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Estey Organ Co. Opus 2933 (1931)

Far Rockaway High School
8-21 Beach 25 Street
New York City: Queens (Far Rockaway), NY

Note: Not playable. (in this location)


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2007-10-26 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

2010-10-25 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2017-09-18 - In the Great Depression year of 1931, the Estey Organ Company received a welcome and very large contract for seven identical organs to be installed in New York City high schools. The $168,000 contract made the average cost of each organ $24,000. Each organ was equipped with a three-manual console that included ivory keys and an automatic roll-player.<br> <br> These organs were installed in Jamaica High School (Op. 2932), Far Rockaway High School (Op. 2933), and Richmond Hill High School (Op. 2938) in Queens; Theodore Roosevelt High School (Op. 2934), James Monroe High School (Op. 2935), and DeWitt Clinton High School (Op. 2936) in The Bronx; and the New York Training School for Teachers (Op. 2937), later the High School of Musical Art, in Manhattan.<br> <br> The Estey organ in Far Rockaway High School is no longer playable. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed specification Source: Factory Shop Order, courtesy John Carnahan Date not recorded

Far Rockaway, Queens (New York City), New York
Far Rockaway High School

Estey Organ Company   Oopus 2933   1931          3 manuals, 31 stops, 31 ranks
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Automatic Roll Player in console
6" pressure except as indicated

         GREAT ORGAN (enc. with Choir)           SWELL ORGAN
      8' 1st Open Diapason      73           16' Lieblich Gedeckt      73
      8' 2nd Open Diapason      73            8' Horn Diapason         73
      8' Doppel Flute           73            8' Stopped Flute         73
      8' Concert Flute (Ch)     --            8' Viol d'Orchestra      73
      8' Gamba                  73            8' Viol Celeste          73
      8' Dulciana (Ch)          --            8' Aeoline               73
      4' Harmonic Flute         73            4' Traverse Flute        73
      4' Octave                 73            4' Violino               73
  2 2/3' Twelfth                61 *          2' Flautino              61
      2' Fifteenth              61 *             Mixture III           61
  1 1/3' Nineteenth             61 *               (12th & 15th from Flautino;
         Mixture III (draws * stops)               independent Tierce)
     16' Tuba (10" pressure)    97            8' Oboe (Syn)            --
      8' Tromba (fr. 16')       --           16' Waldhorn              85
      4' Clarion (fr. 16')      --            8' Cornopean (fr. 16')   --
         Tremolo                              4' Clarion (fr. 16')     --
      8' Harp (TC)              --            8' Vox Humana            61
      4' Celesta                61 bars          Tremolo
                                              8' Harp (Gt)
         CHOIR ORGAN                          4' Celesta (Gt)
     16' Contra Dulciana        85
      8' Geigen Principal       73               PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Concert Flute          73           32' Acoustic Bass         --
      8' Dulciana (fr. 16')     --           16' Open Diapason         44
      8' Unda Maris             73           16' Bourdon               44
      4' Harmonic Flute (Gt)    --           16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
      2' Piccolo                61           16' Contra Dulciana (Ch)  --
      8' Clarinet               73            8' Major Flute (Op Diap) --
      8' English Horn           73            8' Flute (Bdn)           --
         Tremolo                              8' Dulciana (Ch)         --
      8' Harp (Gt)                           16' Trombone (Gt)         --
      4' Celesta (Gt)                         8' Tromba (Gt)           --

         ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS                 COUPLERS
         Swell & Pedal    1-6  (thumb) #         Great to Pedal      8  4
         Great & Pedal    1-6  (thumb) #         Swell to Pedal      8  4
         Choir & Pedal    1-6  (thumb) #         Choir to Pedal      8  4
         Pedal & couplers 1-4  (thumb)           Swell to Great  16  8  4
         Full Organ       1-4  (thumb & toe)     Choir to Great  16  8  4
         # double-touch brings on Pedal stops    Swell to Choir  16  8  4
                                                 Great           16 UO  4
         REVERSIBLES                             Swell           16 UO  4
         Great to Pedal        (thumb & toe)     Choir           16 UO  4
         Swell to Pedal        (thumb & toe)
         Choir to Pedal        (thumb & toe)
         All Swells to Swell

         PEDAL MOVEMENTS
         Balanced Swell Pedal
         Balanced Great & Choir Pedal
         Crescendo Pedal with indicator
         Sforzando Pedal with indicator


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-09-18]


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