Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1022 (1971)

Park Avenue United Methodist Church
106 E. 86th St. at Park
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2002-09-09 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Skinner organ case, retained (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

1971-01-01 - Schantz console (Photograph by Schantz Organ Co./Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
31 stops
46 registers
3 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-03-24 - 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 E. M. Skinner Opus 587 (1926). -Database Manager

2011-08-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovated by Sebastian Glück in 2010. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from The American Organist January 1972 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       New York, New York
       Park Avenue United Methodist Church

       Schantz   Op. 1022   1971   3/41
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                          CHOIR
   16' Quintaton        61         8' Holzflöte      61
    8' Principal        61         8' Flauto Dolce   61
    8' Rohrflöte        61         8' Flute Celeste  49
    4' Octave           61         4' Gemshorn       61
    4' Spitzflöte       61         2' Waldflöte      61
    2' Super Octave     61     1 1/3' Larigot        49
   IV  Fourniture      244       III  Mixture       183
       Unison Off                  8' Cromorne       61
       Super                          Tremulant
    8' Trompete         17 PD         Sub
                                      Unison Off
       SWELL                          Super
   16' Holzbordun       61         8' Trompete       GT
    8' Holzbordun       12
    8' Viola            61            PEDAL
    8' Viola Celeste    61        32' Resultant      --
    4' Prinzipal        61        16' Principal      32
    4' Koppelflöte      61        16' Quintaton      GT
2 2/3' Nazard           49        16' Holzbordun     SW
    2' Weitprinzipal    61         8' Principal      12
1 3/5' Tierce           49         8' Spitzflöte     32
   IV  Plein Jeu       244         8' Holzbordun     SW
   16' Contra Fagotto   61         4' Principal      12
    8' Trompette        61         4' Spitzflöte     12
    8' Fagotto          12         2' Spitzflöte     12
    4' Hautbois-Clarion 61       III  Mixture        96
       Tremulant                  16' Posaune        32
       Sub                        16' Contra Fagotto SW
       Unison Off                  8' Posaune        12
       Super                       4' Cromorne       CH

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield August 5, 2011]

Websites

Park Avenue United Methodist Church [NYC AGO Organ Project website] - Specification, photos, history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#49361 - Sebastian M. Glück (2011)