Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2005-03-01 - Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in <i>The Hook Opus List 1829-1935</i>, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -Database Manager
2015-03-26 - This congregation moved to the Upper West Side and is known as The Riverside Church. -Database Manager
2022-11-29 - From the NYC AGO NYC ORGAN PROJECT: The organ in the Park Avenue Baptist Church was built in 1922 by the Hook & Hastings Company of Boston. A large chamber on the right side of the chancel contained all pipes and mechanism of the main divisions, while the Echo division was in a rear gallery chamber. The four-manual console was located on the left side of the chancel. Archer Gibson (who was the personal organist for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., among others in high society) designed the specifications that had 72 registers (including Harp and Chimes). Mr. Gibson also served as the "expert adviser" on this project; without his final approval the installation would not be accepted. According to the "Memorandum of an Agreement" (June 10, 1921), the organ cost $35,000. Pipecounts were not listed but are suggested below, based on Hook & Hastings organs of the era. -Jeff Scofield
Source: From the NYC AGO ORGAN PROJECT, Steve Lawson, and THE DIAPASON February 1924
New York, New York
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Hook & Hastings Op. 2455 1922 4/56
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GREAT (encl except *) CHOIR (all duplexed)
16' Open Diapason mƒ 61 8' Geigen Principal SW
8' Open Diapason ƒƒ 61 8' Harmonic Flute GT
8' Open Diapason e 61 8' Zauberflöte GT
8' Grosseflöte 61 8' Salicional SW
8' Harmonic Flute 61 8' Salicional Celeste SW
8' Zauberflöte 61 8' Dolce SW
8' Viol d'Amour 61 8' Dolce Celeste SW
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Viol d'Amour GT
8' Dulciana 61 4' Waldflöte SW
8' Gamba g 61 2' Piccolo GT
4' Octave 61 8' Clarinet GT
4' Hohlflöte 61 8' Oboe d'Amore GT
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Vox Humana SW
2' Piccolo 61 Sub
V Mixture 305 Unison Off
16' Trumpet mƒ 61 Super
8' Trumpet ƒƒ 61
8' Clarinet ƒƒ 61 ECHO
8' Oboe d'Amore 61 8' Fernflöte 61
Tremolo 8' Viol 61
Sub 8' Viol Celeste 49
Unison Off 8' Vox Humana 61
Super Tremolo
Sub
SWELL Unison Off
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73 Super
8' Geigen Principal g 73
8' Gedeckt 73 PERCUSSION
8' Gamba 73 Chimes ƒ c 20
8' Gamba Celeste 61 Chimes mƒ
8' Salicional 73 Chimes p
8' Salicional Celeste 61 Chimes pp
8' Dolce 73 Harp h 49
8' Dolce Celeste 61
4' Salicet 73 PEDAL
4' Waldflöte 73 32' Diapason GT 12
2' Flautino 73 16' Diapason 30
III Dolce Cornet o 183 16' Diapason II GT
16' Trumpet 73 16' Subbass 30
8' Cornopean 73 16' Bourdon 30
8' Oboe o 73 16' Violone 30
8' Vox Humana mƒ 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
Tremolo 16' Grosseflöte SO 12
Sub 16' Gamba SO 12
Unison Off 8' Diapason GT
Super 8' Flute (Subbass) 12
8' Gedeckt (Bourdon) 12
SOLO (s) 16' Trombone 30
8' Open Diapason 73 16' Trombone II SO 12
8' Grosseflöte 73
8' Gamba 73
8' Gamba Celeste 61
8' Trumpet 73
8' Clarinet 73
Tremolo
Sub
Unison Off
Super
c Play at will from all four manuals and Pedal.
Dampers "On" and "Off". When "Pedal Divide"
is drawn Chimes wired to Pedal only from C to E.
Playable only one position at a time.
e English type
g old German
h 8' pitch only. Lowest octave duplicate of octave above,
i.e., four foot C is lowest actual sound. Play at will
from all four manuals and Pedal. Dampers "On" and "Off".
Playable only one position at a time.
o old style
s Playable at will from all four manuals and Pedal, without
"interference." Couplers "draw through." Not duplexed.
Pressure approximately 10";extreme high pressure to be avoided.")
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