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Unknown Builder (1940's)

Park Methodist Church (now, Webb's Crossing Bible Church): Sanctuary; front
7528 Webb's Crossing Extension
Hornell, NY

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

Images

ca. 1960's - Console (Photograph from an archival source: Hornellhome.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Easter 1971 - Organ in front at Easter (Photograph from an archival source: Dan Trethaway via Hornellhome.com, submitted by Scot L. Huntington/Scot L. Huntington)

ca. 1962 - Sanctuary with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Hornellhome.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Christmas, 1953 - Christmas in the newly-redecorated church, with divided chancel choir seating (Photograph from an archival source: Hornellhome.com, submitted by Scot L. Huntington/Scot L. Huntington)

1940's - Electrified/modified organ in front of newly refurbished sanctuary (Photograph from an archival source: Hornellhome.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
17 stops
31 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo

Notes

2023-03-27 - This entry represents the electrification of the original J.W. Steere & Son organ. -Jim Stettner

2023-03-28 - The electrification of the organ by an unknown builder coincided with a dramatic redecoration of the front of the church, with the center part of the organ hidden behind drapery, and the choir now in divided-chancel seating. This situation remained until the early/mid 1960s when the chancel was again redecorated, the drapery covering the front of the organ was removed and the pipe facade was again visible in toto, but with shortened pipes in the center section. The church was demolished in a fit of urban renewal to make way for a multi-lane arterial that cut through the heart of the city and obliterated the historic park in front of the church. The last Sunday service in the old building was Easter 1971. The congregation moved to a new contemporary building at the outskirts of town in North Hornell. The organ was moved into the new building by the Peckam company of Elmira. Further investigation is needed to determine if the organ is still extant, or has been removed. -Scot Huntington

Stoplist

Source: Console 1960s

Unknown Builder (1940's)
rb. J.W. Steer & Son (1899)
Park Methodist Church
Hornell, N.Y.

Compasses: 61/32

GREAT
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Dulciana
4' Octave
4' Flute d'Amour
2' Super Octave
8' Trumpet
   Chimes
   Great to Great 16', 4'
   Great Unison Off
   Swell to Great 16', 8' 4'

SWELL
16' Bourdon
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Stopped Diapason,
8'  Salicional
8'  Voix Celeste
4'  Violina
2'  Flautino
8'  Oboe
    Tremulant
    Swell to Swell 16', 4'
    Swell Unison Off

PEDAL
16' Bourdon
16' Lieblich Gedeckt [Swell]
8'  Flute            [ext.]
8'  Gedeckt          [Swell]
    Great to Pedal 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'

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