New York City, New York

First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church (New York, NY)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Builder:        Skinner Organ Company
   Year:        1929
   Opus:        293-A
No. manuals:    4
No. stops:      76
No. ranks:      71
No. pipes:      4,714
      
                GREAT ORGAN                        SOLO ORGAN
            16' Diapason            61          8' Stentorphone        73
             8' First Diapason      61          8' Gamba               73
             8' Second Diapason     61          8' Gamba Celeste       73
             8' Third Diapason      61          8' Echo Dulcet         73
             8' Flute Harmonique    61          4' Hohlpfeife          73
             8' Viola               61          8' Tuba Mirabilis      73
             8' Waldflote           61          8' French Horn         73
             8' Erzähler            61          8' English Horn        73
             4' Octave              61          8' Orchestral Oboe     73
             4' Flute               61             Tremolo
         2 2/3' Twelfth             61
             2' Fifteenth           61             ECHO ORGAN
           III  Harmonics          183          8' Diapason            73
           III  Mixture            183          8' Gedeckt             73
             8' Trumpet             61          8' Viol d'Orchestre    73
                Chimes              EC          8' Voix Celeste        73
                                                8' Aeoline             73
                SWELL ORGAN                     4' Octave              73
            16' Bourdon             73          4' Flute Harmonique    73
             8' First Diapason      73          8' Vox Humana          73
             8' Second Diapason     73             Tremolo
             8' Gedeckt             73             Chimes              25 tubes
             8' Clarabella          73
             8' Spitzflote          73             PEDAL ORGAN
             8' Flute Celeste (TC)  61         32' Diapason            32
             8' Salicional          73         16' Diapason            12
             8' Voix Celeste        73         16' Bourdon             32
             4' Octave              61         16' Violone             32
             4' Flute Triangulaire  61         16' Echo Bourdon        SW
             2' Flautino            61     10 2/3' Quint               32
           III  Mixture            183          8' Octave              12
            16' Posaune             73          8' Gedeckt             12
             8' Trumpet             73          8' Still Gedeckt       SW
             8' Oboe                73          8' Cello               SO
             8' Vox Humana          73          4' Super Octave        12
             4' Clarion             61         32' Bombarde            32
                Tremolo                        16' Trombone            12
                                               16' Posaune             SW
                CHOIR ORGAN                     8' Tromba              12
             8' Diapason            73          4' Clarion             12
             8' Gamba               73             Chimes              EC
             8' Viola               73
             8' Concert Flute       73
             4' Flute               73
             4' Gemshorn            73
         2 2/3' Nazard              61
             2' Piccolo             61
             8' Flugel Horn         73
             8' Clarinet            73
                Tremolo
             8' Harp (TC)           --
             4' Celesta             61 bars


Source: The Diapason, December 1929.

Notes: The organ was installed as Skinner Op. 293 in 1921. In 1929, Skinner added some stops, tonally refinished the others and added a new console as Op. 293-A, utilizing parts from the 1903 4-manual Hutchings Op. 1550 from Madison Square Presbyterian, whose congregation merged into First Presbyterian in 1919. The article said "One of the new features is a Willis pedal board, the measurements of which, Dr. [William C.] Carl believes, meets the wants of the organist better than any other designed. Another mechanical feature is a control by which the adjustable combinations can all be locked by the organist, thus preventing them from being changed."

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