Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Erben (1851)

St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
West 16th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
25 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes

Notes

2012-04-06 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- The "American Musical Directory," published by Thomas Hutchinson, New York, 1861, reports "Size of organ--2 banks keys, 30 stops, 2 octaves pedals. Built by H. Erben, in 1850." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Stoplist (Source: New York City AGO website, 2012-04-12) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Church of St. Francis Xavier
New York, New York
Henry Erben, 1851
OHS ID 49451

GREAT (Manual I - 58 notes) 
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16   Double Open Diapason        4   Principal 
 8   Open Diapason           2 2/3   Twelfth 
 8   Gamba                       2   Fifteenth 
 8   Melodia                         Sesquialtera III 
 8   Stop'd Diapason             8   Trumpet 
 8   Dulciana                    8   Clarionette 
                
SWELL (Manual II – 58 notes, enclosed) 
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16   Bourdon                     4   Harmonic Flute 
 8   Open Diapason                   Cornet III ranks 
 8   Viol d'Amour                8   Oboe 
 8   Stop'd Diapason             8   Vox Humana 
 4   Violana                         Vox Tremulo [sic]   
                
PEDAL (27 notes) 
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16   Double Open Diapason        8   Violoncello 
16   Bourdon                    16   Trombone 
                
COUPLERS 
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     Great and Swell Organ           Reversible Coupler Pedal to Great 
     Pedal and Great Organ           Octave Coupler in Great Organ 
     Pedal and Swell Organ           
                
COMPOSITION PEDALS
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1.   To bring on full Great Organ   
2.   To take off Chorus Stops

[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-04-12]

Websites

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church [NYC AGO Organ Project Web Site] - Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)