St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
53 St. Mark's Place
New York City: Staten Island (New Brighton), NY
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Via Pinterest, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-01-11 - Church exterior (Photograph by Paul Stephen McCarthy, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013 - Left Transept and Organ Case (Photograph by Diego LaJolla via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013 - Console and façade pipes (Photograph by Diego LaJolla via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013 - Console (Photograph by Diego LaJolla via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-04-11 - Church interior (Photograph by Stephen McCarthy/Stephen McCarthy)
2021-04-11 - Console (Photograph by Stephen McCarthy/Stephen McCarthy)
2021-04-11 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Stephen McCarthy/Stephen McCarthy)
2021-04-11 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Stephen McCarthy/Stephen McCarthy)
2021-04-11 - Console (Photograph by Stephen McCarthy/Stephen McCarthy)
2021-04-11 - Right transept gallery (Moller organ console is in this gallery) (Photograph by Stephen McCarthy/Stephen McCarthy)
2021-04-11 - Left transept gallery (Photograph by Stephen McCarthy/Stephen McCarthy)
2021-04-11 - Rear organ facade (organ console in picture is 2012 Allen) (Photograph by Stephen McCarthy/Stephen McCarthy)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 61 stops
- 101 registers
- 7 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 (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
Notes
2006-11-08 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Gt., Sw., Ch., So., Ped., Ant. Gt., Ant. Gt. Ped., Ant. Sw., Ant. Sw. Ped. The Great, Swell, Choir, Solo, and Pedal are behind a massive façade that spans the full width of the west (rear) gallery. The Antiphonal Great & Ant. Gt. Pedal. are in a gallery under an arch on the south (right) side of the church. The Antiphonal Swell & Ant. Sw. Pedal are in a gallery under an arch on the north (left) side of the church. The organ has been unplayable since the 1960s. -Database Manager
2009-02-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2010-11-27 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2012-04-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2015-12-13 - Updated through online information from Larry Kazsloka. <br>Replaced with Allen electronic. -Database Manager
2021-04-13 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The new and present neo-Romanesque church, designed by Harding & Gooch in 1900, was dedicated by Archbishop Farley. Since it is built upon a hill, the church can be seen from quite a distance. Many sailors have used St. Peter's bell tower as a reference point when at sea. The crockets point towards heavens, each having a Celtic cross as their finial.
The impressive four-manual and pedal organ in St. Peter's Church was built in 1925 by the M.P. Möller company at a cost of $18,400. Included in the contract, dated May 20, 1925, is the proviso that Möller "agrees to dismantle present old organ in above church and erect it in the basement of said church free of charge." The Möller organ is installed in three areas of the church: in the west gallery are the Great, Choir, Swell, Solo and blower; in an arched gallery on the south wall of the nave is the Antiphonal Great, and the four-manual drawknob console; and in an arched gallery on the north wall of the nave is the Antiphonal Swell. Sadly, this magnificent organ has been unplayable since the 1960s, but it is hoped that the extant organ can someday be restored.
Mr. Robert V. Scara, who studied with Leo J. Bartinique (organist/choir director at St. Peter's from the 1930s-1950s), reports that in the 1950s the organ had a selection of theater organ stops, including a Grand Piano, harp, and drums, and several others. The added resources were located in the Antiphonal Swell chamber, and were activated by drawknobs in the right stop jamb and tabs above the manuals. The stops were not extant in the 1970s, and no further information is available. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Stoplist from NYC AGO website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
New Brighton, Staten Island, New York
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Möller Op. 4414 1926 4/42
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GREAT (enclosed w/CH) SWELL
16' Bourdon PD 16' Bourdon 61
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 73 8' Clarabella 73
8' Gross Flute PD 8' Lieblich Gedeckt 12
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Salicional 73
8' Melodia CH 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Gamba 73 8' Vox Celeste 61
4' Octave CH 8' Aeoline 73
4' Flute Harmonic 73 4' Salicet 12
IV Mixture 244 4' Orchestral Flute 12
8' Trumpet 73 2 2/3' Twelfth 7
Tremolo 2' Fifteenth 5
Sub 1 3/5' Tiercena 4
Unison Off 8' Cornopean 73
Super 8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana 61
CHOIR Tremulant
8' Open Diapason 73
8' Melodia 73 ANTIPHONAL I
8' Dulciana 73 8' Violone Diapason 61
8' Unda Maris 61 8' Viole Celeste II 122
4' Fugara (Dulciana) -- 8' Flute Celeste II 122
4' Flute d'Amour 73 Tremulant
8' Clarinet 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12
Tremulant
Sub ANTIPHONAL II
Unison Off 8' Cor d'Nuit 61
Super 4' Forest Flute 61
Concert Harp 49 8' Vox Humana 61
Tremulant
SOLO 16' Bourdon 32
8' Stentorphone 73
8' Philomela 73 PEDAL
8' Gross Gamba 73 32' Resultant --
8' Gamba Celeste 61 16' Open Diapason 32
4' Flute (Philomela) -- 16' Bourdon 32
16' Tuba Profunda 61 16' Gamba 12 SO
8' Tuba Mirabilis 12 16' Gedeckt SW
4' Tuba Clarion 12 8' Open Diapason 12
Tremulant 8' Cello SO
Sub 8' Flute SW
Unison Off 16' Tuba SO
Super 8' Tuba SO
4' Tuba SO
[Received online from Jeff Scofield May 1, 2012]
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