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J.H. & C.S. Odell Opus 378 (1901) • 2 manuals, 25 stops • Compass: 61/30

Formerly of Washington Square Methodist Church, New York City

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Due to a recent merger between three downtown Manhattan Methodist Parishes, the old sanctuary for Washington Square Methodist Church on West 4th Street in New York has been sold to a development firm. The developers, FLAnk, Inc., plan a renovation and conversion of the property to residential units. Their plan will allow for preservation of the major architectural elements of the sanctuary.

Working in cooperation with FLAnk, during the third week of July 2005, we were able to dismantle, remove and store the Odell pipe organ contained therein. Expert onsite assistance in removing the largest parts of the organ was provided by the Organ Clearing House. The entire organ, including the casework, is now in storage at our East Hampton, Connecticut facility.

We can report after taking full inventory of the instrument during the removal that it is in extremely good physical condition, and to our knowledge is the only extant Odell organ with tubular pneumatic action. The manual wind chests are pneumatically controlled slider chests, with pneumatically controlled stop sliders. The sole alteration to the organ was replacement of the original flat pedal board with a radiating and concave pedalboard. Our firm did this work in 1957. Since then the organ has had limited restorative work done by local maintenance persons, but is otherwise unaltered.

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