Better Pipe Organ Database

Hall Organ Co. Opus 677 (1938)

First Baptist Church
265 West 79th Street at Broadway
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Images

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Eric Birk via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - 1892 Jardine facade pipes (Photograph by Eric Birk via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
22 stops
26 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2019-12-06 - Retained the case of the 1892 Jardine. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of Eric Birk via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project Date not recorded

     New York, New York
     First Baptist Church

     Hall   Op. 677   1937   3/24
     ________________________________________________

     GREAT                        SWELL

  8' Open Diapason     73     16' Flute Conique    73
  8' Stopped Diapason  73      8' Geigen Principal 73
  8' Dolce Conique     73      8' Gedeckt          73
  4' Octave            73      8' Salicional       73
  2' Fifteenth         61      8' Voix Celeste     61
III  Mixture        * 183      4' Lieblich Flute   73
     Sub                       2' Flautina         61
     Super                     8' Cornopean        73
     Chimes                    8' Oboe             73
                                  Tremolo
     CHOIR                        Sub
                                  Unison Off
  8' Viola             73         Super
  8' Orchestral Flute  73
  8' Gemshorn          73         PEDAL
  4' Silver Flute      73
  8' Unda Maris        61     16' Contra Bass      32
     Tremolo                  16' Bourdon          32
     Sub                      16' Flute Conique    SW
     Super                     8' Octave           12
                               8' Flute            SW
                               4' Super Octave     12

  *  Original tierce mixture from 1892 Jardine organ;
     replaced with von Beckerath mixture by Meloni & 
     Farrier (1999)

      [Received from Jeff Scofield December 5, 2019]

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST September 1938 Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
(1938-08-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON August 1938 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

Websites

First Baptist Church [NYC AGO Organ Project Web Site] - Specification, photos, history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)