2024 - Facade (Briarcliff Congregational Church/Paul R. Marchesano)
2024 - Console (Briarcliff Congregational Church/Paul R. Marchesano)
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
2024-11-12 - According to the church’s website, the instrument was installed in 1924, and holding events to celebrate its centenary. Information received online from Andrew Henderson on 2024-11-10 -Paul R. Marchesano
2024-11-12 - Brief history of the organ provided by the church: The organ was built and installed in 1924 by Austin Organs, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut, organ architects and builders, from plans approved after a long study by the Music Committee of the Briarcliff Congregational Church as those best suited to its needs. The organ originally contained about sixteen-hundred pipes of wood and metal varying in length from six inches to thirty-two feet, and in diameter from one-half inch to twelve inches. After a number of modifications over the years, including a major tonal overhaul in the late 1980s, there are now 1767 pipes. There is also a set of chimes containing twenty-five bells. [ed.: no information pertaining to details of changes or firms involved provided] The pipes are divided into 29 sets of pipes, (or ranks). The ranks are grouped into divisions, each of which is assigned to a keyboard (or manual) at the console. The divisions are named Great, Choir, and Swell. In addition, some ranks of pipes, designated to play the base, are assigned to the Pedal division. The organ was donated in 1924 by Walter W. Law, founder of the village of Briarcliff Manor, in memory of his wife, Georgianna Hitt Ransom Law. -Paul R. Marchesano
Appears to be usual couplers. (Specification based on final may 4, 1988 tonal renovation contract) Source: Document from church
Great (enclosed with Choir) Principal 8, Gemshorn 8, Holzgedeckt 8, Waldflöte 4, Principal 2, Octave 4, Mixture IV, Chimes
Swell Geigen 8, Gedeckt 16, Salicional 8, Gedeckt 8, Vox Celeste 8 (TC), Harmonic Flute 4, Spitz Principal 4, Blockflöte 2, Mixture III, Hautbois 8, Rohrschalmei 4, Tremulant
Choir (enclosed with Great) Holzgedeckt 8, Waldflöte 4, Unda Maris 8 (TC), Nazard 2 2/3, Principal 2, Tierce 1 3/5, Trompette 8, Tremulant, Clarinet 8
Pedal Resultant 32, Bourdon 16, Violone 16, Gedeckt 16, Principal 8, Flute 8, Bombarde 16, Principal 4, Gedeckt 8, Trompette 8
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