St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
268 Wadsworth Avenue
New York City: Manhattan, NY
Images
2000-08-04 - Church exterior (Photograph by Courtesy of the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2000-08-04 - Church interior to the gallery and exposed pipes (Photograph by Stanley R. Scheer via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2000-08-04 - Exposed pipes (Photograph by Stanley R. Scheer via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2000-08-04 - Console (Photograph by Stanley R. Scheer via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2000-08-04 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Stanley R. Scheer via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2000-08-04 - Gallery and exposed pipes (Photograph by Stanley R. Scheer via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 3 manuals
- 35 stops
- 35 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
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-05-04 - Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The organ is located in the gallery with the Great and Positiv divisions cantilevered from the side gallery walls. -Database Manager
2011-01-30 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2020-11-03 - From the NYC AGO New York Organ Project: The 1872 church burned down and a new structure was built one block to the east on the southwest corner of Wadsworth Avenue and 187th Street. Designed in 1927 by Robert J. Reiley, the exterior is in a neo-Gothic style while the spacious interior – a square room that is as wide as it is long – resembles a Tudor Gothic hall with a flat beamed ceiling. Along the sides walls are stained glass windows that depict the story of Christ, and at the front are frescoes and two large paintings that are surrounded by Carpenter Gothic detailing. The church was dedicated by Cardinal Hayes on September 15, 1929.
The present organ in in St. Elizabeth's Church was built by Casavant Frères of Canada, under the direction of Lawrence Phelps, Tonal Director. Casavant's factory specification, dated June 16, 1959, shows that the organ was to be divided in two, with one section on each side of the gallery. There are two cantilevered chests on the side walls of the gallery: on the left is the Great division, and on the right is the Positiv. The enclosed Swell division is in a chamber below the Positiv and speaks through grilled panel openings. The detached, three-manual drawknob console is centered against the gallery rail. Casavant reused the panelling and old motor and blower from the previous organ. This organ was tonally finished by Allan van Zoeren and Gayle Monnette. Robert G. Owen played the dedicatory recital on October 2, 1960. About 1977, the Great Rauschquinte II ranks was altered by Allan J. Ontko, who, at the request of then-organist Warren Foley, shortened the 2' rank of that stop into a 1-3/5' Tierce. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Stoplist and notes from Stanley R. Scheer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
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Factory Specification courtesy Stanley R. Scheer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
New York City, New York
St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Church
Casavant Frères, Ltée. Opus 2585 1960 3 manuals, 35 stops, 45 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Prinzipal 61 8' Salicional 61
8' Bordun 61 8' Salicional Celeste (GG) 54
4' Oktav 61 4' Rohrgedackt 61
4' Koppelflöte 61 4' Gemshorn 61
2' Waldflöte 61 2' Blockflöte 61
2 2/3' Rauschquinte II 122 1' Cymbal III 183
1 1/3' Mixtur IV 244 16' Fagott (L/2) 61
Chimes (from previous organ) 8' Trompete 61
4' Schalmei (L/2) 61
POSITIV ORGAN Tremulant
8' Spitzflöte 61
8' Cor de nuit 61 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Rohrflöte 61 16' Prinzipal 32
4' Principal 61 16' Subbass (wood) 32
4' Spitzflöte 61 16' Quintaton 32
2' Oktav 61 8' Oktav 32
1 1/3' Quinteflöte 61 8' Pommer 32
2 2/3' Sesquialtera II 122 4' Nachthorn 32
1/2' Scharff III 183 2 2/3' Rauschpfeife II 64
16' Posaune 32
COUPLERS 8' Trompete 32
Great to Pedal 4' Rohrschalmei 32
Positiv to Pedal
Swell to Pedal ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PISTONS
Positiv to Great Swell 5 (thumb)
Swell to Great Great 4 (thumb)
Swell to Positiv Positiv 4 (thumb)
Pedal 4 (toe)
EXPRESSION Full Organ 6 (thumb & toe)
Balanced Swell Pedal
Crescendo Pedal REVERSIBLES
Great to Pedal (thumb & toe)
INDICATOR LIGHTS Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe)
Wind Swell to Great (thumb)
Full Organ Full Organ (thumb & toe)
Crescendo
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-08-06]
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