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Henry Erben (1841)

First Chinese Presbyterian / Sea and Land Presbyterian / Market Street Dutch Reformed
Market and Henry streets
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hall & Erben (1824). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1977. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Original owner of the building unknown; became Market Street Reformed; then Sea & Land Presbyterian, then Church of All People, Presbyterian & Methodist at Sea and Land (in 1969). One Manual rebuilt by Erben in 1841, to 2-15; altered Jardine 1860; 1863 (2-13). Rebuilt by G. Adams and Mann & Trupiano 1976, 2-16. Compass (G Compass): Gt: 59 Notes; Sw: 35 Notes; Ch Bass: 24 Notes (unenclosed); Ped: 20 Notes -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: OHS PC Database) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

First Chinese Presbyterian [was Sea and Land Presbyterian], New York
Henry Erben, 1844/1860&1863 Jardine /G. Adams & Trupiano
(Stoplist: Tracker 1:1  October 1956  Page 3)

G-Compass organ

GREAT  8 Stops
Open Diapason (TG)  8'
Open Diapason Bass  8'
Dulciana 8'
Stopped Diapason 8'
Flute  4'
Principal 4'
Twelfth 3'
Fifteenth 2'

SWELL: 5-stops (2 bass)
Open Diapason 8'
Stopped Diapason 8'
Principal 4'
Cornet II
Trumpet 8'

Stopped Diapason Ch 8' (unenclosed, bass)
Principal Ch 4' (unenclosed, bass)
Tremulant

PEDAL: 1-Rank
No knob.  Rank of Bourdon pipes that appears to have been added later and is on permanently.  The 
rank is probably one octave as the lower octave of pedal keys pulls down the upper octave, as if a 
P-P 4' were on.

Couple, Great & Swell
Great & Swell, Octaves
Pedal

Compass of Great Organ:  59 Notes
Compass of Swell Organ:  35 Notes
Compass of Choir Bass:   24 Notes
Compass of Pedal Organ:  20 Notes

One of the Jardine additions was the tower turrets and ornaments on the top of the case, which were 
added to hide the pipes from view.  Even after the several changes made by Jardine at this time, the 
Erben nameplate remained on the organ. Georgian case of pine located prominently in the center of the 
gallery.

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

First Chinese Presbyterian Church
New York, New York
Henry Erben, 1840
Enlarged from 1824 single-manual Hall & Erben
OHS ID: 200
Source: Ogasapian, 1977
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        GREAT                      SWELL (f-f4, 36 notes)
    [8] Open Diapason          [8] Dulciana
    [8] Stop'd Diapason        [8] Stop'd Diapason
    [4] Principal              [4] Principal
[2-2/3] Twelfth                [4] Flute
    [2] Fifteenth              [8] Hautboy
        Sesquialtera III, bass     
        Cornet IV, treble          CHOIR (bass)
    [8] Trumpet                [8] Stop'd Diapason
                               [4] Principal
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-07]

Websites

First Chinese Presbyterian Church - New York City - Stoplist, photographs (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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