2009-08-04 - Church exterior (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)
1934-09-09 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-05-16 - 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> Rebuild of Geo. S. Hutchings, #388 which had been rebuilt by Steere in 1912 reusing thirty-four ranks; replaced by Holtkamp in 1966; Solo retained; Echo division sold to St. Paul's, Chestnut Hill, PA, #724.</i> -Database Manager
2019-12-11 - In 1931, the Skinner Organ Company of Boston rebuilt and enlarged the 1912 J. W. Steere & Son organ, itself a rebuild of the original chancel organ built in 1895 by George S. Hutchings. Skinner added a Solo division in a new chamber on the right side, and an Echo division in a gallery chamber. Tone openings of the chancel divisions were masked by pipe screens. The four-manual drawknob console was in a shallow pit and attached to the case on the left side of the chancel. The Skinner organ was replaced in 1967 by a new Holtkamp organ that retained five of the Solo stops (Flauto Dolce, Flute Celeste, English Horn, French Horn and Orchestral Oboe), plus the old Swell Vox Humana and Choir Clarinet. The Echo division was sold to St. Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, Penn. The console was removed by James McGregor, organ curator from 1949-2009, and sold to Douglas Pennoyer, Bernardsville, N.J. In 1983, the console was acquired by Robert Lockridge, who renovated it by replacing the removed combination action, swell shoes, etc. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist Source: from Factory Specification, courstey Larry Trupiano Date not recorded
New York City, New York
Church of the Ascension, Episcopal
Skinner Organ Company Opus 860 1931 4 manuals, 61 stops, 69 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 61
8' First Diapason 61 8' Diapason 61
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Hohlflöte 61
8' Third Diapason 61 * 8' Salicional 61
8' Doppel Flute 61 8' Viole 61
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Viole Celeste 61
8' Flute Harmonique 61 * 8' Quintdena 61
8' Viol d'Amour 61 * 4' Viole 61
4' Octave 61 4' Flauto Traverso 61
4' Harmonic Flute 61 2' Flautino 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 * V Mixture 305 *
2' Fifteenth 61 16' Posaune 61 *
V Harmonics 305 * 8' Cornopean 61 *
Chimes SO 8' Oboe 61
8' Vox Humana 61
CHOIR ORGAN 4' Clarion 61 *
16' Dulciana 61 Tremolo
8' Diapason 61
8' Melodia 61 ECHO ORGAN
8' Keraulophone 61 8' Cor de Nuit 61 *
8' Aeoline 61 8' Echo Dulcet 61 *
8' Unda Maris 61 8' Echo Dulcet Celeste 61 *
4' Flute d'Amore 61 4' Fern Flute 61 *
2' Piccolo 61 8' Vox Humana 61 *
8' Clarinet 61 Tremolo
Tremolo Chimes (old organ) 25 tubes
8' Harp (TC) --
4' Celesta 61 bars PEDAL ORGAN
Chimes EC 32' Bourdon 12
16' First Diapason 30
SOLO ORGAN 16' Second Diapason 30
8' Diapason 73 * 16' Violone 30
8' Gross Flute 73 16' Bourdon 30
8' Orchestral Flute 73 * 16' Dulciana 30 *
8' Flauto Dolce 73 * 10 2/3' Quinte --
8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61 * 8' Octave 12
8' Gamba 73 * 8' Gross Flute 12
8' Gamba Celeste 73 * 8' Violoncello 12
4' Chimney Flute 73 * 8' Gedeckt 12
16' English Horn 73 * 4' Fifteenth 12 *
8' Tuba 73 * 16' Trombone 30 *
8' French Horn 73 * 16' English Horn SO
8' English Horn 73 * 8' Tromba 12 *
Tremolo Chimes SO
Chimes 25 tubes *
8' Harp (TC) --
4' Celesta 61 bars
* new stops
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-12-14]
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