Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 5905 (1937)

Central Synagogue
123 East 55th Street at Lexington Avenue
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Images

Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by untappedcities.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Synagogue interior and gallery organ cases (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
24 stops
30 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-10-18 - Information from the Kilgen Ledger Index, and published Kilgen lists. Undated testimonial letter in "Seven Generations in the Building of Pipe Organs", p. 1951 (non Catholic edition) stating its age as 10 years. Opus 5905-A is probably additions. Burned in 1998. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: Specification from John Klauder Date not recorded

New York City, New York
Central Synagogue

Geo. Kilgen & Son   Opus 5905   1937            3 manuals, 24 stops, 25 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason         73            8' Geigen Principal      73
      8' Harmonic Flute        73            8' Stopped Flute         73
      8' Gemshorn              73            8' Viole d'Gamba         73
      4' Octave                73            8' Voix Celeste          73
      4' Flute (fr. HrmFl)     --            4' Flute Traversiere     73
         Mixture III          183            2' Flautino              61
      8' Tromba                73            8' Oboe                  73
      8' French Horn           73            8' Vox Humana            73
         Tremulant                              Tremulant
         Chimes
                                                PEDAL ORGAN
         CHOIR ORGAN                        32' Resultant             --
      8' Open Diapason         73           16' Major Bass            32
      8' Melodia               73           16' Bourdon               56
      8' Dulciana              73           16' Echo Bourdon (ext SW) 12
      8' Unda Maris            73            8' Flute (fr. Bdn)       --
      4' Flute d'Amour         73            8' Stopped Flute (SW)    --
      8' Clarinet              73            4' Flute (fr. Bdn)       --
         Tremulant
         Shofar                4?               ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
                                                Great    6  (thumb)
         COUPLERS                               Swell    6  (thumb)
         Great to Pedal      8  4               Choir    6  (thumb)
         Swell to Pedal      8  4               General  6  (tumb)
         Choir to Pedal      8  4
         Swell to Great  16  8  4               PEDAL MOVEMENTS
         Choir to Great  16  8  4               Balanced Pedal - Great
         Swell to Choir  16  8  4               Balanced Pedal - Choir
         Great to Great  16 UO  4               Balanced Pedal - Swell
         Swell to Swell  16 UO  4               Balanced Crescendo Pedal
         Choir to Choir  16 UO  4               Great to Pedal Reversible
                                                Sforzando Reversible


[Received by Steven E. Lawson  2017-01-25]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON August 1937 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Central Synagogue - [NYC AGO Organ Project Website] Photographs, specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)