Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1823 (1946)

Park Avenue Christian Church
1010 Park Avenue at 85th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
40 stops
40 registers
3 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-04 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-08-18 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was a console-only job for the church's existing 1860/1886 Robjohn/Hilborne Roosevelt 3/47 Op. 300 that was moved by Austin to the present building in 1911; the organ was replaced in 1982 by 3/47 Holtkamp Op. 1967. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     New York, New York
     Park Avenue Christian Church

     Casavant   Op. 1823   1946   3/46

     Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
     St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
     ____________________________________________

     GREAT                      SWELL
 16' Dbl Open Diapason      16' Bourdon
  8' 1st Open Diapason       8' Open Diapason
  8' 2nd Open Diapason       8' Flute Pavillion
  8' Doppel Flute            8' Stopped Diapason
  8' Gamba                   8' Viole d'Orchestre
  8' Muted Viole             8' Viole Céleste
  4' Octave                  8' Dolce
  4' Harmonic Flute          4' Hohl Flute
  2' Fifteenth               2' Flageolet
III  Mixture             III-V  Cornet Mixture
  8' Trumpet                16' Contra Fagotto
                             8' Cornopean
     CHOIR                   8' Oboe
  8' Geigen Principal        8' Vox Humana
  8' Concert Flute              Tremulant
  8' Quintadena                 Sub
  8' Dulciana                   Super
  4' Fugara
  4' Flute d'Amour              PEDAL
  2' Piccolo                16' Open Diapason
  8' Clarinet               16' Bourdon
     Tremulant              16' Dulciana
     Sub                10 2/3' Quint
     Super                   8' Violoncello
     Chimes [pf]             8' Flute
                            16' Trombone
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 [Received online from Jeff Scofield August 20, 2010]

Websites

Park Avenue Christian Church [NYC AGO Organ Project Web Site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)