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Hope-Jones organ, First Universalist Church, Rochester, NY

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Console
One of the earliest curved stoprail, stop-tablet consoles made! I apologize on behalf of whoever left the sticky notes all around the horseshoe. Had there been no witnesses, I'd have removed them for the picture!

The Room
A look at the room. The organ speaks from behind the right case. It's almost all in one chamber directly behind the casework, except for the big Tuba, which is located in its own chamber slightly below the main chamber and has its own lead-lined shades.

The Pipework

A few shots of the pipes. First (top image) the Tibia Clausa and Diaphonic Diapason. These two ranks were originally unenclosed, but are now under expression. The image is a stitched-together composite-- sorry if it appears a bit odd! Yes, that's an empty two-rank Wurlitzer chest sitting in front of the Diapason. At some point the two celestes (for the Vd'O. and Aeoline) were moved from the main chest and placed on this chest.

The main 10 ranks (second image): from left to right: Clarinet, Vox Humana (with 16' extension on the chest), Trumpet, Gedeckt, Viole d'Orchestre and Viole Celeste, Horn Diapason, Aeoline and Unda Maris, Concert Flute. The 16' Vox Humana was 'remade' from the original Hope-Jones 16' extension of the Clarinet. Each pair of strings is on a single unit's worth of chest, with each rank of each pair having its own slider in the toe-board.


The Tuba (lower two images): in its own chamber-- the trebles are nestled further back in the chamber (upper image) right in front of the wood resonators of the very powerful 16' octave. To the 'right' (lower image) further to the front of the chamber is the middle of the rank, with a few more wood resonators peeping up, just behind the shades, which you really can't see in these images.

The Relay
Part of the Hope-Jones switch stacks, obviously re-wired at some point. The original relay is not currently being used, but it has been preserved, at least.




--CURRENT STOPLIST--

PEDAL
32' Resultant Bass
16' Diapason Phonon
16' Contra Tibia Clausa
16' Bourdon
8' Flute
8' Cello
16' Ophicleide
16' Vox Humana
8' Tuba
4' Clarion
Great 8' to Pedal
Swell 8' to Pedal
Swell 4' to Pedal
Choir 8' to Pedal

CHOIR
16' Aeoline (T.C.)
8' Horn Diapason
8' Concert Flute
8' Gedeckt
8' Viole D'Orchestre
8' Aeoline
8' Unda Maris (T.C.)
4' Flute
4' Dulcet (aeoline)
8' Vox Humana
8' Clarinet
16' Ophicleide
8' Tuba
4' Clarion
Choir 4' to Choir
Swell 16' to Choir
Swell 8' to Choir
Swell 4' to Choir

GREAT
16' Contra Tibia Clausa
8' Diapason Phonon
8' Tibia Clausa
8' Horn Diapason
8' Flute
8' Gedeckt
4' Octave
4' Flute
16' Ophicleide
8' Tuba
4' Clarion
Cathedral Chimes
Swell 16' to Great
Swell 8' to Great
Swell 4' to Great

SWELL
16' Bourdon
8' Horn Diapason
8' Flute
8' Gedeckt
8' Viole D'Orchestre
Viole Celeste (adds celeste to 8' viole and 4' gambette)
8' Aeoline
4' Octave
4' Flute
4' Gambette (Viole d'Orch.)
16' Vox Humana
8' Tuba
8' Trumpet
8' Vox Humana
8' Clarinet
Swell 16' to Swell
Swell 4' to Swell


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