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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1208 (1952)

St. Philip's Episcopal Church
204 West 134th Street
New York City: Manhattan (Harlem), NY

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2002-09-09 - Church interior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Church exterior (Photograph via Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

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Notes

2008-06-10 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Rebuild of existing organ. Austin console in 1967. Tonal changes in 82-87 by Steven Empson; roof of church collapsed due to snow in 1996.</i> -Database Manager

2019-11-30 - The organ at St. Philip's Church was contracted to the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company in 1950 and installed in 1952 as Opus 1208. G. Donald Harrison supervised the design and installation, which was a rebuild of the previous 1943 Hillgreen, Lane & Co. organ. Aeolian-Skinner reused most of the pipes and the console from the Hillgreen, Lane organ. Of special note is the ivory plate with G. Donald Harrison's signature, which has been retained on the present console. The "Trompette en chamade" stop located above the West End entrance was the first installation of a horizontal reed in New York City, predating by two years the famous State Trumpet installed in 1954 at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Voiced on 5" of wind, the trumpet stop was to be part of the Great division in the chancel, but its chest and pipes were moved to the West End at some point by Aeolian-Skinner. In 1967, a new drawknob console by Austin Organs was installed. Tonal changes were made by Steven Empson between 1982-87. In 1996, the chancel ceiling collapsed and caused significant damage to the organ; repairs are being made as funding becomes available. Around 2005, the Trompette en chamade was trampled as workers repaired the window at the West End; these pipes were restored in 2007. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        New York, New York
        St. Philip's Episcopal Church

        Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 1208   1950   3/36
        ___________________________________________________________

        GREAT                               SWELL
    16' Quintaton            61          8' Geigen Principal     68
     8' Principal            61          8' Holzgedeckt          68
     8' Gemshorn             61          8' Viole de Gambe       68
     8' Holzflöte            61          8' Viole Celeste        56
     4' Octave               61          8' Flute Celeste II     pf
     4' Doppelflöte          61          4' Principal            68
    II  Grave Mixture       122          4' Waldflöte            68
III-IV  Fourniture          208        III  Plein Jeu           183
        Sub                              8' Trompette            68
        Unison Off                       8' Voix Humaine         68
        Super                            4' Hautbois             68
        Chimes               pf             Tremulant
     8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61             Sub
     4' Clairon-en-Chamade   12             Unison Off
                                            Super
        PEDAL
    32' Resultant            --             CHOIR
    16' Principal            32          8' Concert Flute        68
    16' Bourdon              pf          8' Dulciana             68
    16' Quintaton            GT          8' Unda Maris           56
    16' Contra Viole         12 SW       4' Montre               68
    16' Holzgedeckt          12 SW       4' Rohrflöte            68
     8' Principal            32      2 2/3' Nazard               61
     8' Holzgedeckt          SW          2' Flageolet            61
     4' Choralbass           12          8' Clarinet             68
    16' Bombarde             32             Tremulant
     8' Trompette            12             Sub
     4' Clairon              12             Unison Off
        Chimes                              Super                      
     8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT          8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT
                                            Harp                 pf

       [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 28, 2013]
     

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