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Ernest M. Skinner & Son Opus 653 (1940)

St. Martin's Episcopal Church
230 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) at 122nd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2019-11-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Austin Console (Photograph by David Schmauch, via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steve Lawson, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-04-29 - Church interior, chancel and organ chambers (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
37 stops
53 registers
5 divisions
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2022-05-04 - Originally installed at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, Washington DC in 1927; replaced by another Skinner and moved to St. Martin's in 1940; a second-hand 3-manual Austin console was added at some point. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE AMERICAN ORGANIST June 1941

       New York, New York
       St. Martin's Episcopal Church

       Skinner   Op. 653   1927/1940   4/46
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT                     SWELL
   16' Bourdon       PD 17   16' Bourdon           73
    8' Diapason I       61    8' Diapason          73
    8' Diapason II      61    8' Gedeckt           73
    8' Waldflöte        61    8' Salicional        73
    4' Octave           61    8' Voix Celeste      73
    4' Flute            61    8' Flute Celeste II 134
    2' Fifteenth        61    4' Octave            73
  III  Mixture         183    4' Flute ⌂           73
    8' Tromba           61    2' Piccolo           61
       Chimes           SO    V  Mixture          305
                             16' Waldhorn          73
       CHOIR                  8' Cornopean         73
   16' Dulciana         73    8' Oboe              73
    8' Concert Flute    73    8' Vox Humana        73
    8' Gamba            73    4' Clarion           73
    8' Dulciana         12       Tremolo
    4' Gemshorn         73
    4' Flute Harmonique 73       PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard    (Gems)  7   32' Diapason         res
    2' Fifteenth (Gems)  5   16' Major Bass        32
1 3/5' Tierce    (Gems) --   16' Bourdon           32
1 1/7' Septieme  (Gems) --   16' Echo Lieblich     SW
    8' Clarinet         73   16' Dulciana          CH
       Tremolo                8' Octave            12
       Harp             tc    8' Gedeckt           12
       Celesta          61    8' Still Gedeckt     SW   
                              4' Flute             12
       SOLO                  16' Trombone          32
    8' Orchestral Flute 73   16' Waldhorn          SW
    8' Gamba            73    8' Tromba            GT
    8' Gamba Celeste    73       Chimes            SO
    8' Tuba             73
    8' French Horn      73
    8' English Horn     73 
       Tremolo
       Chimes           25

         [Received from Jeff Scofield May 4, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1941 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

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