Better Pipe Organ Database

Frank Roosevelt Opus 512 (1892)

OHS convention: 1956, 1957

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2013-09-09 - Console (Photograph by Stephen Studnicka/Database Manager)

2013-09-09 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Stephen Studnicka/Database Manager)

2013-09-09 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Stephen Studnicka/Database Manager)

2013-09-09 - Opus Number (Photograph by Stephen Studnicka/Database Manager)

2013-09-09 - Bellows, Shaft, and Pipework (Photograph by Stephen Studnicka/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 2 manuals
• 27 stops
• Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1987. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Said to be the first electrically driven blower mechanism in NYC. Compass 58/30. -Database Manager

2014-03-10 - Updated through online information from Stephen Studnicka. -- I have been a member of Judson Memorial Church for over 30 years. My knowledge of the organ comes from congregation lore and personal observation. The organ last sang in the late 1970's (1979?). I believe David Tice was the last person to play the organ.<br>It is my understanding that this was the first instrument in NYC to have an electric (DC) motor power the bellows. The organ ceased to sing when AC current was attached to the DC motor. Some of the leather belts remain intact. The sound chamber and pipes are totally intact.<br>The ornate case is a fixture in the balcony. The angels on the top of the case have overlooked many a theater and cabaret performance in the loft.<br>At the present time the congregation has decided to not attempt to fix or repair the organ. While they would prefer a sale, the congregation would consider giving the pipes, sound chamber, and inner workings of the organ to anyone willing to remove them, at no cost to the congregation, providing the case, church interior, and church exterior are not damaged in the process. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded