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Hilborne L. Roosevelt Opus 7 (1874)

St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church
869 Lexington Ave./66th St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Images

Unknown - "Opening Night of the New York Music Festival of 1881 – Handel's 'Dettingen Te Deum'." Wood engraving. American Art Journal 35 (14 May 1881): cover. (Photograph by NYC Organ page, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

Unknown - Unidentified engraving showing Roosevelt organ. Courtesy Larry Trupiano. (Photograph by NYC Organ page, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
37 stops
37 registers
Key action Type: Mechanical With Pneumatic Assists
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2012-07-24 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

2020-12-23 - The organ used for the 1881 Music Festival was built in 1874 by Hilborne L. Roosevelt for St. Vincent Ferrer Church. Roosevelt chose to move this organ to the Seventh Regiment Armory, located diagonally across Lexington Avenue from the church, rather than provide a new one, "there being features about it which commended themselves specially for festival purposes, particularly the Double Open Diapason (32-feet tone) of the Pedal organ." The organ (as set up in the church) measured 32 feet across, 18 feet deep, and nearly 40 feet high. Roosevelt used tubular action for the Swell and Pedal organs, and the pneumatic (Barker) lever was applied to the Great organ and its couplers. This organ was the third three-manual to be built by the Roosevelt firm. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: The Tracker, Fall 2011) Source: The Tracker, Volume 55, Number 4, Fall 2011 Date not recorded

The Tracker, Volume 55, Number 4, Fall 2011

Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
New York City, New York
Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Opus 7, 1874
OHS ID: 50064 
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   GREAT ORGAN (II, 58 notes)    SWELL (III, 58 notes, enclosed) 
16 Double Open Diapason       16 Bourdon
16 Double Gemshorn             8 Open Diapason
 8 Open Diapason               8 Keraulophon
 8 Violin                      8 Rohr Flute
 8 Melodia                     4 Principal
 4 Principal                   4 Flauto Traverso
 4 Flute                         Mixture IV
 2 Wald Flöte                  8 Cornopean
   Mixture IV                  8 Oboe
   Cornet IV-V                 8 Vox Humana
 8 Trumpet                       Tremulant
 4 Clarion 
                                 PEDAL (27 notes)
   CHOIR (I, 58 notes)        32 Double Open Diapason
 8 Doppel Flöte               16 Open Diapason
 8 Gamba                      16 Double Gamba
 8 Dolce                      16 Bourdon
 8 Concert Flute               8 Violoncello
 4 Viol d'Amour               16 Bombard
 4 Rohr Flute                  8 Tuba
 2 Piccolo 
 8 Clarionette                   COUPLERS
                                 Sw to Gt Unison, Octave
   PEDAL MOVEMENTS               Ch to Gt
   Tutti Pedal                   Sw to Ch
   Balanced Swell Shoe           Gt to Pd
   Gt to Pd Reversible           Ch to Pd
   Sw to Gt Reversible           Sw to Pd   
   Pedal to throw off loud stops
   Piano pedal
   Bellows signal
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Websites

Church of St. Vincent Ferrer (Catholic) - New York City - Brief history & drawing of church exterior (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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#65836 - Hilborne L. Roosevelt (1881)