Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1179 (1927)

Park Avenue Synagogue: Sanctuary
50 East 87th Street / Madison Avenue
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Images

Unknown - Sanctuary interior (Photograph courtesy of Sebastian Glück via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
32 stops
35 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-08-14 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced by a digital instrument -Database Manager

2012-11-21 - Updated through online information from Jon. -- One of the 8' diapasons is in my residence organ in Marlborough, MA. 6 1/2" scale, linen lead. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     New York, New York
     Park Avenue Synagogue

     Casavant   Op. 1179   1927   4/36

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

     GREAT                       CHOIR
  8' Open Diapason    73      8' Geigen Principal  73
  8' Hohlflöte        73      8' Melodia           73
  4' Octave           73      8' Dulciana          73
  4' Harmonic Flute   73      4' Waldflöte         73
  2' Super Octave     61      2' Piccolo           61
III  Mixture         219      8' Clarinet          73
  8' Trumpet          73         Tremulant
     Unison Off                  Sub
     Super                       Unison Off
                                 Super
     SWELL
 16' Bourdon          73         ECHO
  8' Open Diapason    73      8' Violin Diapason   73
  8' Stopped Diapason 73      8' Gedeckt           73
  8' Viola di Gamba   73      8' Viola Aetheria    73
  8' Voix Céleste     73      8' Vox Angelica      73
  8' Aeoline          73      4' Fern Flute        73
  4' Flauto Traverso  73      8' Vox Humana        73
  2' Flautino         61         Tremulant
III  Dolce Cornet    219         Harp              61
  8' Cornopean        73
  8' Oboe             73         PEDAL
     Tremulant               16' Open Diapason     32
     Sub                     16' Bourdon           32
     Super                   16' Gedeckt           SW
                              8' Octave            12
                              8' Stopped Flute     12

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield August 15, 2010]

Websites

Park Avenue Synagogue [NYC AGO Organ Project website] - Specification, photos, history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)