Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1159 (1926)

St. Mark's Methodist Church: Sanctuary
55 Edgecombe Ave. at 137th St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2012-06-14 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2012-06-14 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2012-06-14 - Console and Chancel (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2012-06-14 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2012-06-14 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2012-06-14 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
64 stops
56 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

2010-08-18 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Three stops (7 ranks) added to the Great in 1974, though these were probably replacement stops; a II Sesquialtera was added to the Swell at this time; three more stops were added in 1976. -Database Manager

2011-02-11 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    New York, New York
    The New St. Mark's M. E. Church

    Casavant   Op. 1159   1926   4/65

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

    * added in 1974    ** replaced in 1974   *** added in 1976

       GREAT                           CHOIR
   16' Dbl Open Diapason  61       16' Contra Gamba      73
      (12 from Pedal Bourdon)       8' Open Diapason     73
    8' 1st Open Diapason  73        8' Concert Flute     73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason  73        8' Dulciana          73
    8' Hohlflöte          73        4' Flute d'Amour     73
    8' Dolce              73        2' Flageolet         61 
    8' Rohrflöte          73 *      1' Flûte à Bec       61 ***
    4' Octave             73        V  Scharf           305 ***
    4' Harmonic Flute     73       16' Contra Fagotto    73
2 2/3' Nasat              61 *         Blank
    2' Super Octave       61 **     8' Clarinet          73
    V  Mixture           365 **        Tremulant
    8' Trumpet            73           Sub
    4' Clarion            73           Unison Off
       Sub                             Super
       Unison Off                      Chimes            SO
       Super                           Celesta           61
       Chimes             SO           Harp
       Celesta            CH
                                       SOLO
       SWELL                        8' Stentorphone      73
   16' Bourdon            73        8' Grossflöte        73
    8' Open Diapason      73        8' Gamba             73
    8' Clarabella         73        8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
    8' Stopped Diapason   73        8' Viole Céleste     73
    8' Viola da Gamba     73        4' Concert Flute     73
    8' Voix Céleste       73        8' Tuba Mirabilis    73 (15")
    8' Aeoline            73        8' Orchestral Oboe   73
    4' Principal          73           Tremulant
    4' Flauto Traverso    73           Sub
    2' Piccolo            61           Unison Off
   II  Sesquialtera    tc 98 *         Super
    V  Cornet            365           Chimes (Class C)  25
   16' Contra Posaune     73           Celesta           CH
    8' Cornopean          73
    8' Oboe               73           PEDAL
    8' Vox Humana         73       32' Dbl Open Diapason -- (acoustic)
    4' Clarion            73       16' Open Diapason     32
       Tremulant                   16' Bourdon           32
       Sub                         16' Violone           32
       Unison Off                  16' Gedeckt           SW
       Super                        8' Flute (Open Diap) 12
       Chimes             SO        8' Bourdon           12
       Celesta            CH        8' Violoncello       12
                                    4' Choralbass        32 ***
                                   16' Trombone          32
                                   16' Posaune           SW
                                    8' Trumpet           12
                                    4' Clarion           12
                                       Chimes            SO

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 19, 2010]

Websites

St. Mark's United Methodist Church - New York City - NYC AGO Organ Project. Specification, photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)