J. W. Steere & Sons
1907

The J. W. Steere & Son organ was bought in March of 1907 for $1,300, and an addition was built behind the pulpit platform to accommodate it. The organ has two manuals, nine ranks, 518 pipes, and looks quite at home in its surroundings. The facade of 5 woodless flats of Open Diapason and dummy basses are arranged 7/10/7/10/7, with the central tower projecting out above the keydesk. The lower portion of the case is paneled oak, and access to the chamber is on both sides. The Swell chest is located directly behind the Great with a walkboard between them, and the Swell box encloses everything except the Great Open Diapason. Pedal pipes are on the left, and are
operated by tubular-pneumatic action. The large double-rise reservoir is centrally placed below the manual chests, and the upper fold is inverted. The key action is fanned tracker. Like all Steere organs of the period, the workmanship is superb; the interior parts are beautifully sanded and shellacked, corners are perfectly finished, and even though the organ is ninety years old, it is in perfect playing condition. No better tracker action has ever been built!

The Great Open Diapason is of very generous scale. The Dulciana has spotted metal trebles and zinc basses, 6 of which are offset and mitered. The Melodia is open wood, has ten stopped wood basses, and the mouths are inverted. The Octave sits at the back of the Great chest: 1-8 are zinc, 9-61 are common metal. The Swell Salicional and Oboe Gamba are of narrow scale, and their mouths are bearded; basses are offset and mitered inside the Swell box. The Stopped Diapason is entirely of wood with no metal trebles. The Flute d'Amour is stopped wood with 15 metal trebles. The Pedal Bourdon is, of course, stopped wood.
Source: "The Organs of the Upper Hudson Valley", Alan M. Laufman and Stephen L. Pinel, The Tracker, 41:3 (1997) 20.

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Five-sectional facade with 41 pipes arranged: 7-10-7-10-7.

Status Note: There 1997

Cost $1300. Placed in addition behind the pulpit platform. Great is enclosed with Swell except for Open Diapason. Tubular pneumatic pedal action.