Better Pipe Organ Database

The Aeolian Co. Opus 1770 (1930)

Larchmont Avenue Church (Presbyterian)
60 Forest Park Avenue
Larchmont, NY

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

Images

2013-12-24 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
30 stops
52 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2009-08-17 - Identified through information from <i>The Aeolian Pipe Organ and its Music</i> by Rollin Smith (Organ Historical Society, 1998) -Database Manager

2017-02-19 - Contract received Jan. 30, 1930. Shipped Sept. 22, 1930. Inaugural recital by Robert N. Platt on Nov. 3, 1930. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON December 1930

    Larchmont, New York
    Larchmont Avenue Church

    Aeolian   Op. 1770   1930   3/34
    ___________________________________________________

    GREAT (enclosed)               SWELL
16' Diapason           73      16' Bourdon           61
 8' Principal Diapason 73       8' Horn Diapason     73
 8' Second Diapason    12       8' Chimney Fltue     73
 8' Grossflöte         73       8' Viole d'Orchestre 73                
 8' Gemshorn           73       8' Viole Celeste     73
 8' Melodia            73       8' Salicional        73
 4' Octave             73       8' Gedeckt           12
 4' Harmonic Flute     73       8' Aeoline           73
 2' Fifteenth          61       4' Flute d'Amour     12
 V  Mixture           305   2 2/3' Nazard             7
 8' Tromba             73       2' Flautino           5
 8' French Horn        73   1 3/5' Tierce             4
    Tremolo                   III  Dolce Mixture     --
    Chimes             20      16' Posaune           73
    Harp               61       8' Cornopean         12
    Celesta                     8' Oboe              73
                                8' Vox Humana        73
    CHOIR                       4' Clarion           12
16' Contra Gamba       73          Tremolo
 8' English Diapason   73          Chimes            GT
 8' Cello              12          Harp              GT
 8' Flauto Dolce       73          Celesta           GT
 8' Dulciana           73
 8' Unda Maris         61          PEDAL
 4' Traverse Flute     73      32' Resultant        res
 2' Piccolo            61      16' 1st Diapason      32
 8' French Horn        GT      16' 2nd Diapason      GT
 8' Clarinet           73      16' Bourdon           32
    Tremolo                    16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
    Chimes             GT      16' Contra Gamba      CH
    Harp               GT       8' Octave            12
    Celesta            GT       8' Flute             12
                                8' Gedeckt           SW
                                8' Cello             CH
                               16' Trombone       GT 12
                               16' Posaune           SW
                                   Chimes            GT

       [Received from Jeff Scofield June 11, 2023]