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Meloni & Farrier (2006)

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

Images

2007-09-09 - Console (Photograph by Sebastian Glück via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

2007-09-09 - Chancel, choirloft and facade pipes (Photograph by Sebastian Glück via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

2016-02-04 - Pipework (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

2016-02-04 - Console (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

2016-02-04 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Angelina/Database Manager)

2016-02-04 - Pipework (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

2016-02-04 - Blower (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

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

Notes

2016-02-17 - Originally built in 1985 by M.P. Möller for St. James' Church (Episcopal) on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. In 2005, the organ became available and it was purchased by First Baptist Church. Meloni & Farrier moved and rebuilt the organ, installing all but six Pedal stops due to space restrictions in its new location. The three-manual drawknob console, which originally also controlled a 34-register Antiphonal organ at St. James' Church, was not modified to reflect its current configuration. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from the NYC AGO New York City Organ Project Date not recorded

       New York, New York
       First Baptist Church

       Möller             Op. 8888   1956   4/107
       Möller             Op. R-169  1985   3/102
       Meloni & Farrier              2006   3/69
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                          POSITIV (unenclosed)

   16' Gedacktpommer     61        8' Gedacktpommer    61
    8' Principal         61        8' Gamba            61
    8' Bordun            61        8' Flûte Conique    SW
    8' Flûte Harmonique  61        8' Flûte Céleste    SW
    4' Octave            61        4' Spitz Principal  61
    4' Spitzflöte        61        4' Lochgedeckt      61
2 2/3' Quinte            61    2 2/3' Nazard           61
    2' Super Octave      61        2' Principal        61
 IV-V  Grand Cornet     293    1 3/5' Tierce           61
   IV  Mixture          244        1' Sifflöte         61
   IV  Scharf           244     IV-V  Zimbel          261
   16' Bombarde          61       16' Holzregal        61
    8' Trompette         12        8' Schalmei         61
    4' Clairon           61           Tremolo
       Tremolo                        Unison Off
       Chimes            25
       Unison Off                     PEDAL

       SWELL                      16' Principal        32
                                  16' Subbass          32
   16' Flûte Conique     61       16' Gedackt          12 PO
    8' Principal         61       16' Flûte Conique    SW
    8' Rohrflöte         61        8' Octave           32
    8' Viole             61        8' Bordun           12
    8' Viole Celeste     61        8' Flûte Conique    SW
    8' Flûte Conique     12    5 1/3' Quinte           SW
    8' Flûte Céleste     49        4' Nachthorn        32
    4' Octave            61        2' Nachthorn        12
    4' Flûte ⌂           61       32' Basson           12 SW
    2' Blockflöte        61       16' Contre Bombarde  32
1 1/3' Larigot           61       16' Basson           SW
   II  Cornet            98       16' Holzregal        PO
 IV-V  Plein Jeu        280        8' Bombarde         12
   IV  Cymbale          244        8' Basson           SW
   16' Basson            61        4' Holzregal        PO
    8' Trompette         61
    8' Hautbois          61
    8' Vox Humana        61
    4' Clairon           61
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

         [Received from Jeff Scofield December 5, 2019]

Websites

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

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#22221†* - M. P. Möller Opus R-169 (1985)