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Thomas Martin (1975)

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church - Greenwich Village
371 Avenue of the Americas at Washington Place
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2013 - Church interior to rear, case and console (Photograph by John Rust via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013 - Console (Photograph by John Rust via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013 - Organ case and console (Photograph by John Rust via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
9 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has crescendo
Combination action: Blind Action
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2008-06-11 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Rebuild of Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1225 (1950). -Database Manager

2010-11-24 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2015-05-08 - Replaced by new Létourneau organ in 2014. Aeolian-Skinner organ sold and moved to Shenandoah Conservatory in 2014. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification taken from console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

New York City, New York
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church - Greenwich Village

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1225   1952
2 manuals, 9 stops, 11 ranks
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                GREAT ORGAN
             8' Flute                 68
             4' Principal             68
           III  Mixture              183 a

                SWELL ORGAN
             8' Viol                  68
             4' Flute                 68
            II  Sesquialtera         122
             8' Trumpet               68 a

                PEDAL ORGAN
            16' Bourdon               32
            16' Bassoon (ext Trumpet) 12 a

             a  added by Thomas Martin (1975)

                COUPLERS
                Great to Pedal 8'
                Swell to Pedal 8', 4'
                Great 4'
                Swell 16', 4'

                COMBINATIONS (blind)
                Swell & Couplers   1-2-3-0
                Great & Couplers   1-2-3-0

                PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                Balanced Swell Pedal
                Crescendo Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-05-08]

Websites

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Greenwich Village - (NYC AGO Organ Project web site) photographs, specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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