August 2024 - Church exterior (Google image/Jim Stettner)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2025-05-02 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. It was combined with a used 1929 Moller acquired by the congregation in 1999 from a Rochester, NY. Masonic Temple. -Jim Stettner
This specification describes the Kohl organ as it was installed in the congregation's 1965 building prior to its replacement with Moller Opus 5261. The Kohl instrument had been retained when the congregation demolished their 1860 building to replace it with the 1965 building on the same site. (source = "Webster Through the Years" by Esther Dunn) The organ was composed largely of what appear to be supply house components. Other components were exceptionally crude. For example the console switch stack was composed of reused orange crate slats. The grower's logo was plainly visible in bright inks. No attempt had been made to sand or shellac the wood for organ use. The supply house chests appeared ill-suited to the pipework planted thereon. For example, Bourdon pipes were rotated at crazy angles to avoid hitting each other. Source: Taken from the "Proposal for the installation and expansion of Moller Organ, Opus 5261 in the United Methodist Church of West Webster" dated February 23, 1992
Great (The GREAT division is created via unification of a Diapason and a Dulciana located in the spacious left expression chamber, and Bourdon located in the spacious right expression chamber.) Bourdon 16 (Stopped Wood.), Diapason 8 (Small scale metal, narrow mouth.), Bourdon 8, Dulciana 8 (CC pipe is 3 5/8" diameter.), Diapason 4, Bourdon 4, Dulciana 4, Bourdon 2, Chimes [21] (21 tubes struck by solenoid plungers. Rotary knob on the nameplate with positions: OFF-1-2-3-4-5-6. Separate electrical contacts fitted under GREAT keys.)
Swell (The SWELL division is created via unification of a Diapason and a Dulciana located in the spacious left expression chamber, and Bourdon located in the spacious right expression chamber.) Diapason 16 (1-12 are silent), Bourdon 16, Dulciana 16 (1-12 are silent), Diapason 8, Bourdon 8, Dulciana 8, Diapason 4, Bourdon 4, Dulciana 4, Bourdon 2 2/3, Bourdon 2, Tremulant (affects entire instrument)
Pedal (The PEDAL division is created via unification of a Diapason and a Dulciana located in the spacious left expression chamber, and Bourdon located in the spacious right expression chamber.) Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Bourdon 8, Dulciana 8, Diapason 4
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