Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. (1935)

Woodlawn Cemetery: Woolworth Memorial Chapel
Webster Avenue & East 233rd Street
New York City: The Bronx, NY

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2011-02-18 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1935 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: The American Organist March 1937, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-08-18 - Missing and damaged pipes (Photograph by Steven Haufe/Steven Haufe)

2020-08-18 - Pipe chamber (Photograph by Steven Haufe/Steven Haufe)

2020-08-18 - Console (Photograph by Steven Haufe/Steven Haufe)

1936-01-01 - Woolworth Memorial Chapel (Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho/Database Manager)

1936-01-01 - Chamber Grill (Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho/Database Manager)

1936-01-01 - Console (Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
11 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2007-10-27 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

2007-11-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2010-11-16 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2017-09-18 - Estey installed the organ in one expression chamber in the chancel and placed the console on a small gallery that ran along one side of the chapel. -Database Manager

2019-09-23 - Updated by Thomas Healey, who gave this as the source of the information: First-hand observation. The organ is, as Alan Laufman would say, “defunct.”<br>Blower inoperable. No electricity. <br>Pipe chamber used as a janitors closet with cleaning tools and other paraphernalia atop the pipes. -Database Manager

2020-08-18 - As of August 18, 2020 the organ is in a state of disrepair. Several of the larger pipes have been removed (they are still in the chamber) and many of the small lead pipes have been removed or crushed due to maintenence items being placed on them. The blower motor is unpowered and only the clock built into the console operates. Plans are being made to scrap the organ due to ongoing construction and expansion of the crematorium. -Steven Haufe

2020-09-08 - The organ is being removed and will be installed in a catholic church in New Jersey. The current plan according to the churchs music director is to combine this Estey with the churchs' original Estey organ. These two organs will be controlled by both a digital Allen Organ as well as by this Estey console. -Steven Haufe

2022-05-19 - Woodlawn Cemetery, originally spelled Wood-Lawn, is located at the northern border of the Bronx. In 1863, the Rev. Absalom Peters and the cemetery trustees bought 313 acres (later expanded to 400 acres) of farmland for a rural cemetery which New Yorkers could reach by a special Harlem River Railroad train. The first burial to take place at Wood-Lawn was in 1865, and since then it has become the final resting place of more than 300,000 people. The site combines the natural beauty of the landscape with funerary monuments designed by some of America's most respected sculptors and architects. Woolworth Memorial Chapel, Woodlawn Cemetery - Bronx, N.Y. (photo: Samuel H. Gottscho, 1936) The Woolworth Memorial Chapel was built in 1935, a gift from Fred and Velma Woolworth. Built of stone, the chapel includes a bell tower. The interior features terrazzo marble floors, and can accomodate 100 persons. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

The Bronx (New York City), New York
Woodlawn Cemetery - Woolworth Memorial Chapel

Estey Organ Company   Opus 3062   1935   2 manuals, 16 registers, 11 stops, 12 ranks
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3-1/2" pressure throughout

         GREAT ORGAN                               SWELL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason             73           8' English Open Diapason     73
      8' Melodia                   73           8' Stopped Diapason          85
      8' Dulciana                  73           8' Salicional                73
      4' Harmonic Flute            73           8' Voix Celeste (TC)         61
         Chimes                    21 tubes     8' Vox Angelica II          134
                                                4' Flute d'Amour (St Diap)   --
         PEDAL ORGAN                            2' Piccolo (St Diap)         --
     16' Bourdon                   44           8' Oboe                      73
     16' Lieblich Gedeckt (ext Sw) 12              Tremolo
      8' Bass Flute (fr. Bdn)      --
      8' Flauto Dolce (Sw)         --

         COMBINATION PISTONS                       COUPLERS
         Great      1-2                            Great to Pedal      8  4
         Swell      1-2-3                          Swell to Pedal      8  4
         Pedal      1-2                            Swell to Great  16  8  4
         General    1-2-3                          Great to Great  16 UO  4
                                                   Swell to Swell  16 UO  4
         PEDAL MOVEMENTS
         Balanced Expression Pedal
         Balanced Crescendo Pedal
         Great to Pedal Reversible
         Sforzando Reversible


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

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST March 1937 p.3 Commentary and description -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST March 1937, p.2 Stoplist, commentary and description -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST March 1937 p.1 Commentary and description -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Woodworth Memorial Chapel - (NYC Organ Project website) Specification, history, photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)