Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2025-05-01 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Mark A. Smith (May 1, 2025). -Jim Stettner
2025-05-01 - The organ was removed from the First Church of Christ, Scientist, 52 Hamilton St, Geneva NY in 1987 when the building was converted into apartments. In point of fact, the building was originally a substantial residence. From the Christian Science Sentinel of February 16, 1929: "Geneva, New York (First Church).—Although no definite date has been set for the completion of the remodeling of the Gates residence at 52 Hamilton Street as the permanent home of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Geneva, the first services will probably be held there early this spring. While the changes being made in the structure have changed the exterior but little, the interior has been extensively altered. All the ceilings and partitions have been removed, and the entire building has been converted into a spacious auditorium with a balcony. A high, vaulted ceiling has been placed well above the balcony.—Daily Times." The organ had been installed in what was a second floor bedroom (with 8' ceiling) speaking into this "spacious auditorium" from behind the reader's platform. -Mark A. Smith
2025-05-02 - Updated through online information from Mark A. Smith (May 1, 2025): The position of the console was on the main floor to the right of the reader's platform. -Jim Stettner
All pipes on a 4-rank chest, excepting the Sub Bass which is on an 8-note chest and a 4-note chest. Swell shoe has 6 adjustable brass cams for contacts. 8 push-to-close pneumatic shade motors driving 10 graduated blades. Source: Taken from console as organ was being removed from church
GREAT (The Great division is unified to utilize the pipes in this 4-rank instrument. All pipes are located in a single chamber with a 10-blade shade between the chamber and the room. ) Open Diapason 8 (TG: stamped with Wicks logo, “1”, “35398”, “46”, “OP DIA”. 3 1/4" scale at TC. 1-7: zinc; 8-12: lower 1/3 linen cast metal, top 2/3 zinc; remaining pipes: linen cast metal.), Flute 8 (Stopped Wood. Scale: CC: 2 ¾ x 3 ½. ), Salicional 8 (TC: stamped with Wicks logo, “35052”, “60”, “SAL.”, “x5”. Scale: TC: 1 7/8”), Dulciana 8 (Notes 1-7 silent. GG: stamped with Wicks logo, “3”, “34786”, “Dul”. Scale: GG: 2 5/16”. Pipes 1-3 crudely mitered at 90 degrees to fit under 8' chamber ceiling. ), Octave 4, Flauto d'Amour 4 (These are metal pipes.), Chimes (Tubes: 20, A – E. All tubes 1 ¼” diameter. Markings: Low tube: “A=440”. Wooden support, script in pencil: “Geneva 1906” “M”), Automatic Pedal (Notes 1-20 play the Sub Bass/Flute at 16 pitch. Notes are interlocked so that only the lowest note in the range activates the pipe. This allows a pianist to play on the GREAT alone, but obtain the effect of a pedal bass. )
SWELL (The Swell division is unified to utilize the pipes in this 4-rank instrument. All pipes are located in a single chamber with a 10-blade shade between the chamber and the room. ) Bourdon 16 (This is a TC stop. Notes 1-12 are silent.), Open Diapason 8, Quintadena 8, Stopped Flute 8, Viola 8, Dulciana 8 (This is a GG stop. Notes 1-7 are silent. ), Flute 4, Violina 4, Nazard 2 2/3 (metal pipes), Oboe 8, Tremulant
PEDAL (The Pedal division is unified to utilize the pipes in this 4-rank instrument. All pipes are located in a single chamber with a 10-blade shade between the chamber and the room. ) Sub Bass 16 (Scale: CCC: 5 ½” x 6 5/8”. 1-4 mitered to fit 8' chamber ceiling. ), Gedeckt 8, Octave 4, Flute 4
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