1994 - Organ in loft (Photograph from an archival source: 1994 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
OHS convention: 1994
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Steere & Turner (1868, Opus8). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1994 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Built for Baptist Ch., Rondout, NY. Moved to Temple Emmanuel, Rondout 1899. Bldg. became First Emmanuel Ch. Relocated here through OCH in 1973. -Database Manager
2015-01-31 - Updated through online information from Matthew Emery. -Database Manager
2022-02-04 - This elegant organ was built for the BaptistChurch in Rondout, New York, a section of Kingston. It was replaced there by a large two-manual Odell, Op. 370, 1899, and moved to Temple Emmanuel in Rondout, a building later occupied by First Emmanuel Church. By 1973, the Steer & Turner was unplayable; when the pastor of the church read about the Organ Clearing House in an article in the *New York Daily News,* he called to see if a home might be found for it, as Emmanuel Church did not have the wherewithal to restore it. Meantime, the pastor of the Catholic Chapel at the University of Connecticut in Storrs had contacted the Clearing House to see if an organ might be available for the chapel. The Clearing House recommended the Steer & Turner. During Spring break in April 1973, Alan Laufman, assisted by Steve Finnigan, one of his students at the Storm King School, Sue Nesbitt, a student at the University of Connecticut, and other volunteers from Storrs, removed the organ from Emmanuel and moved it to Connecticut. Richard Hamar contracted with St. Thomas Aquinas to install the organ, but because he could not do the work right away, he subcontracted the work to A David Moore of North Pomfret, Vermont, who was available. During preparations for installation, chapel volunteers removed as many as four layers of brown, yellow, gray, and bright red paint from the case, revealing handsome chestnut underneath. Sue Nesbitt assisted David Moore in the installation in May of 1973; one thing led to another, and they were married in the chapel in October of that year. -- *1994 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: 1994 OHS Handbook
Great (56 notes) Open Diapason 8 (56 m), Melodia Treble [TC] 8 (44 w), Stop'd Diapason Bass 8 (12 w), Dulciana [TC] 8 (44 m), Octave 4 (56 m), Twelfth 2⅔ (56 m), Fifteenth 2 (56 m)
Swell (56 notes, enclosed) Open Diapason [TC] 8 (44 m), Stop'd Diapason Treble [TC] 8 (44 w), Stop'd Diapason Bass 8 (12 w), Keraulophon [TC] 8 (44 m), Violina 4 (56 m), Cornett II (112 m), Hautboy [TC] 8 (44 m), Bassoon 8 (12 m), Tremulo
Pedal (25 notes) Double Op. Diap. 16 (25 w)
Couplers Swell to Great , Swell to Pedals , Great to Pedals
Mechanical Movements Bellows Signal (knob removed), balanced Swell pedal (replaced hitch-down)
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