New York City, New York
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Episcopal
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Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Year: 1951 Opus: 150-A No. manuals: 4 No. stops: 115 No. ranks: 141 No. pipes: 7,938
Specification
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Montre 61 16' Contra Gamba * 73
16' Quintaten 73 16' Bourdon * 73
8' Principal 61 8' Geigen Principal 73
8' Diapason ** 79 8' Viole de Gambe 73
8' Viola * 61 8' Viole Celeste * 73
8' Hohl Flute * 61 8' Salicional * 73
8' Holz Gedackt * 61 8' Voix Celeste * 73
8' Erzähler * 61 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Quintaten (fr. 16') -- 8' Spitzflöte * 73
5 1/3' Quint 61 8' Flute Celeste 68
4' Principal ** 61 8' Unda Maris II * 146
4' Octave ** 61 4' Prestant 61
4' Spitzflöte * 61 4' Violina * 61
4' Flute Couverte 61 4' Flauto Traverso * 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 2' Octavin 61
2' Doublette ** 61 IV Plein Jeu 244
2' Fifteenth 61 III-IV Scharff 220
II Sesquialtera 122 16' Contra Fagotto * 61
III-VI Plein Jeu 294 8' Trompette 68
V-VIII Grande Fourniture 368 8' Cornopean * 68
IV Kleine Mixtur 244 8' Oboe * 61
III Cymbel 183 8' Voix Humaine * 61
16' Fagot 61 4' Octave Trumpet * 61
4' Clairon 61
CHOIR ORGAN Tremulant
16' Sanftbass * 73
8' Viola Pomposa 73 BOMBARDE ORGAN (floating)
8' Viola Celeste 73 V-IX Tierce Mixture 376
8' Concert Flute * 73 16' Bombarde 61
8' Nason Flute * 73 8' Trompette Harmonique 61
8' Dolcan * 68 4' Clairon Harmonique 61
8' Dolcan Celeste (TC) * 56
8' Dulcet II * 146 WEST END (floating)
4' Montre 68 8' State Trumpet (50" wp) 61
4' Koppelflöte 61
2 2/3' Rohr Nasat 61 PEDAL ORGAN
2' Blockflöte 61 32' Open Bass * 68
1 3/5' Terz * 61 32' Contra Violone * 44
1 1/3' Larigot * 61 16' Open Bass * (32' OB) --
1' Sifflöte * 61 16' Contre Basse 32
III Grave Mixtur 183 16' Violone * (32' OB) --
III Zimbel 183 16' Montre GT
16' English Horn 61 16' Contra Gamba SW
8' Cromorne 61 16' Bourdon SW
8' Clarinet * 61 16' Sanftbass CH
4' Trompete 68 16' Quintaten GT
Tremulant 10 2/3' Quintaten GT
Harp pf 8' Principal 32
Zimbelstern 5 bells 8' Montre GT
8' Flute Harmonique (32' OB) --
SOLO ORGAN 8' Cello III *** 96
8' Flauto Mirabilis * 61 8' Gedeckt Pommer 32
8' Harmonic Flute * 73 8' Quintaton GT
8' Cello * 73 4' Choral Bass 32
8' Cello Celeste * 73 4' Montre GT
4' Hohlpfeife * 61 4' Nachthorn * (32' OB) --
2' Doppel Flöte * 61 2' Blockflöte * 32
8' Flügel Horn * 61 IV Mixtur 128
8' French Horn * 73 IV Scharff 128
8' Vox Baryton * 61 32' Contre Bombarde (ext BO) 12
Tremulant 16' Ophicleide * 56
8' Tuba Major * 61 16' Bombarde BO
4' Tuba Clarion ** 73 16' Contra Fagotto SW
Chimes pf 8' Trumpet * (16' Ophic.) --
8' Bombarde BO
4' Clarion * (16' Ophic.) --
2' Rohr Schalmei 32
* retained or revoiced from Skinner Op. 150
** double treble
*** replaced by 8' Spitzflöte (1963)
Source: Factory Specification via Larry Trupiano
Photos 1-2 Source: Churchcrawler website; used with permission
Photo 3 Source: Jonathan Bowen
Photo 4 Source: Steve Lawson
Photos 5-10 Source: Neal Campbell
Notes: Construction of the Cathedral began in 1892 as
a Byzantine-Romanesque structure according to designs by Heins & LaFarge. When
Heins died in 1907, the first design phase came to an end. The
Choir, Crossing, and the Chapels of St. Saviour and St. Columba had
been completed by 1911. The second phase of construction began
in 1916 and was overseen by the new architect, Ralph Adams Cram of
Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson, who changed the style from Romanesque to
Gothic. Between 1925 and 1933 the Nave, West Front, Baptistry
and a portion of the North Transept were constructed. Work is
still continuing on the rest of the cathedral even today.
The contract for the new organ, donated by Governor Levi Parsons Morton, was
signed on May 19, 1906 for a cost of $45,000. It was another four years
before the structure was sufficiently complete to allow installation of the
organ to begin. The organ installation was completed in early 1911 and
a dedication ceremony held in April of that year. In 1939 Skinner moved
the console, Great, Swell and the Diapason, Bourdon and Trombone ranks of the
Pedal to the concrete partition wall between the Nave and Crossing during the
reconstruction of the Chancel ceiling from unfinished Guastavina tile to limestone
rib vaulting. The moved sections were moved back to their original homes
in 1941. A contract was drawn up with Aeolian-Skinner on December 7,
1951 for $48,378 for rebuilding and enlarging the organ. Work on the
organ was finally completed in early 1954. Then-organist and choirmaster
of the Cathedral, Norman Coke-Jephcott, wrote that "the final specification
includes a great deal which was not provided for in the original contract,
particularly in regard to extensive additions to the Great and Choir organs
and, of course, the State Trumpet. I would imagine that about one hundred
of the one hundred and forty-one ranks of pipes are new which, with allowance
for the existing mechanism and including the re-voicing of the old pipes, would
indicate approximately $80,000 worth of work on the part of the builder.
Since then, very few major repairs have been made on the instrument aside from
regular maintenance and re-leathering. The exception is the rehabilitation
of the State Trumpet by Austin Organs when it was found in the mid-1990s that
the structure of the stop high on the West End of the nave was in a precarious
state.
Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=19661