Grace Church (Episcopal)
802 Broadway at 10th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY
Images
2023-11-01 - Console (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2023-11-01 - Organ cases (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2023-11-01 - Church interior (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2023-11-01 - Organ cases and ceiling (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2014-03-17 - Church interior (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-03-17 - Church interior and organ cases (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-03-17 - Church interior (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013 - Console and wood pipes (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013 - Church interior and Great organ case (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013 - Console (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013 - Church interior (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-02-19 - Bottom 12 notes of Skinner organ in rear gallery, connected to the Taylor & Boody. (Paul R Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Detached, Reversed Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
- 4 manuals
- 76 stops
- 6 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
- 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 (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2012-08-30 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Notice of installation commencement in August 2012 for Taylor & Boody Opus 65, a four-manual, 74-stop instrument being installed as a part of the restoration of the 1846 Renwick building. -Database Manager
2012-09-07 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist (Source: The American Organist, April 2014) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Grace Church, Episcopal
New York, New York
Taylor & Boody Organbuilders, Opus 65, 2013
OHS ID: 50309
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GREAT SWELL (enclosed) CHOIR MAIN PEDAL
16 Double Open Diapason [1] 16 Contre Gamba 8 Principal Dolce [1] 32 Double Open Diapason
16 Bourdon 8 Facade Principal 8 Stopped Diapason 32 Contra Bourdon [3]
8 First Open Diapason 8 Violin Diapason 8 Flauto Dolce 16 Open Diapason [4]
8 Second Open Diapason 8 Rohr Flute 8 Unda Maris TC 16 Subbass [4]
8 Spire Flute 8 Salicional 4 Octave [2] 16 Violone
4 Principal 8 Voix Celeste (G) 4 Rohr Flute 8 Principal
4 Spitz Flute 4 Principal 2 Gemshorn 8 Spire Flute
2-2/3 Twelfth 4 Open Flute 1-1/3 Larigot [2] 4 Fifteenth
2 Fifteenth 2-2/3 Nazard 2-2/3 Sesquialtera II [2] Mixture V
1-3/5 Seventeenth 2 Fifteenth Scharff III-IV [2] 32 Contra Ophicleide
Cornet V (g-d3) 2 Wald Flute 16 Cor Anglais 32 Contra Fagott
Mixture V 1-3/5 Tierce 8 Cremona 16 Trombone [4]
Scharff IV Mixture V Tremulant 16 Fagott [4]
16 Double Trumpet 16 Contra Bassoon 8 Tuba (So) 8 Trumpet
8 Trumpet 8 Cornopean 8 Harmonic Trumpet (So) 8 Tuba (So)
4 Clarion 8 Oboe 8 Harm'c Trumpet (So)
4 Clarion THUMB PISTONS
COUPLERS Tremulant Great 1-8 CHOIR PEDAL
8 Swell to Great Swell 1-8 16 Bourdon
8 Choir to Great CONTROLS Choir 1-8 8 Cello [1]
16,8,4 Solo to Great Gt+Pd on Gt Div'ls Solo 1-8 8 Spitx Gedackt
16,8,4 Solo to Swell Sw+Pd on Sw Div'ls Pedal 1-8 4 Clarabella [2]
8 Swell to Choir Ch+Pd on Ch Div'ls General 1-16 16 Bassoon
16,8,4 Solo to Choir Pd+Sw on Pd Toe St Sequencer forward (4) 8 Schalmey
8 Great to Pedal All Swells Sequencer back (2)
8 Swell to Pedal All next Sw to Gt reversible TOE STUDS
8 Choir to Pedal Memory level up Ch to Gt reversible General 1-16
8,4 Solo to Pedal Memory level down So to Gt reversible Pedal 1-8
Signal lights on So to Sw reversible Gt to Pd reversible
buttons (4) Sw to Ch reversible Sw to Pd reversible
Memory level So to Ch reversible So to Pd reversible
display Tutti I [5] Sw to Gt reversible
General piston Tutti II [5] So to Gt reversible
NOTES display Tutti III [5] 32 Diapason reversible
1. In facade. Tutti IV [5] 32 Bourdon reversible
2. Prepared for future installation. Set 32 Ophicleide rev.
3. 1-6 resultant. Scope 32 Fagott reversible
4. Extension of 32'. General Cancel 16 Trombone reversible
5. Reversible with indicator. Tutti I reversible
6. Two balanced expression pedals, for Swell and Solo. Tutti II reversible
7. All stop action electric solenoid (slider) or solid state switching. Tutti III rev.
8. Mechanical key action with floating square rails. Tutti IV rev.
9. Offset individual valve E.P. chests for large bass pipes. Sequencer forward
10. Six mechanical couplers, eleven electric couplers. Sequencer back
11. Wind pressures: Great 3-1/4", Swell 3-1/4", Choir 2-3/4", Memory level up
Solo 5", Choir Pedal 3", Main Pedal 5". Memory level down
SOLO (enclosed)
8 Harmonic Flute
8' Gamba
8' Gamba Celeste (C)
8' Viol d'Orchestre
8' Viol Celeste (tc)
4' Flauto Traverso
16' Corno di Bassetto
8' Orchestral Oboe
8' Vox Humana
Tremulant
8' Tuba (15" Wind)
8' Harmonic Trumpet (15" wind)
Great: On the south side, in upper case, 16' Double Open Diapason in façade
Swell: Enclosed, in upper case on north side, 8' Facade Principal and 16' Contra Gamba basses in facade
Choir: In lower case on south side
Solo: Enclosed, in the Roosevelt organ chamber
Chancel Pedal: In lower case on north side
Main Pedal: Located in Roosevelt chamber
Action: Mechanical key action; self adjusting
Console: Detached and reversed
Bone keys with ebony sharps
Manual compass: C-c'''', 61 notes
Pedal compass: C-g', 32 notes
Electric solenoid stop action with solid state combination action and sequencer
Balanced expression pedals for Swell and Solo (electric)
Windchests: pallet and slider, with E.P. high pressure reeds and large bass pipes
Organ Cases: One case on each side of the chancel, standing in the arches.
Cases constructed of solid, quartered, wormy White Oak
Pipes: Constructed of lead-tin alloys or seasoned wood.
Wind System: All divisions on 19th century style parallel-rise reservoirs, wooden wind conductors within the organ
Five blowers in acoustical enclosures.
Stops: 76(81)
Pipes: 4664
Pitch : a' = 440
Temperament: Taylor and Boody "Grace Church"
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2014-06-02]
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