Unknown - Organ Case. (Courtesy of Casavant Archives/Database Manager)
1895 - Cathedral Interior and Chancel Case (Geo P. Hall/Christian Tedesco )
2007-08-25 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Identified through information in "Hilborne Roosevelt Organs," reprinted by the Organ Literature Foundation. -Database Manager
2008-02-19 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ actually had 9 divisions: Chancel Great, Tower Great, Chancel Swell, Tower Swell, Chancel Choir, Chapel Choir, Solo (in Tower), Echo (between ceiling and roof), and Pedal. The organ was on Roosevelt pat'd chests and employed both tracker-pneumatic and electric action. The chimes were 13 large bells on an all-electric action. The organ was built between 1879 amd 1883 in sections as follows: Opus 66, Chancel divisions; Opus 67, Tower divisions; Opus 68, Echo division; Opus 69, Chapel division, and opus 70, chime action. Combinations were via Roosevelt patented pneumatic toe levers, with six controlling all Chancel division stops, and three controlling all Tower division stops. Source: Roosevelt catalogue. -Database Manager
2018-05-14 - The organ's installation was delayed until the cathedral was completed in 1883. -Database Manager
2019-01-20 - From an article by Sen. Emerson Richards in THE AMERICAN ORGANIST, December 1950, about sizeable Roosevelt installations: The chancel organ was crowded into a stone tower with low arches facing the choir. The Great chest was actually below the chancel floor level. The Swell stood above the Great and on about a level with the console, and the unenclosed Choir was placed above the Swell and spoke through a circular hole about 3'6" in diameter! Since the top of the tower was circular and arched, all the pipes over 4' in length had to be mitered to the roof curve. Since both the Great and the Swell were obstructed by a great mass of action parts and Pedal pipes, and the Choir restricted to an absurdly small opening, the ensemble was disappointingly soft and retiring. The console was made of Santo Domingo mahogany and furnished with a very elaborate combination action. The organ was not big in tone but very polished and refined. The tower organ was all electric and spoke through louvers inserted in the tower wall into the church and also through external louvers out upon the grass lawn that surrounds the west entrance. At some point by the 1920's an auxiliary console was added that played the tower divisions. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist Source: from <i>Organ Building in New York City: 1700-1900</i> by John Ogasapian Date not recorded
Garden City, New York
Cathedral of the Incarnation, Episcopal
Hilborne L. Roosevelt Nos. 66-70 1883 4 manuals, 112 stops, 134 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (Chancel) GREAT ORGAN (Tower)
16' Double Open Diapason 61 16' Contra Gamba 61
16' Bourdon 61 16' Double Melodia 61
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Dolcan 61
8' Viola di Gamba 61 8' Viol d'Amour 61
8' Principal Flöte 61 8' Clarabella 61
8' Doppel Flöte 61 8' Rohr Flöte 61
5 1/3' Quint 61 4' Principal 61
4' Octave 61 4' Flute Octaviante 61
4' Gambette 61 2 2/3' Twelfth 61
4' Wald Flöte 61 2' Fifteenth 61
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61 Acuta, 4 Rks. 244
2' Super Octave 61 8' Horn 61
Mixture, 4, 5 & 6 Rks. 330?
Scharff, 3 & 4 Rks. 232? SWELL ORGAN (Tower)
16' Ophecleide 61 16' Quintaton 61
8' Trumpet 61 8' Open Diapason 61
4' Clarion 61 8' Spitz Flöte 61
8' Harmonica 61
SWELL ORGAN (Chancel) 8' Clarinet Flute 61
16' Bourdon 61 4' Violina 61
8' Open Diapason 61 4' Hohl Flöte 61
8' Salicional 61 2' Doublette 61
8' Dolce 61 Cymbal, 3 & 4 Rks. 232?
8' Stopped Diapason 61 16' Contra Bassoon 61
8' Quintadena 61 8' Trompette Harmonique 61
4' Principal 61 8' Bassoon 61
4' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Vox Humana 61
2' Flageolet 61 Tremulant
Cornet, 3, 4 & 5 Rks. 269?
16' Contra Fagotto 61 SOLO ORGAN (Tower)
8' Cornopean 61 8' Stentorphone 61
8' Oboe 61 8' Horn Diapason 61
8' Vox Humana 61 8' Concert Flute 61
Tremulant 4' Prestant 61
4' Hohl Pfeife 61
CHOIR ORGAN (Chancel) 8' Tuba Mirabilis 61
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 61 8' Baritone 61
8' Violin Diapason 61
8' Dulciana 61 PEDAL ORGAN (Tower)
8' Flute Harmonique 61 32' Contra Bass (resultant) --
4' Principal 61 16' Open Diapason 30
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Violone 30
2' Piccolo Harmonique 61 8' Flute 30
16' Euphone 61 16' Serpent 30
8' Clarinet 61
CHAPEL ORGAN
PEDAL ORGAN (Chancel) 16' Bourdon 61
32' Double Open Diapason 30 8' Open Diapason 61
32' Contra Dulciana (res) -- 8' Geigen Principal 61
16' Open Diapason 30 8' Salicional 61
16' Dulciana 30 8' Dolcissimo 61
16' Sub Bass 30 8' Doppel Flöte 61
8' Octave 30 8' Stopped Diapason 61
8' Violoncello 30 4' Octave 61
4' Super Octave 30 4' Flauto Traverso 61
Mixture, 3 Rks. 90 2' Fifteenth 61
32' Contra Bombard 30 Cornet, 3 Rks. 183
16' Trombone 30 8' Oboe 61
8' Tromba 30 8' Vox Humana 61
Tremulant
ECHO ORGAN (Ceiling)
8' Keraulophon 61 CHAPEL PEDAL
8' Dolce 61 16' Bourdon 30
8' Unda Maris (TC) 49 8' Principal 30
8' Stopped Diapason 61
4' Principal 61 ECHO PEDAL
4' Flute Harmonique 61 16' Bourdon 30
8' Vox Humana 61
Tremulant
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-05-14]
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