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Armenian Evangelical Church
(Congregational)
152 East 34th Street at Lexington Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10016
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The Armenian Evangelical Church dates back to the 1890s. From 1896 to 1921 the congregation shared the facilities of the Adams-Parkhurst Memorial Presbyterian Church, located at 207 East 30th Street near Third Avenue.
In 1921, the Armenian Evangelical Church moved to their present facility located at 152 East 34th Street. The Greek Revival building had been built as a bank but was never used for that purpose. The church furnishings, pews, altar, reredos and baptismal font were also built in the Greek Revival style. |
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Skinner Organ Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 448 (1923)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 10 registers, 9 stops, 9 ranks
The 1923 Skinner organ is installed in two cases within and at the front of the room, and enjoys an optimal acoustic environment. Typical of the builder's smaller two-manual and pedal design, the organ is unusual in that it has a drawknob console with capture combinations. The organ was completely restored to original condition, reversing previous modifications, by J.G. Saenger Instruments, of Topton, Penn. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
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20 tubes |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Gedeckt |
73 |
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Flugel Horn |
73 |
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Salicional |
73 |
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Voix Celeste (TC) |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
73 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
44 |
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Gedeckt (fr. Bourdon) |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great to Great 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great Stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell Stops |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Reversible |
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Organ in Adams-Parkhurst Memorial Presbyterian Church at 207 East 30th Street:
Levi U. Stuart
New York City (c.1875)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 15 stops, 15 ranks |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
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Bourdon (TC) |
44 |
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Flute Harmonic (TC) |
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Open Diapason |
56 |
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Principal |
56 |
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Salicional (TC) |
44 |
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Twelfth |
56 |
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Stop Diapason Bass |
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Fifteenth |
56 |
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Melodia (TC) |
44 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
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Open Diapason (TC) |
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Stop Diapason Treble (TC) |
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Dulciana (TC) |
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Principal |
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Stop Diapason Bass |
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Hautboy (TC) |
44 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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Open Diapason |
30 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers
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Swell to Great |
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Accessories
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Swell Tremolo |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great Combinations: |
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1. Full – all stops |
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2. Chorus – Open Diapason, Salicional, Principal |
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3. Solo – Salicional and Melodia |
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Sources:
American Organ Archives (Princeton, N.J.). Specification
of Levi U. Stuart organ (c.1875). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Dunlap, David. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comp. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List (New Revised Edition). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
Medina, Miriam. "Brief Histories of the Churches
connected with the Presbytery of New York. Pre: 1949 Part I," The History
Box website: http://thehistorybox.com.
Fiske, Theodore. The Presbyterian Church in New York City. New York: published by The Presbytery of New York, 1949.
Illustrations:
Lawson, Steven E.: Color interior and photos of Ernest M. Skinner Organ, Op. 448 (1923).
Sperr, Percy Loomis: East 30th Street showing Adams-Parkhurst Memorial Presbyterian Church (1942). |
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