Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
Opus 806, 1896
Western House of Refuge / State Industrial School
Chapel
41 Backus Street
Rochester, NY, US
4 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 72966 ● Builder ID: 1992 ● Location ID: 62330
⬆️ These are database IDs that may change. Don't use as academic reference.EXPLORE IMAGESVIEW STOPLISTSomething not quite correct?Suggest an Edit
Plenum Organ Company
🤝 Instrument entries in New York sponsored by:
We are grateful for the generous support of our sponsors, who make it possible for us to continue our mission of preserving and promoting the rich history of pipe organs across the globe.
IMAGES
Category:
Only show images in a specific category ☝️
Something missing or not quite correct?Add ImageorSuggest an Edit
STOPLISTS
Selected Item:
View additional stoplist entries if they exist ☝️
Click on a stop or division name for additional details if marked with 🛈.
| Great (II)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason | |
| 8' | Viola da Gamba | |
| 8' | Doppel Flute | |
| 4' | Octave | |
| 4' | Hohl Flute | |
| 2 2⁄3' | Octave Quint | |
| 2' | Super Octave | |
| 8' | Trumpet | |
| Swell to Great Sub Octave | ||
| Swell to Great | ||
| Swell to Great Octave | ||
| Choir to Great | ||
| Choir to Great Octave |
| Swell (III - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | |
| 8' | Open Diapason | |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason | |
| 8' | Salicional | |
| 4' | Gemshorn | |
| 4' | Flute Harmonique | |
| III [?] | Cornet | |
| 8' | Cornopean | |
| 8' | Oboe | |
| 8' | Vox Humana | |
| Tremulant | ||
| Swell Octave |
| Choir (I - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Geigen Principal | |
| 8' | Concert Flute | |
| 8' | Dolce | |
| 4' | Flute d'Amour | |
| 8' | Clarinet | |
| Tremulant | ||
| Swell to Choir |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Open Diapason | |
| 16' | Bourdon | |
| 16' | Lieblich Gedeckt | SW |
| 8' | Flute | |
| Swell to Pedal | ||
| Swell to Pedal Octave | ||
| Great to Pedal | ||
| Choir to Pedal |
PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (bal.), Choir Expression (bal.), Crescendo (bal.)
Originally Written/Published: 1896
Something missing or not quite correct?Add StoplistorSuggest an Edit
CONSOLES
Selected Item:
View additional console entries if they exist ☝️
Features:
3 Manuals Electrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Other
Control System: Unknown or N/A
Something missing or not quite correct?Add ConsoleorSuggest an Edit
DETAILS
Switch between notes, documents, and blowers ☝️
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Jim Stettner on April 16th, 2025:
This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Andrew Henderson (April 15, 2025).
This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Andrew Henderson (April 15, 2025).
Andrew Henderson on April 16th, 2025:
From *The Democrat & Chronicle* (June 3, 1896): "The organ is what is known as the electric action organ, which means that the instrument is operated through an electric communication between the pipes and the keys. This is maintained by a storage battery, while the power will be from an electric motor. The organ has eight reversible pedals, six combination pedals and two swell pedals. It is finished throughout with the best of material and by the best workmen. There will be no case, which will practically be formed by the building, nor will there be any front pipes. The key desk will be finished in mahogany, and the woodwork of the ornamental parts will be of oak."
Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (ca. 1907)
Something missing or not quite correct?Add NoteorAdd WebpageorAdd Cross ReferenceorSuggest an Edit
Pipe Organ Database
A project of the Organ Historical Society Website by John RoperEditor Login