Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1335 (1957)

St. Thomas Episcopal Church: Choir Room
1 West 53rd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2023-07-31 - Console (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-07-31 - Console and exposed pipes (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-07-31 - Organ, console and exposed pipes (Photograph by Kevin R. Cartwright, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
15 stops
2 registers
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
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2008-06-28 - 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: Screen added in 1958, #1335-A; some pipework replaced in 1964 and screen removed; extant; unaltered. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from The Aeolian-Skinner Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   New York, New York
   St. Thomas Episcopal Church

   Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 1335   1957   2/2
   _____________________________________________________

   GREAT                SWELL              PEDAL

8' Gemshorn    B     8' Gemshorn B     16' Quintbass A+C
8' Gedackt     C     8' Gedackt  C      8' Gemshorn    B
4' octave      B     4' Octave   B      8' Gedackt     C
4' Flute       C     4' Flute    C      4' Octave      B
2' SuperOctave B     2' Flute    C      2' Flute       C

                        ANALYSIS

                 A  16' Quintbass 12
                 B   8' Gemshorn  85
                 C   8' Gedackt   85

      [Received from Jeff Scofield October 21, 2016]