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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 408 (1923)

Trinity Episcopal Church
Broadway at Wall Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

Unknown - Chancel case, Labagh 1964 (Photograph by trinitywallstreet.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-02-29 - Nave organ case by Erben 1846 (Photograph by Kent G. Becker, via flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console in its enclosure (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console and Dr. Channing Lefebvre (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
62 stops
75 registers
9 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: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2006-01-16 - 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: Replaced an 1846 four manual Erben in Gallery and an 1864 Hall & Labagh (subsequently altered by Hook & Hastings) in Chancel. -Database Manager

2009-09-05 - Updated through online information from John Elwood. -Database Manager

2019-12-01 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In early 1923, Trinity Church commissioned the Skinner Organ Company of Boston to build an entirely new organ. The Articles of Agreement (Mar. 15, 1923) show that Skinner would build a double organ with divisions in the gallery and chancel, all controlled by a four-manual drawknob console in the chancel, for a consideration of $42,000. While the organ was being constructed, the church Comptroller wrote (Jan. 15, 1924) to Skinner, authorizing the addition of a harp stop at a cost of $1,085. Skinner's Nave Organ retained several Erben stops — the 32' Open Wood, the Great Mixture III and the Swell Mixture V — and was installed behind the notable Upjohn case. The Chancel Organ was placed in the chamber behind the Labagh case on the right side of the chancel. The console and chancel divisions were ready for use by November 1, 1923, and the gallery divisions were completed for the dedication, on March 10, 1924, by the Rt. Rev. William T. Manning, Bishop of New York and former Rector of Trinity Parish. Music for the dedication was provided by Trinity's Choir, under the direction of Dr. Channing Lefebvre, and the choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Dr. Miles Farrow, -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Aeolian-Skinner Archives Date not recorded

       New York, New York
       Trinity Episcopal Church

       Skinner   Op.408   1923   4/75
       ______________________________________________

       NAVE ORGAN                   CHANCEL ORGAN

       GREAT                        GREAT

   16' Diapason          61      8' 1st Diapason   61
    8' 1st Diapason      61      8' 2nd Diapason   61
    8' 2nd Diapason      61      8' Waldflöte      61
    8' Claribel Flute    61      4' Octave         61
    8' Erzähler          61      4' Flute          61
    4' Octave            61
    4' Flute             61
    2' Fifteenth         61
  III  Harmonics        183
    V  Mixture          305
    8' Tromba            61

       SWELL                        SWELL

   16' Bourdon           73     16' Bourdon        73
    8' Diapason          73      8' Diapason       73
    8' Clarabella        73      8' Gedeckt        73
    8' Salicional        73      8' Salicional     73
    8' Voix Célestes     73      8' Aeoline        73
    8' Flute Celeste II 134      8' Unda Maris     73
    4' Octave            73      4' Flute          73
    4' Flute             73    III  Mixture       183
    2' Flautino          61      8' Cornopean      73
    V  Chorus Mixture   305      8' Corno d'Amore  73
   16' Trumpet           73         Tremolo
    8' Cornopean         73         Sub
    8' Oboe              73         Super
    8' Vox Humana        73
    4' Clarion           73
       Tremolo                                     
       Sub
       Super

       CHOIR                        CHOIR

    8' Diapason          61      8' Dulciana       61
    8' Chimney Flute     61         (large scale)
    8' Gamba             61      8' Melodia        61
    4' Flute             61      4' Flute          61
2 2/3' Nazard            61      8' Clarinet       61
    2' Piccolo           61         Tremolo
    8' English Horn      61
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Super

       SOLO

    8' Gamba             73
    8' Gamba Celeste     73                        
    8' Flute             73                        
   16' Ophecleide        73
    8' Tuba Mirabilis    73
    8' Tuba (very big)   73
    8' French Horn       73
    8' Flugel Horn       73                        
    4' Clarion           73
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Super

       PEDAL                         PEDAL

   32' Diapason (Erben)  12      16' Sub Bass      32
   16' Diapason          32      16' Bourdon       32
   16' Diapason          GT      16' Echo Lieblich SW
   16' Bourdon           32       8' Octave        12
   16' Gamba             32       8' Still Gedeckt SW
   16' Echo Lieblich     SW
    8' Octave            12
    8' Gedeckt           12
    4' Flute             12
   32' Bombarde          32
   16' Trombone          12
   16' Posaune           SW
    8' Tromba            12
    4' Clarion           12

       [Received from Jeff Scofield December 1, 2019]

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