Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Episcopal: Great Choir
1047 Amsterdam Ave./112th St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY
Images
Unknown - Original specifications (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Room with a note from builder (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Room with a note from builder (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Room with a note from builder (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Room with a note from builder (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Room with a note from builder (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Window (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Building (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 4 manuals
- 95 stops
- 115 registers
- 7 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has hitchdown couplers
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> Rebuild of Skinner Op. 150, with significant additions.</i> -Database Manager
2006-02-13 - Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- Despite being only 141 ranks in the largest gothic cathedral in the world, the organ is remarkably effective. The State Trumpet at the West End (substituting a full Antiphonal as a result of a financial crunch) is considered to be among the top five loudest stops in the world, operating on 50" wind pressure, and was restored by Austin Organs in the mid 1990's. The console is detached, located in a loft above the south choir stalls below south organ tower, making the organist invisible to the congregation. Instrument suffered heavy water and smoke damage as a result of a fire on December 18, 2001 which destroyed the Cathedral's unfinished North Transept. It was removed in mid 2005 and shipped to Quimby Organs of Warrensburg, Missouri, where it is currently undergoing cleaning and restoration to its 1954 condition. Reinstallation is expected to take place around December of 2008. The Cathedral also houses other organs by E. M. Skinner organs and Casavant, and the crypt once contained an organ by Hutchings. -Database Manager
2007-02-14 - Updated through online information from Andrew Kryzak. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from Factory Specification via Larry Trupiano Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
New York City, New York
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Episcopal
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 150-A 1951 4 manuals, 95 stops, 141 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Montre 61 16' Contra Gamba * 73
16' Quintaten 73 16' Bourdon * 73
8' Principal 61 8' Geigen Principal 73
8' Diapason ** 79 8' Viole de Gambe 73
8' Viola * 61 8' Viole Celeste * 73
8' Hohl Flute * 61 8' Salicional * 73
8' Holz Gedackt * 61 8' Voix Celeste * 73
8' Erzähler * 61 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Quintaten (fr. 16') -- 8' Spitzflöte * 73
5 1/3' Quint 61 8' Flute Celeste 68
4' Principal ** 61 8' Unda Maris II * 146
4' Octave ** 61 4' Prestant 61
4' Spitzflöte * 61 4' Violina * 61
4' Flute Couverte 61 4' Flauto Traverso * 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 2' Octavin 61
2' Doublette ** 61 IV Plein Jeu 244
2' Fifteenth 61 III-IV Scharff 220
II Sesquialtera 122 16' Contra Fagotto * 61
III-VI Plein Jeu 294 8' Trompette 68
V-VIII Grande Fourniture 368 8' Cornopean * 68
IV Kleine Mixtur 244 8' Oboe * 61
III Cymbel 183 8' Voix Humaine * 61
16' Fagot 61 4' Octave Trumpet * 61
4' Clairon 61
CHOIR ORGAN Tremulant
16' Sanftbass * 73
8' Viola Pomposa 73 BOMBARDE ORGAN (floating)
8' Viola Celeste 73 V-IX Tierce Mixture 376
8' Concert Flute * 73 16' Bombarde 61
8' Nason Flute * 73 8' Trompette Harmonique 61
8' Dolcan * 68 4' Clairon Harmonique 61
8' Dolcan Celeste (TC) * 56
8' Dulcet II * 146 WEST END (floating)
4' Montre 68 8' State Trumpet (50" wp) 61
4' Koppelflöte 61
2 2/3' Rohr Nasat 61 PEDAL ORGAN
2' Blockflöte 61 32' Open Bass * 68
1 3/5' Terz * 61 32' Contra Violone * 44
1 1/3' Larigot * 61 16' Open Bass * (32' OB) --
1' Sifflöte * 61 16' Contre Basse 32
III Grave Mixtur 183 16' Violone * (32' OB) --
III Zimbel 183 16' Montre GT
16' English Horn 61 16' Contra Gamba SW
8' Cromorne 61 16' Bourdon SW
8' Clarinet * 61 16' Sanftbass CH
4' Trompete 68 16' Quintaten GT
Tremulant 10 2/3' Quintaten GT
Harp pf 8' Principal 32
Zimbelstern 5 bells 8' Montre GT
8' Flute Harmonique (32' OB)--
SOLO ORGAN 8' Cello III *** 96
8' Flauto Mirabilis * 61 8' Gedeckt Pommer 32
8' Harmonic Flute * 73 8' Quintaton GT
8' Cello * 73 4' Choral Bass 32
8' Cello Celeste * 73 4' Montre GT
4' Hohlpfeife * 61 4' Nachthorn * (32' OB) --
2' Doppel Flöte * 61 2' Blockflöte * 32
8' Flügel Horn * 61 IV Mixtur 128
8' French Horn * 73 IV Scharff 128
8' Vox Baryton * 61 32' Contre Bombarde (ext BO) 12
Tremulant 16' Ophicleide * 56
8' Tuba Major * 61 16' Bombarde BO
4' Tuba Clarion ** 73 16' Contra Fagotto SW
Chimes pf 8' Trumpet * (16' Ophic.) --
8' Bombarde BO
4' Clarion * (16' Ophic.) --
2' Rohr Schalmei 32
* retained or revoiced from Skinner Op. 150
** double treble
*** replaced by 8' Spitzflöte (1963)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-11-17]
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