Better Pipe Organ Database

Holtkamp Organ Co. Opus 1796 (1964)

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Images

2002-09-09 - Stage, exposed pipes and console (Photograph via Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Console and exposed pipes (Photograph via Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

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

2002-09-09 - Exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Combination action setter panel (Photograph via Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
21 stops
21 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2006-11-06 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Installed in a chamber on the left side of the auditorium. Able to be covered by a large sliding wooden panel when not in use. Dedicated by E. Power Biggs on December 18, 1965. -Database Manager

2009-08-16 - Updated through research conducted by Sand Lawn, courtesy of David Scribner. -Database Manager

2009-11-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-10-29 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -Database Manager

2016-02-20 - Removed by Organ Clearing House in 2015 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from the NYC AGO New York City Organ Project Date not recorded

    New York, New York
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

    Holtkamp   Job 1796   1965   2/30
    __________________________________________________________________

    GREAT                    SWELL                    PEDAL

 8' Copula      61        8' Copula        61     16' Coppel        32
 8' Quintadena  61        4' Rohrflöte     61      8' Gedackt       32
 4' Octave      61        2' Octave        61      4' Choralbass    32
 4' Flute       61    1 1/3' Quinte        61      2' Octavin       32
 2' Doublette   61       II  Sesquialtera 122     IV  Rauschpfeife 128
IV  Mixture    244      III  Scharf       183     16' Fagott        32
 8' Schalmey              8' Krummhorn     61      4' Schalmey      32

              [Received from Jeff Scofield December 2, 2019]

Websites

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - Photographs, description, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)