Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 386 (1958)

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
3026 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ

Images

2021 - Church exterior (Photograph by Valmik Kalathia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020 - Church interior to front (Photograph by James Oliver, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-09-27 - Gallery and organ cases (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020 - Church interior to rear and organ cases; console removed for restoration (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1958-11-11 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Facades (Photograph from Schantz Organ Company; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1984-12-28 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
37 stops
24 registers
4 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2006-12-21 - Identified through on-line information from Eric Fahner. -- This organ is a 3 manual found in the balcony. It is in poor health, with many stops not working or only partially working. One can literally see the plater in the pipes. I did some very basic remedial work, repositioning some of the stoppers. It is a shame as a little work would help enormously. The organ sound is compromised by air conditioning ducts and closets placed between the sides of the organ in the 1970s. -Database Manager

2011-07-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Most pipework located behind façade pipes in each corner of the balcony; some pipework exposed in the center under the gallery window. -Database Manager

2023-01-14 - The organ was cleaned and restored 2020-21. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist from a Schantz sales promotional flyer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Jersey City, New Jersey
       St. John the Baptist R. C. Church

       Schantz   Op. 386   1958   3/26
       ________________________________________

       GREAT                   SWELL
    8' Diapason            16' Gedecktbass
    8' Hohlfloete           8' Geigen Principal
    8' Dulciana  CH         8' Gedeckt        12
    4' Octave               8' Salicional
    4' Nachthorn CH         8' Voix Celeste
2 2/3' Octave Quint         4' Spitzprincipal
    2' Super Octave         4' Flute          12
       Sub                III  Plein Jeu
       Unison Off          16' Contra Fagotto
       Super                8' Trompette
                            8' Fagotto        12
       CHOIR                4' Fagotto        12
    8' Spitzfloete             Tremulant
    8' Viole                   Sub
    8' Dulciana                Unison Off
    8' Unda Maris              Super
    4' Nachthorn
2 2/3' Rohrnazard              PEDAL
    2' Blockfloete         16' Diapason
    8' English Horn        16' Bourdon
       Tremulant           16' Gedecktbass    SW
       Sub                  8' Principal
       Unison Off           8' Bourdon        12
       Super                8' Gedeckt        SW
       Chimes               4' Super Octave   12
                            4' Flute          12
                           16' Contra Fagotto SW
                            8' Fagotto        SW

[Received online from Jeff Scofield July 15, 2011]