St. James Episcopal Church: Chancel
865 Madison Avenue at 71st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY
Images
2010-02-18 - Chancel and organ cases (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-02-18 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-02-21 - Church exterior (Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-02-21 - Altar (Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-02-21 - Organ chamber and case (Photograph by Patrick E. Parris/Jeff Scofield)
2018-02-21 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-02-21 - Church interior to rear and gallery organ (Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-02-21 - Console (Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-02-21 - Chancel and organ cases (Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 61 stops
- 97 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2008-07-28 - Identified through information submitted by Jack Bethards, Schoenstein & Co. -Database Manager
2009-02-10 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- According to the NYC AGO's NYC Organ Project, this instrument is contracted to be installed in 2010 and will be located in the chancel area. Schoenstien Opus 156 was installed in the rear gallery in 2008, and will be playable from the console of Opus 157, but also has its own console. -Database Manager
2010-12-24 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2011-05-04 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -Database Manager
2013-12-31 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
Stoplist
From NYCAGO website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. James' Church (Episcopal), New York, NY
2009 Schoenstein & Co. Opus 157
Great:
16' Double Open Diapason
8' Grand Open Diapason (SO)
8' Open Diapason
8' Small Open Diapason
8' Harmonic Flute
8' Dulciana (CH)
8' Bourdon
4' Octave (SO)
4' Principal
4' Spire Flute
2 2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
1 3/5' Seventeenth [TC]
III Mixture mf
IV Mixture f
8' Trumpet
4' Clarion
8' Grand Harmonic Trumpet (GalGT)
Chimes (SO)
Great Unison Off
Gallery Great on Great
Gallery Swell on Great
Swell:
16' Lieblich Bourdon [unit]
8' Open Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Echo Gamba
8' Vox Angelica
8' Erzähler [St. Diap. Bass]
4' Principal
4' Harmonic Flute
2' Flageolet
2 2/3' Cornet III
8' Oboe
Tremulant
Stops under Double Expression:
8' Flauto Dolce
8' Flute Celeste [TC]
2' Mixture III-V ff (10\" pressure)
16' Posaune (10\" pressure)
8' Cornopean (10\" pressure)
4' Clarion (10\" pressure)
8' Vox Humana (Expression (pp/mf) and Tremulant (slow/fast) by toggle switch at console)
Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell 4'
Gallery Swell on Swell
Choir:
16' Dulciana [unit]
8' Open Diapason
8' Concert Flute (bass from Lieblich Gedeckt)
8' Lieblich Gedeckt
8' Dulciana
8' Unda Maris [TC]
4' Fugara
4' Silver Flute
2 2/3' Nazard
2' Harmonic Piccolo
1 3/5' Tierce [TC]
1 1/3' Larigot
2' Mixture IV-V mf
16' Bass Horn [unit]
8' Flügel Horn [Bass Horn]
8' Clarinet
Tremulant
Choir 16'
Choir Unison Off
Choir 4'
8' Tuba Major (SO)
8' Grand Harmonic Trumpet (GalGT)
Cymbelstern
Harp
Celesta
Gallery Great on Choir
Gallery Swell on Choir
Solo:
8' Grand Open Diapason
8' Gamba
8' Gamba Celeste
8' Symphonic Flute
8' French Horn
4' Octave
16' Trombone [ext. PED]
16' Corno di Bassetto [unit]
8' Tuba Minor
8' Corno di Bassetto
4' Tuba Clarion
8' Tuben III (SW)
Tremulant
Variable Tremulant
Chimes
Solo 16'
Solo Unison Off
Solo 4'
8' Tuba Major [unenc.]
8' Grand Harmonic Trumpet (GalGT)
Gallery Swell on Solo
Pedal:
32' Contra Bourdon [unit]
32' Resultant
16' Open Wood [unit]
16' Double Open Diapason (GT)
16' Violone [unit]
16' Bourdon
16' Dulciana (CH)
16' Lieblich Bourdon (SW)
8' Open Wood
8' Principal
8' Violone
8' Flute (GT)
8' Dulciana (CH)
8' Stopped Diapason (SW)
8' Concert Flute (CH)
4' Fifteenth
4' Flute (GT)
2 2/3' Mixture III
32' Cornet
32' Contra Trombone [unit]
16' Trombone (in its own expression box; on 15\" pressure)
16' Posaune (SW)
16' Corno di Bassetto (SO)
16' Bass Horn (CH)
8' Tromba (in its own expression box; on 15\" pressure)
8' Posaune (SW)
4' Octave Tromba (in its own expression box; on 15\" pressure)
4' Corno di Bassetto (SO)
8' Pizzicato Bass
Chimes (SO)
Gallery Great on Pedal
Gallery Swell on Pedal
[Received from Connor Annable 2011-11-10.]
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