Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2513 (1969)

Broadway Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
601 W. 114th St. at Broadway
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

1925 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
36 stops
45 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2010-12-13 - The organ was installed in phases, with the console and new Great and Pedal as the first phase; the old Swell and Choir were hooked to the new console and were replaced by the new swell and Choir divisions as funds permitted; the Echo is not presently playable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The New York City Organ Project</i>, NYC AGO Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     New York, New York
     Broadway Presbyterian Church

     Austin   Op. 2513   1969   3/40
     _______________________________________________

     GREAT                         SWELL
 16' Quintaton     61           8' Rohrgedeckt    61
  8' Principal     61           8' Viola          61
  8' Bourdon       61           8' Viola Celeste  61
  4' Octave        61           4' Principal      61
  4' Nachthorn     61           4' Koppelflöte    61
  2' Super Octave  61           2' Octavin        61
 IV  Fourniture   244         III  Plein Jeu     183
  8' Trompete      61          16' Fagot          61
     Sub                        8' Trompette      61
     Unison Off                 4' Rohrschalmei   61
     Super                         Tremulant
     Chimes        EC              Sub
                                   Unison Off
     POSITIV (prep)                Super
  8' Nasongedeckt
  4' Rohrpfeife                    CHOIR
  2' Prinzipal                  8' Gedeckt        61
  1' Sifflöte                   8' Flauto Dolce   61
III  Cymbal                     8' Flute Celeste  49
     Tremulant                  4' Spitzflöte     61
     Cymbelstern *              2' Blockflöte     61
                            1 1/3' Larigot        61
     PEDAL                     II  Sesquialtera  122
 32' Resultant     --           8' Krummhorn      61
 16' Principal     32              Tremulant
 16' Quintaton     GT              Sub
 16' Gedeckt       12 SW           Unison Off
  8' Octave        32              Super
  8' Gedeckt       SW
  4' Super Octave  12              ECHO (existing)
  4' Koppelflöte   SW           8' Viole Aetheria 73
 II  Mixture       64           8' Vox Angelica   73
 16' Posaune       12 GT        8' Gedackt        73
  8' Posaune       GT           8' Vox Humana     61
  4' Krummhorn     CH              Tremulant
                                   Chimes         25
  *  added in 1997

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 11, 2014]

Websites

Broadway Presbyterian Church - New York City [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)