St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
135 West 31st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY
Images
2010-09-03 - Church exterior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-09-03 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-09-03 - Organ case (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-09-03 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-09-03 - Church interior to rear gallery and organ case (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 83 stops
- 5 divisions
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- 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
2007-08-27 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager
2010-12-04 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2020-11-03 - By Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The grand dedication ceremonies of the present church took place on Sunday, July 17, 1892. Archbishop Corrigan blessed the church and consecrated the three altars. Archbishop Winand M. Wigger of Newark, who had grown up across the street from the original church, delivered the sermon. He was also the donor of a large stained glass window dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi. As the war years passed, St. Francis Church continued to grow in popularity, and more masses were added to the daily schedule. In the late 1950s plans were made for the renovation of the upper church. The dedication of three new marble altars in May of 1961 marked the end of five years of major construction. New entrances at 31st and 32nd Streets, new outdoor shrines and the air-conditioning of the upper church were accomplished during that time.
On January 23, 1987, the M.P. Möller Co. of Hagerstown, Md., signed a contract to build a new organ for St. Francis of Assisi Church. Möller retained the Reuben Midmer & Son case plus several ranks of pipes from earlier instruments. The four-manual drawknob console is of walnut and has tracker-touch manuals of bone with walnut sharps; the tilting-tablet couplers are of maple. As originally installed, the organ had 57 stops and 88 ranks.
During the final week of July 2009, several days of heavy rain took their toll on both the tower and the organ, flooding the Récit and Pédale, which are recessed into the tower. The parish contracted with Sebastian M. Glück of New York City to replace the destroyed slider chests of the Récit and to restore the expression enclosure and Pédale windchests. At that time, a contract was signed for Mr. Glück to carry out tonal revisions, revoicing, and tonal finishing. The Récit division was completed in the Autumn of 2010, although the rest of the instrument remains unrestored. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
New York, New York
Church of St. Francis of Assisi, R.C.
Möller Op. 11753 1987 4/84
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GRAND ORGUE POSITIF (unenclosed)
16' Violon 61 16' Bourdon 61 e
8' Montre 61 8' Principal conique 61
8' Bourdon à bois 61 8' Flûte couverte 61
8' Gambe 12 8' Salicional 61
8' Flûte harmonique 61 e r 8' Unda Maris II 110 e
4' Prestant 61 4' Prestant 61
4' Flûte Ouverte 61 e 4' Flûte à fuseau 61
2 2/3' Quinte 61 2 2/3' Nasard 61 e
2' Doublette 61 2' Doublette 61
III-IV Fourniture 214 2' Quarte de nasard 61
III-IV Cymbale 213 1 3/5' Tierce 61
16' Bombarde 61 1 1/3' Larigot 61
8' Trompette 61 1' Sifflet 61
4' Clairon 12 III-IV Fourniture 214
Tremblant III-IV Cymbale 213
Sub 16' Douçaine 61
Unison Off 8' Trompette 61
Super 8' Cromorne 12
Clochette 4' Clairon 61
Tremblant
RÉCIT Sub
16' Bourdon doux 61 e Unison Off
8' Principal 61 Super
8' Viole de Gambe 61
8' Voix céleste 61 PÉDALE
8' Flûte à cheminée 61 32' Bourdon dg
8' Flûte douces II 110 r 16' Basse Ouverte 32 e
4' Octave 61 16' Soubasse 32 e
4' Flûte conique 61 e r 16' Montre 32
2 2/3' Nasard 61 16' Violon GO
2' Octavin 61 r 16' Bourdon PO
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Bourdon doux RE
III-IV Plein Jeu 214 r 8' Principalbasse 12
III-IV Cymbale 213 8' Flûte 12
16' Basson-Hautbois 61 r 8' Gambe GO
8' Trompette 61 8' Bourdon doux RE
8' Hautbois 12 r 5 1/3' Quinte 32
8' Clarinette 61 e 4' Choralebasse 32
8' Voix humaine 61 4' Flûte bouchée 32 e
4' Clairon 12 2' Flûte bouchée 12 e
Tremblant IV Fourniture 128
Tremblant pour V H IV Acuta 128
Sub V Cornet de Basson --
Unison Off 32' Contre Bombarde L/2 12
Super 16' Bombarde 32
16' Basson-Hautbois RE
SOLO 16' Douçaine PO
V Cornet (mounted) 245 8' Trompette 12
16' Trompette seraphique tc 8' Hautbois RE
8' Trompette seraphique 61 4' Clairon 12
4' Clairon seraphique 12 4' Cromorne PO
8' Trompette seraphique SO
Tremblant
e existing pipework from previous organs
r replaced in 2010 by Sebastian Glück due to extensive water damage
[Received online from Jeff Scofield March 18, 2012]
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