2012-06-06 - Nave with organ in gallery (Photograph by John Marshels, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2004-10-30 - This large instrument was apparently modified by Steere and was then fitted with electro-pneumatic pull-down actions by Hook & Hastings. By the mid 1960s, the console had been removed but the instrument appeared otherwise intact. It has subsequently been made playable again (but not restored) by the Carey Organ Company of Troy. -Database Manager
2023-04-19 - The instrument of this church may justly be regarded as the organ ofTroy, both in size, power, and the manner in which it is presided over. It was built about ten years ago, by Hall & Labagh of New York; it has three banks, fifty four stops and the noted thirty-two foot pipe. During the coming year it is to receive special additions which will improve it materially, and make it a truly magnificent instrument-a pneumatic action by which the keys move as readily as those of a piano-forte, will probably be among the novelties introduced. T.J. Guy is organist, and has the largest chorus choir in the city. At. St. Joseph's the works of old composers are performed in a style of unsurpassed excellence-great care and attention being bestowed on the music. Father Thebaud may well feel proud of the high reputation of this church, its organ and choir. --"Church Music," *Troy Daily Times*, 13:219 (Mar.11, 1865), 3. [reprinted in the *2006 OHS Organ Atlas*] -Paul R. Marchesano
2023-04-19 - The church website states the organ was purchased in 1852, not 1855 as previously recorded here: The Grand Pipe Organ was purchased in 1852. Dr. Thomas J. Guy, choir director and renowned composer, was the organist from 1853 to1900. Between 1940 and 1973 the organ was inoperable. The organ was then rebuilt, and is now in working order. Choir director, (the late) Br. Paul-Allan Carey, FSD and his talented associates have undertaken the pain-staking restoration process to return it to its original function and beauty. [accessed 2023-04-19] -Paul R. Marchesano
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. Joseph's R. C., Troy, NY 1855 Hall & Labagh St. Joseph's Church, Troy, New York Hall & Lagagh, New York City, 1855 GREAT 61n 16 Double Open Diapason 8 Open Diapason 8 Stop Diapason 8 Viol de gamba 8 Melodia 4 Principal 4 Forh Flute 3 Twelfth 2 Fifteenth III Sesquialtera 8 Trumpet 4 Clarion SWELL 61n 16 Double Stop Diapason 8 Open Diapason 8 Stop Diapason 8 Dulciana 4 Principal 2 Fifteenth III Cornet 8 Trumpet 8 Hautbois 4 Clarion CHOIR 61n 16 Double Stop Diapason 8 Open Diapason 8 Stop Diapason 8 Dulciana 8 Keraulophon 4 Principal 4 Harmonic Flute 4 Rohr Flute 2 Piccolo 8 Clarionet PEDAL 25n? 32 Double Open Diapason 16 Double Open Diapason 16 Double Stop Diapason 16 Double Dulciana 12 Quinte 8 Violoncello 16 Trombone COUPLERS and MECHANICALS Great and Swell Unison Great and Swell Octaves Great and Choir Choir and Swell Great and Pedal Swell and Pedal Choir and Pedal Bellows Alarm This large instrument was apparently modified by Steere and was then fitted with electro-pneumatic pull-down actions by Hook & Hastings. When I saw it in the mid 1960s, the console had been removed but the instrument appeared otherwise intact. It has subsequently been made playable again (but not restored) by the Carey Organ Company of Troy. The facade contains the bottom of the Great 16' Double Open Diapason (and perhaps other pipes) in three large Gothic arches. The Pedal 16' Double Dulciana is a bell gamba. The 32' Double Open Diapason is of wood and stands against the back wall. ["This information is from an article on the Hall company written by Stephen Pinel (?) and appearing in "The American Organist" (??). Larry Chace]
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