Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1237 (1924)

St. James Episcopal Church
865 Madison Avenue at 71st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
54 stops
72 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2004-12-21 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 20, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2005-12-19 - From the New York City Organ Project website: Installation completed in 1927. Replaced by Möller Opus 8888 in 1956. -Database Manager

2011-03-18 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1924 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       New York, New York
       St. James Episcopal Church

       Austin   Op. 1237   1924   4/57
       ____________________________________________________

       GREAT (encl except*)            SWELL
   16' Dbl Open Diapason 61 *      16' Bourdon           73
    8' 1st Open Diapason 61 *       8' Open Diapason     73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason 61         8' Clarabella        73
    8' 3rd Open Diapason 61         8' Viol d'Orchestre  73
    8' Violoncello       61         8' Viol Celeste      73
    8' Grossflöte        61         8' Vox Seraphique    73
    8' Gemshorn          61         4' Fugara            73
    4' Principal         61     2 2/3' Nazard            61
    4' Harmonic Flute    61         2' Flautino          61
2 2/3' Twelfth           61     1 3/5' Tierce            61
    2' Fifteenth         61        16' Double Oboe       61
   IV  Mixture          244         8' Cornopean         73
    8' Trumpet           61         8' Oboe              12
       Chimes            25         8' Oboe Clarion      12
    8' Pitch Diapason    49 a
                                       SWELL ECHO (b)
       CHOIR                        8' Horn Diapason     73
   16' Double Dulciana   73         8' Chimney Flute     73
    8' Open Diapason     73         8' Flute Celeste     61
    8' Concert Flute     73         8' Echo Salicional   73
    8' Dulciana          73         8' Vox Celeste       73
    8' Unda Maris        61         4' Flauto Traverso   73
    8' Vox Angelica      61         8' Night Horn        73
    8' Quintadena        73         8' Vox Humana        61
    4' Flute d'Amour     73            Tremolo
    2' Piccolo           61
    8' Cor Anglais       73            PEDAL
       Tremolo                     32' Contra Bourdon    32
       Celesta           49        16' 1st Open Diapason 32
                                   16' 2nd Open Diapason GT
       SOLO                        16' Bourdon           12
    8' Stentorphone      73        16' Violone           32
    8' Major Flute       73        16' Dolce Bourdon     SW
    8' Major Gamba       73        16' Dulciana          CH
    8' Gamba Celeste     73         8' Octave            12
   16' Tuba Mirabilis    61         8' Flute             12
    8' Tuba Harmonic     12         8' Cello             SO
    8' French Horn       73         8' Dolce             CH
    8' Orchestral Oboe   73        32' Contra Bombarde   12 SO
    4' Tuba Clarion      12        16' Tuba Profunda     SO
       Tremolo                     16' Fagotto           SW
       Chimes            GT         8' Tuba Harmonic     SO
                                    4' Tuba Clarion      SO
    a  located in sacristy   
    b  in its own Swell box inside the Swell

      [Received from Jeff Scofield May 30, 2014]

Websites

St. James Episcopal Church - New York City [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] - Specification, photos, history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)