Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-01-16 - 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> Replaced by E. M. Skinner Opus 408 (1923). Case retained throughout subsequent alterations.</i> -Database Manager
2012-04-06 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- The "American Musical Directory," published by Thomas Hutchinson, New York, 1861, reports "Size of organ--3 banks keys, 38 stops, 2 octaves pedals. Built by H. Erben, in 1846, from a specification prepared by Dr. E. Hodges." <br><br> "The organ was built in 1846, by Henry Erben of this city, at a cost of about $10,000, from a specification prepared by Dr. Hodges, organist of the church at that time. The organ has 43 stops. The diapasons are on a very large scale, giving a 16 ft. tone on each manual. The pedals contain two stops--16 and 32 feet. There are 8 reeds stops, including a 16 feet trumpet, and 16 feet serpent. The swell organ is one of extraordinary power, adn is enclosed in a triple swell box. The choir organ is separate from the main instrument, and is seen in front of the organ gallery--the action works passing under the organist's feet. The organ presents a majestic front, its highest point being 60 feet above the pavement of the church." -Database Manager
Typed stoplist (Source: Ogasapian, John: "Organ Building in New York City, 1700-1900," 1977) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Trinity Episcopal Church
New York, New York
Henry Erben, 1846
OHS ID 22808
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GREAT (CC-e''', 65 notes SWELL (c-f''', 42 notes)
Open Diapason, larger Stopt Double Diapason
Open Diapason, smaller Open Diapason
Stopt Diapason Stopt Diapason
Flute Dulciana
Principal, larger Principal
Principal, smaller Cornet
Twelfth Hautboy
Fifteenth Trumpet
Sesquialtera III Clarion
Furniture III
Trumpet SWELL BASS (CC-c, 25 notes)
Clarion Dulciana or Soft Open Diapason, wood
Serpent (or Great Bassoon)
PEDAL (CC-c, 25 notes)
Open Double Diapason, CHOIR (CC-e''', 53 notes*)
playable at 32' & 16' Dulciana
Stopt Diapason
COUPLERS Principal
Swell Bass to Pedals Flute
Great to Pedal sub Fifteenth
Great to Pedal Clarionet (or soft Trumpet) treble
Choir to Pedal Bassoon bass
Swell to Great
Swell to Great octave Note: The pitch indications are not
Choir to Great given, as was typical of the era. Unison
Swell to Choir pitch stops (i.e., 8') are Open Diapason,
Swell to Choir octave Stopt Diapason, Dulciana, etc. Manual
16' stops are designated "Double".
Principal and Flute are 4'. However, one
curious feature of this organ is the special
extended manual compass in the bass, which
in effect gave every manual 8' stop a 16'
bass extension, every manual 4' an 8' bass
extension, and so forth. This lower
octave of the Great could be activated to
the pedal by a coupler to augment the Pedal.
Also, as Ogasapian notes, the Swell Bass,
given then-current practice of using the
Swell for treble melodies, could in practice
be permanently coupled to the Pedal
*Lowest octave of Choir with no pipes, permanently coupled to Swell.
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