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
2011-03-14 - 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 Richmond Hill High School was reported to be playable as late as 1969, but has since been discarded. -Database Manager
Typed specification Source: from Factory Shop Order, courtesy John Carnahan Date not recorded
Richmond Hill, Queens (New York City), New York
Richmond Hill High School
Estey Organ Company Opus 2938 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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