Better Pipe Organ Database

Levi U. Stuart (Organs) (1868)

Calvary Episcopal Church
237 Park Avenue South at 21st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Removable Panel in Front of Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
3 manuals
33 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 25 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2006-05-17 - Rebuild of three-manual Davis & Ferris, subsequently (1888) relocated to Round Lake, New York by Giles Beach. -Database Manager

2012-09-17 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

2023-09-18 - Levi Stuart replaced the 18-note pedalboard with one of 25 notes, changed the manual compass from G-compass to C-compass, retuned the organ from meantone to equal temperment, and added a 2-stop pedal chest with a 16' Bourdon and 8' Violoncello. -Julius Coyle

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: Ogasapian, 1977) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      Calvary Church (Episcopal)
      New York City, New York
      Davis & Ferris, 1847
      Rebuilt by Levi U. Stuart, 1868
      OHS ID: 23739
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      GREAT (C-f''',54n)     SWELL (c-f''', 42n*)   CHOIR (C-f''',54n)
    8 First Open Diapason  16 Double St. Diapason  8 Open Diapason
    8 Second Open Diapason  8 Open Diapason        8 St. Diapason
    8 St. Diapason          8 St. Diapason         8 Dulciana    
    8 Gamba                 8 Dulciana             4 Principal
    4 Principal             4 Principal            4 Flute a Cheminee [sic]
    4 Night Horn              Sesquialtera II      2 Picolo [sic]
2-2/3 Twelfth                 Cornet III             Furniture
    2 Fifteenth             8 Trumpet              8 Cremona
      Sesquialtera III      8 Hautboy
      Mixture III           4 Clarion                PEDAL
    8 Trumpet                                     24 Open Diapason (GGG-C)
    4 Clarion                *C-B permanently     16 Open Diapason
                              coupled to Choir.
     
      Note: No couplers listed in the "Scrapbook," but are assumed to 
      have been unchanged from 1847.
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-10]

Websites

Calvary Episcopal Church - New York City [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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