Mother A.M.E. Zion Church: Sanctuary
146 West 137th St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2011-03-16 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, Console, and Pipe Facades (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)
2011-03-16 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, Console, and Pipe Facades (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)
2011-03-16 - Nave, Balcony, and Antiphonal Pipe Displays (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)
2011-03-16 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph courtesy of the New York City AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)
2024-01-07 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front gallery (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 38 stops
- 70 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2015-01-05 - Layout and scaling were designed by Mr. Ontko, who, along with Guy Henderson, installed and tonally finished the organ. Jack Steinkampf voiced the Trompette de Fete, a horizontal reed located in the gallery. -Database Manager
2024-07-18 - This organ is to be replaced in 2025-2026 by the 116-rank Aeolian-Skinner from the Curtis Institute of Music which has been given to Mother AME Zion Church as a gift. They, in turn, will be giving the Wicks as a gift to Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Typed Specification Source: from Steven E. Lawson Date not recorded
New York City, New York
Mother A.M.E. Zion Church
Wicks Organ Co. Opus 5565 1976 4 manuals, 70 registers, 38 stops, 55 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Montre 61 8' Koppelflöte * 61
8' Principal 61 8' Gambe 61
8' Kleinprincipal 61 8' Voix Celeste 61
8' Rohrgedeckt 61 4' Principal 73
4' Octave 61 4' Holztraverse * 73
4' Principal 61 2 2/3' Nasat * 61
4' Spielflöte 61 2' Octave (fr. Principal) --
2' Octave 61 2' Octavin * (fr. Holztrav) --
2' Spielpfeife (fr. SpielFl) -- 1 3/5' Terz * 61
1 1/3' Mixture IV-V 293 Cornet V (draws * stops)
16' Basson (Sw) -- 1/3' Cimbel IV 244
8' Trompete 73 16' Basson 73
4' Klarine (fr. Trompete) -- 8' Trompette 73
Tremolo 8' Hautbois (fr. Basson) --
8' Trompette de Fête (Ant) -- 8' Voix Humaine 61
Chimes 25 tubes 4' Clairon (fr. Trompette) --
Unison Off Tremolo
8' Trompette de Fête (Ant) --
POSITIVE ORGAN 8' Harp (TC) --
16' Bourdon 73 4' Celesta 49 bars
8' Principal 61 Swell 16'
8' Holzgedeckt (fr. Bourdon) -- Unison Off
8' Erzähler 61 Swell 4'
8' Unda Maris (TC) 49
4' Octave 73 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Rohrflöte 73 32' Gross Untersatz 56
2' Weitoctave (fr. Octave) -- 16' Holzprincipal 32
2' Rohrpfeife (fr. RohrFl) -- 16' Principal (metal) 56
1 1/3' Klein Nasard -- 16' Subbass (fr. 32') --
1' Blockflöte -- 16' Bourdon (Pos) --
1/2' Scharf III-IV 232 10 2/3' Bourdon (Pos) --
8' Cromhorne 61 8' Octave (fr. Principal) --
Tremolo 8' Pommer (fr. 32') --
8' Trompette de Fête (Ant) -- 8' Holzgedeckt (Pos) --
4' Celesta (Sw) 4' Choralbass (fr. Princ.) --
Chimes (Gt) 4' Gedacktflöte (Pos) --
Positive 16' 2' Mixtur IV 128
Unison Off 32' Bombarde 56
Positive 4' 16' Bombarde (fr. 32') --
16' Basson (Sw) --
ANTIPHONAL ORGAN 8' Trompette (fr. 32') --
8' Bourdon 73 8' Trompete de Fête (Ant) --
4' Prestant 73 4' Clairon (fr. 32') --
4' Doppelflöte (fr. Bdn) -- 4' Cromhorne (Pos) --
2' Doublette (fr. Prestant) --
1' Fourniture III-V 269
8' Trompette de Fête 61
4' Clairon de Fête (fr. 8') --
ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS COUPLERS
Antiphonal 3 (thumb) Great to Pedal 8
Swell 5 (thumb) Swell to Pedal 8 4
Great 5 (thumb) Positive to Pedal 8 4
Positive 5 (thumb) Antiphonal to Pedal 8
Pedal 5 (thumb) Swell to Great 16 8 4
General 8 (thumb & toe) Positive to Great 16 8 4
Antiphonal to Great 8
REVERSIBLES Pedal to Great 8
Great to Pedal (thumb & toe) Antihonal to Swell 8
Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe) Great to Positive 8
Positive to Pedal (thumb & toe) Swell to Positive 16 8 4
Antiph. to Pedal (thumb & toe)
Swell to Great (thumb & toe) ACCESSORIES
Tutti (thumb & toe) Balanced Swell Expression Pedal
32' Untersatz (toe) Balanced Positive Expression Ped.
32' Bombarde (toe) Crescendo Pedal
Orchestral Crescendo (tablet)
Combination Lock
Tutti Indicator Light
Crescendo Indicator (six lights)
Chancel Wind Indicator Light
Antiphonal Wind Indicator Light
Orchestral Crescendo Ind. Light
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-04-19]
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