Unknown Builder

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1226, 1884)

Location:

Presbyterian Church
205 Main St.
Port Byron, NY 13140 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 5099

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 7 ranks. 363 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 7 stops. 8 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 7
  • Registers: 8
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023.
Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023:

The organ was subsequently relocated to the First Parish in Needham, Unitarian-Universalist of Needham, Massachusetts and restored by J. Patrick Murphy & Associates in 2005.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023.

Database Manager on June 20, 2005:

Organ now in Patrick J. Murphy shop, Available for purchase and installation.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represents the moving and reinstallation of used organ for a new congregation in the same state, and without tonal changes. It was originally built for a/the Episcopal Church in Moravia, New York. Card says organ now moved to farmhouse near Clyde at Saranac, NY.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023.
Stoplist copied from a related OHS Database entry: Open In New Tab Originally published Feb. 8, 2023
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on May 02, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior; facade: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1900

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1910's

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