Unknown - Console in 2013 (Photograph by Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great Hall (Vintage Photo circa 1920 from Jim Lewis Collection/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console (Photograph courtesy of Jim Lewis (2013)/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2016-06-10 - Contract: August 7, 1917 for $43,000, including Duo-Art player. Two consoles: 4-manual in Living Hall, and 2-manual in Oratory for playing only the nine-stop Echo-Oratory Organ. Shipped November 11, 1919.<br> Contract: October 17, 1923 - Chimes added<br> Contract: December 26, 1924 for $22,900 - 26 ranks added -Database Manager
2016-06-10 - Following the death of Mr. Brady in 1930, Mrs. Brady donated Inisfada to a religious society (Jesuits) that used it as a seminary and retreat house for over 75 years. The Living Hall became the chapel, and the organ was undisturbed. -Database Manager
2016-06-10 - In 2013 the house and estate were sold to a developer for $36.5 million. The new owner had the mansion demolished, despite efforts by the Long Island Historical Society and others. Many details were saved by specialist firms. The Organ Clearing House of Boston was retained to build hundreds of crates, and to label, catalog and pack the Aeolian's 5,500 pipes, as well as its two consoles, dual blowers and tons of mechanism. After hundreds of man hours over two weeks, the entire instrument was carefully moved to a nearby storage warehouse. -Database Manager
2019-04-17 - Updated by Matthew, who gave this as the source of the information: Organ Clearing House. <br> <br>Based off an email received on March 19th, 2019; the organ has been destroyed. \"The developers who demolished Inisfada stored the organ for more than five years, and with no “takers,” disposed of it.\" -Database Manager
Specification from <i>Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous</i> by Rollin Smith (OHS Press, 2014) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Manhasset, New York
Nicholas F. Brady Residence - "Inisfada"
The Aeolian Co. Opus 1411 1917/1925 4 manuals, 77 registers, 72 stops, 83 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Deep Diapason 61 * 16' Deep Flute [Bourdon] 73
8' Diapason FF 61 * 8' Diapason 73
8' Diapason F 61 8' Flute MF [Melodia] 73
8' Gross Flute F 61 + 8' Flute P [Stopped Diap.] 73
(changed to Melodia) 8' String F [Viole d'Orch.] 73 +
8' Doppel Flute F 61 + 8' Vibrato String F [Viole] 61 +
(changed to Gross Flute) 8' String P [Salicional] 73
8' String F [Gamba] 61 8' Vibrato String P [Vox Cel]61
8' Concert Flute MF 61 8' String PP [Aeoline] 73
8' Flute P [Flauto Dolce] 61 4' High Flute [Harmonique] 73
8' String P [Gemshorn] 61 4' High String [Violina] 73
8' String PP [Aeoline] 61 2' Flautino [Flageolet] 61
4' High Diapason [Octave] 61 * Mixture String P V 305
4' High Flute [Hohl Flute] 61 16' Bassoon [Fagotto] 73 *
2' Piccolo [Harmonique] 61 8' Oboe (Cathedral Type) 73
Mixture Diapason III-IV 232? 8' Trumpet (Horn) [Capped] 73
16' Deep Trumpet 61 * 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Trumpet F 61 Tremolo [On/Off pistons]
8' Clarinet [free reed] 61 *
4' High Trumpet 61 * SOLO ORGAN
Tremolo [On/Off pistons] 8' Diapason [Open] 61
8' Flute [Philomela] 61
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Doppel Flute F 61 *
16' Deep String [Salicional] 73 * 8' String F [Gamba] 61
8' Violin Diapason 73 8' Vibrato String F [Gamba] 61
8' Flute P [Melodia] 73 8' Trumpet [Tuba] 61
8' Quintadena Flute 73 8' Clarinet [free reed] 61 *
8' String P [Dolce] 73 8' French Horn [striking] 61 +
8' String PP [Aeoline] 73 8' English Horn [striking] 61 +
8' Dulciana MF 73 * Tremolo [On/Off pistons]
8' Vibrato Dulciana MF [Vox] 61 *
4' High Flute [d'Amour] 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' English Horn [never installed] 32' Resultant Diapason --
8' French Horn 73 * (Diap. F & 10-2/3 Quint Flute)
8' Clarinet [free reed] 73 16' Deep Diapason F (open) 30
Tremolo [On/Off pistons] 16' Deep Diapason P (Gt.) --
16' Deep Flute F 30
ECHO-ORATORY ORGAN 16' Deep String F 30 *
(Great and Swell duplexed) 16' Deep Flute P (Sw.) -- *
8' Diapason (tapered) 61 16' Deep String P (Ch.) -- *
8' Flute P [Stopped Diap.] 61 10 2/3' Quint Flute (open) 30 +
8' String MF [Viole d'Orch.] 61 8' Flute (open) 30
8' String P [Gemshorn] 61 8' String (Gamba) 30 *
8' String PP [Aeoline] 61 16' Trombone 30 *
4' High Flute [Wald Flute] 61 16' Bassoon P (Sw.) --
Mixture String P V 305
8' Orchestral Oboe 61 ACCESSORIES
8' Vox Humana 61 Sforzando Pedal
Tremolo [On/Off pistons] Tonal Pedal
Expression Pedals (6 point):
ECHO-ORATORY PEDAL Great, Swell
16' Deep Flute [Bourdon] 30 Choir
Solo/Echo
VIBRATO ORGAN (prepared-for) Loud Pedal
(Playable from all four manuals) Four Pistons for each manual:
16' Deep Flute (73) Piano - Forte - Mezzo - Release
8' Diapason (73)
8' Vibrato Diapason (73) COUPLERS
8' Flute P (73) Great 16, Unison Release, 4
8' Vibrato Flute P (73) Swell to Great 16, 8, 4
8' Dulciana F (73) Choir to Great 16, 8, 4
8' Vibrato Dulciana F (61) Solo to Great
8' Dulciana MF (73) Swell 16, Unison Release, 4
8' Vibrato Dulciana MF (61) Solo to Swell
Mixture String PP V (305) Choir 16, Unison Release, 4
Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS Solo to Choir
Harp (61 notes) Solo 16, Unison Release, 4
(Playable from Great, Swell, Choir) Echo 16, 4
Chimes (20 notes) Vibrato 16, 4 (prepared-for)
(Playable from Great, Swell, Choir) Swell to Pedal
Piano Connection Great to Pedal 8, 4
(Playable from Great, Swell, Choir) Choir to Pedal
Solo to Pedal
* Stops prepared for in 1918
+ Stops not "prepared-for" but
added or altered in 1925
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-06-11]
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