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Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. Opus 483 (1903)

First Church of Christ, Scientist / Crenshaw Christian Center East: Auditorium
1 West 96th at Central Park West
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

ca. 1903 - Organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Hutchings-Votey brochure with drawing of organ case; via New York City Organ Project website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1903 - Reader's platform/chancel with organ case. (Photograph from an archival source: The Architectural Record, January 1904, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1903 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: The Architectural Record, January 1904, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph from the collection of Jim Lewis, via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
68 stops
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical

Notes

2004-10-30 - There in 2001. -Database Manager

2014-09-28 - Updated through online information from David H. Fox. -- The New York Times website reported on 9-26-14 that the building had been sold to a developer who intends to subdivide the structure into apartments. The original congregation sold the building to an evangelical group in 2003. The exterior is protected by the New York City Landmark Preservation Laws, but not the interior. No definite plans have been announced. -Database Manager

2019-12-26 - Rebuilt in 1930 by Hook & Hastings as 4/68 with a new console. -Database Manager

2023-09-25 - According to the website 'Untapped Cities; New York', *"The First Church of Christ Scientist sold the building at 361 Central Park West in 2004 for $14 million (listed originally at $24 million)." *"The Crenshaw Christian Center East, a nondenominational church from Los Angeles, purchased the building in 2004 and held it services there for the next decade."* *"By 2014, the building was up for sale again and a developer purchased the building for $26 million with the intention to convert it into condominiums. Though the intention was to respect the architecture of the original building, the project failed, but not before marble details and the benches in the auditorium was removed and sold."* *"The church was purchased at the end of 2017 by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, currently located at 212 West 83rd Street, with the intention to convert the church into the museum’s new home by 2021." * -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from Sebastian Gluck via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project Date not recorded

        New York, New York
        First Church of Christ, Scientist

        Hutchings-Votey   Op. 483   1903   4/66
        _________________________________________________
       
        GREAT                        SWELL

    16' Open Diapason     61     16' Melodia           61
     8' 1st Diapason      61      8' Diapason          61
     8' 2nd Diapason      61      8' Horn Diapason   a 61
     8' Gross Floete      61      8' Stopped Diapason  61
     8' Doppel Flute      61      8' Salicional        61        
     8' Gamba             61      8' Vox Celestis      61
     8' Rohr Flute        61      8' Spitz Flute       61
     8' Gemshorn          61      8' Æoline            61
     4' Octave            61      4' Octave            61
     4' Flute Harmonique  61      4' Salicet           61
 2 2/3' Twelfth           61      4' Flute a Cheminee  61
     2' Fifteenth         61      2' Flageolet         61
     V  Mixture          305      V  Mixture (Dolce)  305
    16' Trumpet           61     16' Fagotto           61
     8' Trumpet           61      8' Cornopean       b 61
     4' Clarion           61      8' Oboe              61
                                  8' Vox Humana        61
        SOLO                         Tremolo

     8' Stentorphone      61         CHOIR
     8' Gross Flute       61
     4' Hohlpfeife        61     16' Gamba             61
     8' Tuba Mirabilis    61      8' Diapason          61
        Chimes            EC      8' Geigen Principal  61
                                  8' Clarabella        61
        PEDAL                     8' Quintadena        61
                                  8' Dulciana          61
    64' Gravissima        --      4' Gemshorn          61
    32' Diapason          32      4' Wald Flute        61
    16' 1st Diapason      32      2' Piccolo           61
    16' 2nd Diapason      12      8' Clarinet          61
    16' Bourdon           32      8' Orchestral Oboe   61
    16' Violone           32         Tremolo
    16' Contra Bass       CH         Chimes            EC
10 2/3' Quinte             7
     8' Octave (1st Diap) 12         ECHO
     8' Gedackt            5
     8' Fugara (Violone)  12      8' Silverella        61
     8' Orchestral Cello  SW      8' Lieblich Gedackt  61
     4' Super Octave      12      8' Unda Maris        61
    16' Trombone          32      4' Flute Traverso    61
    16' Bassoon           SW      8' Vox Humana        61
     8' Tromba            12         Tremolo

     a  Gross Floete              b  harmonic

         [Received from Jeff Scofield December 26, 2019]

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