Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by YU Commentator, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2007-11-15 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2009-02-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2023-05-02 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steven E. Walker: Temple Israel of Washington Heights was organized in 1916 and occupied quarters at 181st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. In 1922, construction began on an imposing neo-Georgian synagogue at 560-66 West 185th Street, designed by Sommerfeld & Steckler. The facade included four columns that supported a pediment, upon which was a Decalogue over the words "Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself". Completed at a cost of $400,000, the new temple was dedicated on April 3, 1927. Apparently, the Washington Heights congregation was short-lived as the building was acquired by Congregation Gates of Israel, founded in 1931. Today the building houses the Schottenstein Center of Yeshiva University. -Jeff Scofield
Typed Specification Source: Factory Specification, courtesy Larry Trupiano Date not recorded
New York City, New York
Temple Israel of Washington Heights
M. P. Möller, Inc. Opus 4660 1926 3 manuals, 22 stops, 22 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (enc. with Choir) SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 97
8' First Open Diapason 61 8' Gedeckt (fr. Bourdon) --
8' Second Open Diap. (fr. 16') -- 4' Orchestral Flute (fr. Bdn) --
8' Doppel Floete 73 2 2/3' Flute Twelfth (fr. Bdn) --
8' Melodia 73 2' Flautina (fr. Bdn) --
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Open Diapason 73
8' Viola da Gamba 73 8' Viole d'Orchestra 73
4' Octave (Ch Eng. Op. Diap.) -- 8' Salicional 73
4' Flute Harmonic (Ch) -- 8' Vox Celeste (TC) 61
8' Tuba 61 4' Salicet (fr. 8') --
Tremulant 8' Cornopean 73
8' Oboe 73
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Vox Humana 73
8' English Open Diapason 73 Tremulant
8' Dulciana 73
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Flute Harmonic 73 32' Resultant --
8' Doppel Floete (Gt) -- 16' First Open Diapason 44
8' Gemshorn (Gt) -- 16' Second Open Diapason (Gt) --
8' Viola da Gamba (Gt) -- 16' Bourdon 44
4' Flute Traverso (Gt Melodia) -- 16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
4' Dulcet (fr. 8') -- 8' Octave (fr. 1st Op. Diap) --
8' Clarinet 73 8' Flute (fr. Bourdon) --
Tremulant 8' Violoncelle (Gt VDG) --
COUPLERS
"Normal compliment of couplers"
PEDAL MOVEMENTS ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
Great to Pedal Reversible Great 5 (thumb)
Balanced Expression Pedal, Swell Swell 5 (thumb)
Balanced Expression Pedal, Great-Choir Choir 5 (thumb)
Grand Crescendo Pedal with Indicator Pedal 5 (thumb)
Sforzando Full Organ 3 (thumb)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-04-22]
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