Brick Presbyterian Church: Chapel of the Reformed Faith
1140 Park Avenue at 91st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY
Images
2023-04-26 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-26 - Right toe pistons (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-26 - Left toe pistons (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-26 - Pedalboard, swell shoe and toe pistons (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-26 - Console (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-26 - Keydesk and case (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2002-09-09 - Gallery, console and organ case (Photograph by Keith S. Toth via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)
2002-09-09 - Console (Photograph by Keith S. Toth via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)
1996-09-09 - Organ and case (Photograph from Guilbault-Thérien via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)
2002-09-09 - Chapel Interior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 19 stops
- 19 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Cavaillé-Coll inspired. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Updated through online information from Keith S. Toth. -- Guilbault-Thérien op. 42 (1996) was designed by Keith S. Toth, Minister of Music and Organist of The Brick Presbyterian Church, and organbuilder Guy Thérien. It is modeled after the choir organs (orgues de choeur) built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The case is modeled after the residence organ (orgue de salon) that Cavaillé-Coll built for the composer Charles Gounod. The organ was assembled and voiced in the chapel during April/May 1996 by Guy Thérien (deceased 2001) and Alain Guilbault. Lynne Davis Firmin-Didot played the inaugural recitals on October 25-26, 1996. Other artists in the inaugural series were organists K. Bryan Kirk, Keith S. Toth, and Mollie H. Nichols. -- Manuals: C1-A58 Pedals: C1-F30 -Database Manager
2006-05-18 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The organ in the Chapel of the Reformed Faith was built in 1996 by Guilbault-Thérien of St. Hyacinthe, Québec. Located in the rear gallery, the organ is fully encased and has an attached keydesk. Although the organ has mechanical key action, the stops are electrically controlled and are equipped with a solid state combination action.
In August 2012 the voicing of this organ was thoroughly revised by master voicer Jean-Sébastien Dufour of Les Ateliers Guilbault, Bellavance, Carignan in collaboration with Keith S. Tóth. The organ's voicing, originally reflecting voicing techniques of the mid-19th century, is now more reflective of Cavaillé-Coll's later 19th century instruments in the symphonic style. -Database Manager
2014-09-02 - Updated through online information from Keith S. Tóth. -- Due to metal fatigue in some of the larger pipes of the reed stops, the reeds (Trompette 8', Basson-Hautbois 8', and Basson 16') were shipped in June 2012 to the workshop of Les Ateliers Bellavance near St-Hyacinthe, Quebec. The repaired pipes were returned to the organ in August 2012. At that time, Jean-Sébastien Dufour revoiced the entire organ in the style of the French Symphonic tradition. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist from the NYC AGO New York City Organ Project Date not recorded
New York, New York
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guilbault-Thérien Op. 42 1996 2/26
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GRAND-ORGUE RECIT EXPRESSIF PEDALE
16' Bourdon 58 8' Cor-de-nuit 58 16' Soubasse 30
8' Montre 58 8' Viole de gambe 58 8' Violoncelle 30
8' Flûte harmonique 58 8' Voix céleste C-a3 58 8' Bourdon 30
8' Salicional 58 4' Flûte octaviante 58 16' Basson 30
4' Prestant 58 2' Octavin 58
2' Doublette 58 V Cornet f-d3 170
III-IV Plein jeu * 8' Trompette 58
8' Basson-hautbois 58
* pipecount not given Trémolo
[Received from Jeff Scofield December 26, 2019]
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