Better Pipe Organ Database

Hillgreen, Lane & Co. Opus 1011 (1935)

Christ Church, Episcopal
Greenwich, CT

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

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Church website/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Organ case and façade pipes (Photograph from an archival source: From THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1936, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (Photograph from an archival source: From THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1936, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
32 stops
38 registers
4 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)

Notes

2018-04-30 - Information from Hillgreen, Lane & Co. opus list, compiled by Bynum Petty<br> Contract: May 1935<br> The contract reads, "modernizing and enlarging pipe organ; pitch to be raised from 435, international, to 440, concert.â€<br> Price: $8,340 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1936

    Greenwich, Connecticut
    Christ Church, Episcopal

    Hillgreen, Lane   Op. 1011   1935    3/32
    __________________________________________

    GREAT  5" wind          SWELL  4" wind
16' Diapason       73   16' Dulciana        73
 8' 1st Diapason   73    8' Diapason        73
 8' 2nd Diapason   73    8' Stopped Flute   73
 8' Major Flute    73    8' Gemshorn        73
 8' Clarabella     73    8' Salicional      73
 8' Quaintone      73    8' Voix Celeste    61
 4' Flute          73    8' Aeoline         73
16' Tuba         * 73    4' Flauto Traverso 73
 8' Tuba         * 12    4' Violina         73
 4' Tuba         * 12    8' Cornopean       73
    Tremulant            8' Oboe            73
    Unison Off           8' Vox Humana      73
    Super                   Tremulant
    Chimes                  Sub
    Harp                    Unison Off
                            Super
    CHOIR                   Chimes          GT
 8' Diapason       73       Harp            CH
 8' Concert Flute  73
 8' Viola          73       PEDAL  5" wind
 8' Dolce          73   32' Resultant       --
 8' Unda Maris     61   16' Diapason        32
 4' Flauto d'Amore 73   16' Bourdon         32
 8' Waldhorn       73   16' Dulciana        SW
 8' Clarinet       73    8' Diapason        32
    Tremulant            8' Bourdon         12
    Sub                  4' Diapason        12
    Unison Off          16' Trombone      * 32
    Super                8' Tuba            GT
    Tower Bells    10
    Harp                 *  on 10" wind
 4' Harp Celesta

    [Received from Jeff Scofield May 21, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1936 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield