Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 2491 (1926)

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
1263 Vestal Avenue
Binghamton, NY

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by WICZ, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-03-23 - Church interior to rear, organ and façade pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-06 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Daniel O’Brien/Daniel O'Brien)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
31 stops
41 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Rebuilt to 3-35 by Culver L. Mowers. -Database Manager

2008-09-20 - Updated through information from Cullie Mowers: -- Estey made an open wood sax which sounds something like a gamba on steroids. In church organs it was called "Cor Glorieux", but "Saxophone" in secular instruments. The only example I've heard live is in a large 3m at St. John the Evangelist in Binghamton, NY (#2491, 1926). the beautifully-made pipes and the stop tab were labelled "Cor Glorieux", but the chest and all the wiring said "Sax." [Posted to PIPORG-L August 3, 2008] -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON March 1926

     Binghamton, New York
     St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

     Estey   Op. 2491   1926   3/34
     _____________________________________________________

     GREAT                           CHOIR
 16' Open Diapason       73      16' Contra Dulciana    61
  8' Major Open Diapason 73       8' English Open Diap  73
  8' 2nd Open Diapason   73       8' Clarabella         73
  8' Major Flute         73       8' Flute Celeste      61
  8' Gemshorn            73       8' Dolce              12
  8' Dulciana            73       8' Unda Maris         61
  4' Octave              73       4' Flute d'Amour      73
  4' Harmonic Flute      73       4' Dulcet             12
  8' Tuba                73   2 2/3' Quint               7
     Chimes (in Choir)   20       2' Fifteenth           5
                                  8' Clarinet           73
     SWELL                        8' Cor Glorieux (sax) 73
 16' Bourdon             73       8' French Horn        73
  8' Open Diapason       73
  8' Stopped Diapason    73          PEDAL
  8' Viol d'Orchestre    73      32' Resultant          --
  8' Viol Celeste        61      16' Open Diapason      32
  8' Salicional          73      16' Bourdon            32
  4' Flauto Traverso     73      16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW
  2' Flautino            61      16' Dulciana           CH
III  Mixture            183       8' Bass Flute (OpDia) 12
  8' Cornopean           73       8' Flauto Dolce       12
  8' Oboe                73      16' Trombone           32
  8' Vox Humana          73

        [Received from Jeff Scofield January 11, 2023]