Better Pipe Organ Database

Holtkamp Organ Co. Opus 1954 (1980)

Union Theological Seminary: James Chapel
3041 Broadway at 121st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

1996-07-10 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-02-16 - Chapel Interior and Organ Case (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

2016-02-16 - Chamber Interior (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

2016-02-16 - Chamade and Organ Case (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph from <i>The American Organist</i> (September 1980); image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1996-07-10 - Chapel Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
32 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager

2010-10-29 - Updated through on-line information from steve lawson. -- The Swell Tremolo was a later addition. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> September 1980 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    New York, New York
    Union Theological Seminary
    James Chapel

    Holtkamp   Job 1954   1980   3/46
    ______________________________________________

    GREAT                       SWELL

16' Principalbass  61        8' Hohlflöte       61
16' Pommer         61        8' Gamba           61
 8' Principal      61        8' Voix Celeste    61
 8' Rohrgedackt    61        4' Principal       61
 4' Octave         61        4' Harmonic Flute  61
 4' Spitzflöte     61        2' Waldflöte       61
 2' Superoctave    61    1 1/3' Larigot         61
II  Sesquialtera  122       IV  Scharf         244
IV  Mixture       244       16' Cromorne        61
 8' Trumpet        61        8' Fagott          61
                                Tremolo
    PEDAL
                                SOLO
16' Principal      32
16' Subbass        32        8' Copula Major    61
 8' Octave         32        8' Copula Minor    61
 8' Flute          32        V  Cornet         305
 4' Choralbass     32      III  Zimbel         183
II  Rauschbass     64        8' Fanfara         61
16' Posaune        32        8' Krummhorn       61
 8' Trumpet        32

    [Received from Jeff Scofield January 23, 2016]

Websites

Chapels and Assembly Halls - Union Theological Seminary - New York City - Photograph, stoplist [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)