Pipe Organ Database

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A. & J. Pipe & Reed Organ Service (1980ca.)

Originally Hall & Labagh (1859)

Location:

St. Helena Convent
(section of New Windsor)
Vail's Gate, NY 12584 US
Organ ID: 1739

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Convents, Monasteries, and the like
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 7 ranks. 1 manuals.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on September 11, 2017:

At some point the organ was put into storage; it was later purchased by the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York City, and restored in 2016 by Brunner & Associates, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

The original builder was Hall & Labagh (1859).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1980.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Built by Hall & Labagh in 1859 for St. George's Chapel, Episcopal, in Newburgh, N.Y. About 1885, it was then moved to the Associate Reformed Church, Newburgh, N.Y., and later (ca. 1980) to the Convent of St. Helena, Vail's Gate, N.Y.

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

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