Augustus Backus
pre-1850

Rhinebeck Reformed Church

25 Mill Street
Rhinebeck, NY, US

7 Ranks - 396 Pipes
Instrument ID: 72779 ● Builder ID: 263 ● Location ID: 6417
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STOPLISTS

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  • Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
  • Notes: (TF)
  • Notes: (TF)
  • Notes: (TF)
  • Notes: (now Flute 4')
  • Notes: (Fifteenth)
8'42
8'17
8'42
8'17
8'42
4'59
2 2⁄3'59
2'59
59
  • Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room
  • Chest Action: Other
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
  • Notes: (manual to pedal coupler)

Manual compass: GGG-f3, 59 notes. Pedal compass: GGG-GG, 13 notes. Organ can be hand-pumped. Open and Stopt Diapasons unenclosed. Hitchdown swell pedal. Updated stoplist standard, pitches not present on original knobs.
Originally Written/Published: June 1976

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CONSOLES

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Builder: Augustus Backus
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
1 Manuals (59 Notes)13 Note Pedal9 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action
Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on March 12th, 2025:

"The Reformed Church of Rhinebeck was founded in 1731...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)."
-- information from "The Reformed Church of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, NY", chvago.org

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