Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by landmarkwest.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-10-24 - Church interior and façade pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Now Universalist -Database Manager
2007-04-18 - Updated through online information from George T. Kuhn. -- I am a member of the Board of Trustees of The Fourth Universalist Society (Unitarian Universalist Association). The Fourth Universalist Society is the currently used name for the former Church of the Divine Paternity, a Universalist community founded in 1837. All the information contained in the OHS database on "Divine Paternity" in New York, NY is applicable now to The Fourth Universalist Society. It is one and the same instrument in the same original building (now a landmarked structure) built around the year 1898. The Geo. F. Hutchings organ was installed shortly thereafter, as a result of a donation by one of the Carnegie heirs. The history of the organ beginning in the mid 20th century begins to get somewhat fuzzy. There is rumor that there were pipe chambers in the choir loft in the rear of the church, in addition to the still extant chambers on the left and right of the front sanctuary. The choir loft chamber were supposedly removed and the ranks either discarded or sold in an attempt to recover the space for other purposes. The original Geo. F. Hutchings console is long gone to a fate unknown by the current members of the church. There is an extant four-manual console of unknown origin. The organ is virtually unplayable. Until very recently, a few ranks spoke, but these sadly are now silent. The last time the organ was restored to totally playable condition was about 10 years ago. Due to lack of funds, the organ cannot be maintained properly. Within the last year, the organ was inspected for an estimate of cost of repair by John Klauder, an organbuilder in Brooklyn, New York. He may have additional and more accurate information on this instrument than I am able to provide. [Editor's Note: Most of these comments refer to the extant Skinner Organ, not to the Hutchings.] -Database Manager
2010-11-20 - Updated through online information from George T. Kuhn. -- This is a correction to my previous report. The original George S. Hutchings organ was donated to this church by Andrew Carnegie himself, not one of his heirs as I misstated. (see "Gift From Andrew Carnegie," N.Y. Times, July 1, 1897.) ... Since my previous statement, anecdotal evidence has surfaced from long-time church members that the original console and (likely) the echo/choir ranks were sold and removed to a church (identity unknown) in New Jersey. I say "likely" the echo/choir ranks since there is no trace of that installation extant in the choir loft today. I may be wrongly assuming that the choir organ ranks were actually located in the choir loft. -Database Manager
2010-11-29 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
Source: Lynnwood Farnam, via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steve Lawson
New York, New York
Church of the Divine Paternity
Hutchings Op. 431 1898 4/60
Skinner Op. 271 1917 4/61
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 61
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Concert Flute 61
8' Gross Flute 61 8' Spitzflöte 61
8' Gamba 61 8' Quintaton 61
8' Doppelflöte 61 8' Viol di Gamba 61
8' Gemshorn 61 4' Fugara 61
8' Bourdon 61 4' Flute d'Amour 61
4' Octave 61 2' Piccolo 61
4' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Flauto Traverso 61 c
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Orchestral Oboe 61 c
2' Super Octave 61 8' Orchestral Clarinet 61 c
Mixture a 234 Tremolo
8' Trumpet 61 8' Tuba 61 c
SWELL ECHO
16' Double Dulciana 61 8' Voix Celeste II 122
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Flauto Dolce 61
8' Geigen Principal 61 4' Flauto Traverso 61
8' Hohl Floete 61 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Stopped Diapason 61 Tremolo
8' Viole Celeste II 122 Carillons F to FFF)
8' Salicional 61
8' Aeoline 61 PEDAL
4' Octave 61 32' Contra Bourdon res
4' Flute Harmonique 61 16' Open Diapason 30
4' Celestina (wood) 61 16' Bourdon 30
2' Flageolet 61 16' Violone 30
Mixture b 269 16' Dulciana SW
16' Contra Fagotto 61 8' Flute 12
8' Cornopean 61 8' Gedeckt 12
8' Oboe 61 8' Violoncello 12
8' Vox Humana 61 16' Trombone 30
4' Clarion 61 16' Contra Fagotto SW
Tremolo 8' Tromba 12
a 3 and 4 ranks b 3, 4 and 5 ranks
c These stops, on heavy wind, form a Solo organ and
may be played separately on the Choir keyboard
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