During a church renovation in the 1950s, a wall was built that completely enclosed the organ except for the keyboard. The wall was removed and the casing restored in July 1995 as part of a complete restoration, regulation, and cleaning of the organ carried out by the Lauren A. Peckham & Sons Pipe Organ Service. Peckham and Sons also replaced old leather, refinished the pedalboard, repaired pipes that were damaged by a poorly executed attempt to raise the pitch of the instrument, releathered the double-rise reservoir, and repaired the old blower. A rededication concert was given on August 20, 1995 - almost one hundred years later to the day of its 1895 dedication concert. --Margaret-Mary Owens -Database Manager
Digital scan of a published document, courtesy of Linda Rosebrough. Source: Nancy Sullivan and OHS 2018 Convention Handbook
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Typed Specification Source: console drawing by Nancy Sullivan Date not recorded
Avon, New York
United Methodist Church
A. B. Felgemaker Opus 606 1895
2 manuals, 18 registers, 16 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN
16' Bourdon Bass 12
16' Bourdon (TC) 49
8' Open Diapason 61
8' Melodia 61
8' Dulciana 61
4' Octave 61
4' Flute d'Amour 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61
2' Fifteenth 61
SWELL ORGAN
8' Open Diapason 61
8' Stop'd Diapason 61
8' Salicional 61
4' Flute Harmonique 61
4' Fugara 61
8' Oboe (TC) 49
8' Bassoon (bass) 12
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Sub Bass 27
8' Violoncello 27
MECHANICALS
Tremolo
Swell to Great
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Pedal Check
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Great to Pedal Reversible
Great Piano
Great Forte
Balanced Swell Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-04-30]
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