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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 223-A (1961)

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Episcopal: Potter Memorial Chapel / St. James Chapel
1047 Amsterdam Ave./112th St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2018-02-26 - Organ Case and Loft (Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
12 stops
19 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2005-12-21 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Rebuild of E. M. Skinner Opus 223, reusing 2 extra ranks and 24 extra pipes. -Database Manager

2011-01-21 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2013-07-08 - Updated through information from Sam Cherubin -- Rebuilt 2011 by Douglass Hunt, following smoke damage by fire in 2001. -Database Manager

2021-03-05 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The organ in the Chapel of St. James was originally built by the Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston, as Opus 223 in 1914. In 1961, the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston rebuilt the organ as Opus 223-A. The organ is located in a small gallery on the north wall and is used often for the many weddings, funerals and other services in the chapel. In December 2001, the unfinished north transept was destroyed by fire, causing tremendous smoke damage to the entire cathedral. All of the organs in the cathedral were silenced until they could be removed, cleaned and restored. The organ in St. James Chapel was rebuilt in 2010 by Douglass Hunt, curator of the cathedral organs, and includes a new console by Harris Organs, Inc., of Whittier, Calif. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of Allen Kinzey from shop files

        New York, New York
        Cathedral of St. John the Divine
        Chapel of St. James

        Skinner           Op. 223     1914   2/11
        Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 223-A   1961   2/15
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        GREAT                        SWELL
     8' Spitzprinzipal  61       16' Bourdon        61
     8' Gedackt         SW        8' Gedackt        61
     4' Praestant       61        8' Viole de Gamba 61
III-IV  Scharf          SW        8' Viole Celeste  49
                                  4' Spitzflöte     61
        PEDAL                     2' Octavin        61
    16' Quintade        32   III-IV  Scharf        232
    16' Bourdon         SW        8' Hautbois       61
     8' Octave          32           Tremulant
     8' Quintade        12           Sub
     4' Super Octave    12           Unison Off
                                     Super

       [Received from Jeff Scofield November 16, 2021]