A. David Moore Co., Organbuilders
1973
Originally Steer & Turner [J.W. Steer] (Opus 8, 1868)
University of Connecticut
St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Chapel
46 North Eagleville Road
Storrs, CT, US
14 Ranks - 717 Pipes
Instrument ID: 7237 ● Builder ID: 4372 ● Location ID: 6854
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
| Great🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason 🛈 | |
| 8' | Melodia Treble [TC]🛈 | |
| 8' | Stop'd Diapason Bass🛈 | |
| 8' | Dulciana [TC]🛈 | |
| 4' | Octave 🛈 | |
| 2⅔' | Twelfth 🛈 | |
| 2' | Fifteenth 🛈 |
| Swell🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason [TC]🛈 | |
| 8' | Stop'd Diapason Treble [TC] 🛈 | |
| 8' | Stop'd Diapason Bass 🛈 | |
| 8' | Keraulophon [TC]🛈 | |
| 4' | Violina 🛈 | |
| II | Cornett 🛈 | |
| 8' | Hautboy [TC]🛈 | |
| 8' | Bassoon 🛈 | |
| Tremulo |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Double Op. Diap. 🛈 |
| Couplers | ||
| Swell to Great | ||
| Swell to Pedals | ||
| Great to Pedals |
| Mechanical Movements | ||
| Bellows Signal🛈 | ||
| balanced Swell pedal🛈 |
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals Mechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1994 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
This elegant organ was built for the BaptistChurch in Rondout, New York, a section of Kingston. It was replaced there by a large two-manual Odell, Op. 370, 1899, and moved to Temple Emmanuel in Rondout, a building later occupied by First Emmanuel Church.
By 1973, the Steer & Turner was unplayable; when the pastor of the church read about the Organ Clearing House in an article in the New York Daily News, he called to see if a home might be found for it, as Emmanuel Church did not have the wherewithal to restore it. Meantime, the pastor of the Catholic Chapel at the University of Connecticut in Storrs had contacted the Clearing House to see if an organ might be available for the chapel. The Clearing House recommended the Steer & Turner.
During Spring break in April 1973, Alan Laufman, assisted by Steve Finnigan, one of his students at the Storm King School, Sue Nesbitt, a student at the University of Connecticut, and other volunteers from Storrs, removed the organ from Emmanuel and moved it to Connecticut. Richard Hamar contracted with St. Thomas Aquinas to install the organ, but because he could not do the work right away, he subcontracted the work to A David Moore of North Pomfret, Vermont, who was available. During preparations for installation, chapel volunteers removed as many as four layers of brown, yellow, gray, and bright red paint from the case, revealing handsome chestnut underneath. Sue Nesbitt assisted David Moore in the installation in May of 1973; one thing led to another, and they were married in the chapel in October of that year.
-- 1994 OHS Handbook
Database Manager on January 31st, 2015:
Updated through online information from Matthew Emery.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was Steere & Turner (1868, Opus8).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1994
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Built for Baptist Ch., Rondout, NY. Moved to Temple Emmanuel, Rondout 1899. Bldg. became First Emmanuel Ch. Relocated here through OCH in 1973.
Related Instrument Entries: Steer & Turner [J.W. Steer] (Opus 8, 1868) , Steer & Turner [J.W. Steer] (1899)
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