Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Episcopal: Great Choir
1047 Amsterdam Ave./112th St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY
Images
Unknown - Console (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Room (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Room (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Console (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Temporary altar and choir 1939 (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 4 manuals
- 75 stops
- 100 registers
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
Notes
2005-11-19 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Contract signed May 19, 1906 with the provision that it be built under the direction of E.M. Skinner; installed in 1910; dedication recital played by Clarence Dickenson in March, 1911; in 1939 Ernest M. Skinner & Son removed console, Great, Swell and three pedal ranks and protected rest when a completely new roof was put over the choir and sanctuary; the removed section was set up as a temporary organ on floor level; put back in place in 1941; rebuilt by AEolian-Skinner in 1954 as #150-A with new console using existing shell (contract dated December 7, 1951); reusing forty-eight existing ranks; one tonal change in 1963, #15O-B; restoration work by Douglass Hunt; extant.</i> -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from <i>The Life & Work of Ernest M. Skinner</i>, by Dorothy Holden Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
New York City, New York
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Episcopal
The Ernest M. Skinner Co. Opus 150 1906 4 manuals, 75 stops, 84 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 61 16' Dulciana 73
16' Bourdon 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' First Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Second Diapason 73
8' Third Diapason 61 8' Third Diapason 73
8' Philomela SO 8' Spitzflöte 73
8' Gross Flute 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Hohl Flute 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
8' Gedackt 61 8' Viola 73
8' Gamba 61 8' Aeoline 73
8' Erzähler 61 8' Unda Maris 73
8' Harmonic Flute 61 8' Claribel Flute 73
4' Octave 61 8' Gedackt 73
4' Gambette 61 4' Octave 73
4' Flute 61 4' First Flute 73
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Second Flute 73
V Mixture 305 4' Violina 73
16' Ophicleide SO 2' Flautino 61
8' Trombone SO V Mixture 305
4' Clarion SO 16' Trumpet 73
Blank knob 16' English Horn 73
8' Cornopean 73
CHOIR ORGAN 8' French Trumpet 73
16' Gedackt 73 8' Oboe 73
16' Gamba 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Diapason 73 4' Clarion 73
8' Geigen Principal 73 Tremolo
8' Concert Flute 73
8' Quintadena 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Dulciana 68 32' Diapason 68
II Dulcet 134 32' Contra Violone 44
4' Flute 73 16' Diapason 44
4' Fugara 73 16' Second Diap. (fr. 32') --
2' Piccolo 61 16' Violone (fr. 32') --
16' Fagotto 73 16' First Bourdon 44
8' Saxophone 73 16' Second Bourdon SW
8' Clarinet 73 16' Gamba CH
8' English Horn 73 16' Dulciana SW
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 8' First Octave (16' Diap) --
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Second Octave (fr. 32') --
Tremolo 8' Gedackt (1st Bdn) --
Carillons 4' Super Octave (fr. 32') --
32' Bombarde (ext Tuba M) 12 SO
SOLO ORGAN 16' Euphonium (ext Tuba M) 12 SO
8' Stentorphone 73 16' Ophicleide SO
8' Philomela 73 16' English Horn SW
8' Claribel Flute 73 8' Tuba Mirabilis SO
8' Harmonic Flute 73 8' Tuba SO
8' Gamba 73 4' First Clarion (Tuba M) SO
8' Gamba Celeste 73 4' Second Clarion (Tuba) SO
4' Octave 73 8' Pizzicato
4' Hohl Pfeife 73
4' Flute [Doppel Flute] 73
16' Ophicleide 97
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73
8' Tuba (fr. Ophic.) --
8' Flügel Horn 73
8' Clarinet CH
8' Orchestral Oboe CH
4' Clarion (fr. Ophic.) --
Tremolo
Blank knob *
* orig. to be Cymbal III;
French Horn added (1941)
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