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Henry Erben (1833)

Images

2022-04-18 - Organ at NPS SITE (Photograph by Elizabeth Lotz/Elizabeth Lotz)

2022-04-18 - Organ at NPS Site (Photograph by Elizabeth Lotz/Elizabeth Lotz)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 1 manuals
• 5 stops
• 7 registers
• 1 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 58 notes
• Pedal compass: 18 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
• Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1981 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Purchased (contract) 1833 for $800 by George Rapelye. Manual compass 58 (GGG to f3, lacking GGG#); Pedal compass 18. Pedals permanently coupled to manual. Pipework softened ca. 1960. Maintained by National Park Service since 11/1/81. [Eastchester listed under Mt. Vernon on old printed lists; appears to be just inside the Bronx.] -Database Manager

2005-01-24 - Restorative repairs carried out in 1990s by Culver Mowers. Used to be Town of Eastchester in Westchester County. 19th century, several boroughs, towns and cities incorporated, now City of Mount Vernon, Westchester County (Township of Eastchester). Site is National Historic Site maintained by National Park Service. -Database Manager

Stoplist

[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-08-23] Source: Ogasapian, 1977

MANUAL Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason Treble 8, Stopped Diapason Bass 8, Dulciana 8, Fifteenth 2, Flute 4 (slider now occupied by an "Oboe")

Websites

• National Park Service Colonials & Patriots St Paul's Church National Historical Site - Fairly complete history of the church (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Saint Paul's Church National Historical Site - Official National Park Historical Site - brief history of the church (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Music & History: The story of the 1830 Erben pipe organ at St. Paul's - History and pictorial exploration of the organ. Short video snippet at the end. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Other Links

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• View on Pipe Organ Database
• Organ link wheel: -1, +1

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