Better Pipe Organ Database

Gress-Miles Organ Co. (1972)

St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church: Church
500 S. Country Rd.
Bay Shore, NY

Images

2008-11-20 - Organ case and console (Photo by Tom Bailey/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
35 stops
68 registers
4 divisions
Key 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-06-06 - Identified through on-line information from Thomas Lee Bailey. -- The organ was dedicated on Feb. 11, 1973. Three manuals, 56 ranks. Many important organists have played concerts on it including Robert Noehren 1973, Mme. Duruflé 1974, Virgil Fox 1975 and Marie Clair Alain 1976. -Database Manager

2008-08-08 - Updated through on-line information from Tom Bailey. -- Great is bottom of three manuals in the French manner. It is not transferable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1972 and church website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Bay Shore, Long Island, New York
        St. Peters By-the-Sea Episcopal Church

        Gress-Miles   1972   3/54
        ______________________________________________________

        GREAT                          POSITIV

    16' Montre                     16' Gedecktpommer
    16' Rohrgedeckt                 8' Montre               12
     8' Principal        49         8' Holzgedeckt          61
     8' Rohrfloete       61         8' Flute a Cheminee     61
     8' Harmonic Flute   49         4' Principal            61
     8' Dulciana         SW         4' Rohrfloete           61
     8' Salicional       SW     2 2/3' Nasat                61
     4' Octave           61         2' Octave               61
     4' Spitzfloete      61         2' Blockfloete          12
     4' Dulciana         SW     1 3/5' Tierce               61
     4' Salicional       SW     1 1/3' Quintfloete          12
     2' Superoctave      61         1' Siffloete            12
     2' Waldfloete       12         I  Zimbelfloete         12
    II  Cornet           98     III-V  Scharf              269
 V-VII  Mixture         391         8' Trompette            61
    16' Bombarde                    8' Cromorne             61
     8' Trompette        61         4' Clairon              12
     4' Clarion          12         8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61
        Zimbelstern                 4' Clairon-en-Chamade   12

        SWELL                          PEDAL

    16' Quintaton        61        16' Principal            32
     8' Bourdon          61        16' Subbass              32
     8' Quintadena       12        16' Quintaton            SW
     8' Viole de Gamba   61    10 2/3' Quintfloete          --
     8' Voix Celeste     61         8' Principal            12
     8' Dulciana         61         8' Gedeckt              12
     8' Salicional       61         4' Octave               12
     4' Flute Octaviante 61         4' Harmonic Flute       GT
     4' Octave Viole     12         2' Super Octave         12
     4' Dulcet           12         2' Harmonic Flute       12
     4' Salicet          12    VII-IX  Basse de Cornet      --
 2 2/3' Quint            61      V-VI  Mixture             180
     2' Principal        61        16' Bombarde             32
     2' Octavin          12        16' Basson               SW
 1 3/5' Terz             61         8' Trompette            12
     1' Octave           12         8' Basson               SW
III-IV  Zimbel          232         4' Clairon              12
    16' Basson           12         4' Cromorne             PO
     8' Trompette        61
     8' Hautbois         61
     8' Voix Humaine     61
     4' Clairon          12
        Tremulant
        Octaves Graves

             [Received from Jeff Scofield June 6, 2016]