Better Pipe Organ Database

Henry Erben (1839)

Mercer Street Presbyterian Church
Mercer Street north of Waverly Place
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Consoles

Main

Notes

2012-05-25 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- The "American Musical Directory," by Thomas Hutchinson, published New York, 1861, reports "Size of organ--2 banks keys, 26 stops, 2 octaves pedals. Built by H. Erben; revoiced by Hall & Labagh, in 1850." The New York City Organ Project website reports that the church building and organ became property of The Church of the Strangers in 1870, and that the oran was relocated to St. Paul Lutheran, the Bronx, in 1923 or 1925. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: New York City AGO website, 2012-05-24) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Mercer Street Presbyterian Church
New York, New York
Henry Erben, 1839
OHS ID 49671
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   GREAT                    SWELL 
 8 Open diapason          16 Bourdon
 8 Viola da gamba*         8 Open diapason
 8 Dulciana                8 Dulciana
 8 Melodia                 8 Violin diapason
 8 Stopped diapason        8 Stopped diapason
 4 Night horn              4 Principal
 4 Octave                  4 Flute
 2 Fifteenth               8 Oboe
 
   *may have been a          PEDAL
    mixture               16 Open Diapason
                          16 Bourdon
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-04-25]

Websites

Church of the Strangers - New York City - Description and stoplist of Erben organ in Church of the Strangers which was originally Mercer Street Presbyterian Church (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)