Frank Roosevelt
Opus 535, 1892
Rhinebeck Reformed Church
Sanctuary
25 Mill Street
Rhinebeck, NY, US
10 Ranks
Instrument ID: 6769 ● Builder ID: 5395 ● Location ID: 6417
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
| Great (I)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Doppel Flute | |
| 8' | Salicional | |
| 4' | Gemshorn | |
| 8' | Swell to Great | |
| 4' | Swell to Great |
| Swell (II)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Violin Diapason | |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason | |
| 8' | Dolce | |
| 4' | Flute Harmonique | |
| 8' | Oboe | |
| Tremulant |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | |
| 8' | Great to Pedal | |
| 8' | Swell to Pedal |
Couplers located above Swell Manual Pneumatic chests with key action suspended on the primaries. (It is NOT tracker action). Pedal movements, left to right: Full Organ, Swell Pedal, Gt/Ped, Organ Piano, Organ Mezzo
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CONSOLES
Builder: Frank Roosevelt
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions10 Stops10 RegistersTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Church records show that on January 4, 1893, $2,700 was expended for a new organ. Another entry for September 24, 1894, shows that $75 was received as proceeds from the sale of the old organ (Augustus Backus, c. 1860, 1-6) which was sold to St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Old Stone Church).
The new organ is probably one of the last organs built by Frank Roosevelt, the brother of Hilborne L. Roosevelt, who was considered to have had the greatest effect on American organ building during the late 19th century. Hilborne Roosevelt died in 1886 at the age of 37; his brother Frank continued the business until 1893 and died a year later at the age of 33.
Sources: Excerpt from an article in MUSIC, the official journal of the American Guild of Organists, April 1976, History of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rhinebeck Flatts, New York, Copyright 1931, Frank D. Blanchard, Rhinebeck, NY
Database Manager on February 14th, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Milovan Popovic. -- Electric blower installed. Double rise reservoir converted to single rise. Felgemaker oboe installed in Swell.
Database Manager on October 15th, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from Douglas Westcott.
Database Manager on October 14th, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from Douglas Westcott. -- Motorized blower.
Related Instrument Entries: Robert S. Rowland (1956)
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