Central City, Colorado
St. James United Methodist Church

J.W. STEERE & SON., Opus 456, 1899 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive except *)                  COUPLERS (Drawknob)
8'  Open Diapason *              61          Swell to Pedale                 [8]
8'  Doppel Flöte                 61          Great to Pedale                 [8]
8'  Dulciana               (tc)  49
4'  Octave                       61          Swell to Great                  [8]
4'  Flute d'Amour                61          Sw. to Gr. Super Octave         [4]


SWELL (Expressive)                           FOOT TRUNDLES
16' Bourdon                      61          Great Piano -
8'  Open Diapason                61
8'  Stopped Diapason             61          Great Forte -
8'  Salicional                   61
8'  Æoline                       61          Gr. to Ped.
8'  Vox Celeste            (tc)  49
4'  Violina                      61          Swell Piano -
2'  Flautina                     61
8'  Oboe and Bassoon             61          Swell Forte -
    Tremolo

                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
PEDAL                                        Expression                   (bal.)
16' Bourdon                      30
16' Lieblich Gedeckt       (Sw)  –-


ACTION: Manual Mechanical Key & Stop               VOICES: 15          STOPS: 16
        Ped. Tub-Pneum Key w/man. Stop             RANKS: 15           PIPES: 860


NOTES
The congregation was organized in 1959. They met in several places before erecting
their own church. They moved into the basement of the partially complete edifice
in 1865. The completed church was dedicated in 1872.

The organ cost $2,350.00 and is dedicated to Robert & Emma J. Harris who made
generous contributions to the organ fund. The contract called for the organ to be
completed by October 1. It arrived in Central City on the 13th, and was erected
and dedicated by November 2. The recital wish given by Henry Housley who was the
organist at the St. John's Episcopal Cathedral in Denver.

The organ is installed in front and sports a stenciled 5-sectional façade of 33
pipes arranged: 5-8-7-8-5. The keydesk is attached and projecting with a cover
that lifts to form a music rack. The stops are arranged as drawknobs on terraced
jambs on both sides of the keyboards. The Pedal key action is tubular-pneumatic.
The Great 8' Dulciana borrows its bottom 12 notes from the 8' Doppel Flöte.

Sources: 1998 OHS Convention Handbook


St. James United Methodist Church
123 Eureka Street
Central City, CO. 80427 
(303) 582-5882                               Documented: October 27, 2020