click on images to enlarge The Brick Presbyterian Church Park Avenue at 91st Street New York, N.Y. 10128 http://www.brickchurch.org Sanctuary Organ Specifications: Park Avenue at 91st Street (since 1940): ► IV/118 Casavant Frères, Op. 3837 (2005) ► IV/110 Austin Organs, Op. 2400; rev. Shultz (1996) ► IV/106 Austin Organs, Op. 2400 (1963, 1986) ► IV/92 Ernest M. Skinner & Son Co. (1940) 1010 Park Avenue at 85th Street (1937-1940): ► III/47 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 300 (1886) Fifth Avenue at 37th Street (1858-1937): ► IV/87 Ernest M. Skinner Co., Op. 280 (1917) ► III/51 Geo. S. Hutchings, Op. 428 (1898) ► II/32 Richard M. Ferris (1858) • Unknown builder (1872) – Lecture Room See also the Chapel Organ at Brick Church.             In 1767, the First Presbyterian Church, then located on Wall Street, established a "New Church" further uptown on Beekman Street. The "New Church" was constructed in 1768 of red brick, and soon was called "Brick Meeting". During the Revolutionary War, the building was used as a hospital and military prison but was restored to religious service in 1784. Brick Meeting became an independent church in 1809. The property was sold in 1856 and became the site of the New York Times offices. In 1858, a new Brick Church was opened on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 37th Street. Designed by Griffith Thomas, the red-bricked Georgian edifice included a 250-foot spire which contained the old bell. In 1937, Brick Church merged with Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, located at Park Avenue and 85th Street (in the building now occupied by Park Avenue Christian Church). A lot was purchased on Park Avenue and 91st Street, and a new church building, designed by Lewis Ayres of York & Sawyer, was dedicated in 1940. The weather vane and old bell were moved to the new spire, and the 1917 Skinner organ was moved to the new church. The Chapel of the Reformed Faith, designed by Adams & Woodbridge, was constructed in 1952.             "New Church" or "Brick Meeting" (1768-1856) on Beekman Street The Brick Church (1858-1937) on Fifth Avenue at 37th Street Park Avenue Presbyterian (1937-40) on Park Avenue at 85th Street             Casavant Frères, Limitée St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada – Opus 3837 (2005) Electric slider chests Solid State combination action 4 manuals, 101 stops, 118 ranks, 6,288 pipes In 2002, the Brick Church commissioned organbuilders Casavant Frères of St-Hyacinthe, Québec, to build a new electric slide chest organ of 88 independent stops (101 speaking stops), 118 ranks and 6288 pipes. Pipe materials and construction reflect late 19th century French practices as developed by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Winding utilizes double-rise reservoirs along with wooden wind lines and follows the practices of the Casavant brothers in their early instruments. The movable four-manual terraced console, patterned after those built by Casavant in the early 20th century, is of red oak and mahogany and has an ornately carved shell. The façade, designed by Benoît Gendron of Casavant, consists of twin carved, painted, and gilded cases with polished tin pipes. The organ was voiced onsite by Casavant voicers Jean-Sébastien Dufour and Yves Champagne. The voicing was carefully guided by Jean-Louis Coignet, Casavant's Tonal Director Jacquelin Rochette, and Keith S. Toth, Minister of Music. The organ was dedicated with a recital by Ben van Oosten on November 7, 2005.                 Grand-Orgue (Manual I) – 61 notes 32   Bourdon [ext. 16; 1-12 fr. Soub] — 2   Doublette 61 16   Montre 61 2 2/3   Grande Fourniture III-VII rangs 326 16   Bourdon 61 1 1/3   Fourniture II-V rangs 224 8   Montre 61 1   Cymbale III-IV rangs 232 8   Salicional 61 16   Basson [ext.] 12 8   Bourdon 61 8   Baryton 61 4   Prestant 61   Grand Orgue Grave 2 2/3   Quinte 61     Grand Orgue Muet                   Grand-Chœur (Manual I) – 61 notes 16   Violonbasse [ext.] 12 16   Bombarde 61 8   Flûte harmonique 61 8   Trompette 61 8   Violon 61 4   Clairon 61 4   Flûte octaviante 61   Grand Chœur Grave 16   Grand Cornet V [fr. Cornet V] —   Grand Chœur Muet 8   Cornet V ranks [TC] 245                       Positif expressif (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Quintaton 61 1 1/3   Larigot 61 8   Principal 61 1 1/7   Septième 61 8   Dulciane 61 1   Piccolo 61 8   Unda maris [GG] 54 1 1/3   Plein-Jeu II-V rangs 233 8   Flûte harmonique 61 16   Clarinette basse 61 8   Bourdon 61 8   Trompette 61 4   Prestant 61 8   Cromorne 61 4   Flûte douce 61 4   Clarinette soprano 61 2 2/3   Nasard 61   Tremolo (Tremblant doux) 2   Flageolet 61   Positif Grave   1 3/5   Tierce 61     Positif Muet                   Récit expressif (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 61 16   Bombarde 61 8   Diapason 61 8   Trompette harmonique 61 8   Flûte traversière 61 8   Basson-Hautbois 61 8   Viole de gambe 61 8   Voix humaine 61 8   Voix céleste 61 8   Clarinette 61 8   Cor de nuit 61 4   Clairon harmonique 61 8   Voix éolienne [TC] 49   Tremolo (à vent perdu) 4   Fugara 61   Clochettes 4   Flûte octaviante 61   Récit Grave 2 2/3   Nasard 61   Récit Muet   2   Octavin 61   Récit Octave   8   Cornet harmonique II-V rangs 245   Sostenuto   2   Plein Jeu harm. II-V rangs 228                       Solo expressif (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Flûte majeure 61 16   Tuba magna [TC, fr. Tuba 8] — 8   Flûtes célestes II rangs * 110 16   Cor de basset 61 8   Violoncelle 61 8   Tuba mirabilis 61 8   Céleste 61 8   Cor français * 61 4   Viole d'amour 61 8   Cor anglais [free reeds] + 61 4   Flûte de concert 61   Tremolo (à vent perdu) 2 2/3   Nasard harmonique 61   Solo Grave 2   Octavin 61   Solo Muet 1 3/5   Tierce harmonique 61   Solo Octave   2   Piccolo harmonique 61   Sostenuto 1/3   Clochette harmonique 61   * from E.M. Skinner organ, Op. 280 (1917)             + made in France, late 19th century               Pédale – 32 notes 32   Soubasse [ext.] 12 4 4/7   Grande Septième 32 16   Flûte 32 4   Octave 32 16   Contrebasse 32 4   Flûte 32 16   Violonbasse G-C 2   Cor de nuit 32 16   Soubasse 32 32   Contre Bombarde [ext.] 12 16   Montre G-O 16   Bombarde 32 16   Bourdon RÉC 16   Basson G-O 10 2/3   Grande Quinte 32 16   Bombarde RÉC 8   Flûte 32 8   Trompette 32 8   Violoncelle 32 8   Baryton G-O 8   Bourdon 32 4   Clairon 32 6 2/5   Grande Tierce 32       5 1/3   Quinte 32   Effet d'orage [thunder effect]                             Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, Conn. – Opus 2400 (1963, 1986); rev. Bruce Shultz (1996) Electro-pneumatic action 4 manuals, 111 stops, 110 ranks From 1995-96, the Austin organ was rebuilt, enlarged, and tonally revised by Bruce Shultz of Bruce Shultz and Associates of Philadelphia. Several stops from the 1917-1940 Ernest M. Skinner organ were incorporated in the four-manual instrument.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Violone [ext.] + 12 1 3/5   Seventeenth preparation 8   Principal + 61     Fourniture IV ranks + 244 8   Bourdon + 61     Scharf III ranks + 183 8   Viola + 61 16   Contre Bombarde + 61 4   Octave + 61 8   Trompette + 61 4   Nachthorn + 61 8   Basson + 61 2 2/3   Octave Quint + 61 4   Clairon Harmonique + 61 2   Super Octave + 61     Chimes                   Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Flûte Conique 61 2   Doublette + * 61 8   Diapason Conique + 61     Sesquialtera II ranks + 122 8   Rohrflöte + 61     Plein Jeu IV ranks 244 8   Flûte Conique * 61 16   Bombarde + 61 8   Flûte Celeste [TC] * 49 8   Trompette + 61 8   Viola da Gamba + 61 8   Hautbois + 61 8   Voix Celeste [TC] + 49 8   Vox Humana 61 8   Viol d'amour + * 61 4   Clairon 61 8   Viol Celeste [TC] + * 49     Tremulant   4   Principal + 61         4   Harmonic Flute + 61     Cymbelstern                   Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Geigen Principal + 61 2   Blockflöte + 61 8   Gedeckt + * 61 1 3/5   Tierce + 61 8   Gemshorn + * 61 8   Trompette Harmonique + 61 8   Erzähler Celeste [TC] + * 49 8   Orchestral Oboe + 61 8   Kleine Erzähler II ranks * 110 8   Krummhorn + 61 4   Montre 61 8   Tuba Mirabilis + SO 4   Waldflöte + 61 4   Tuba Clairon + SO 2 2/3   Nazard + 61     Tremulant                    Positive Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 8   Holzgedeckt + 61 1   Sifflöte 61 4   Nason Flute + 61     Scharf IV ranks 244 2   Oktav 61 8   Rohr Schalmei + 61 1 1/3   Quint 61                       Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Clear Flute + 61 8   English Horn + 61 8   Violoncello + 61 8   French Horn * 61 8   Cello Celeste + * 61 8   Clarinet + 61 4   Concert Flute + 61 8   Tuba Mirabilis + [20" w.p.] 61     Grand Chorus V ranks 305 4   Bombarde Clairon 61 16   Bombarde + 61     Tremulant   8   Bombarde + 61                         Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Contra Bourdon [ext.] + * 12 4   Waldflöte 32 16   Contra Bass * 32 2   Choral Bass [ext.] + 12 16   Bourdon * 32     Mixture IV ranks + 128 16   Double Open Diapason + 32 32   Contre Bombarde + * SO 16   Violone + GT 16   Bombarde + SO 10 2/3   Gross Quint + 32 16   Bombarde + GT 8   Principal 32 16   Tuba Magna + SO 8   Bourdon 32 8   Tuba Mirabilis + SO 8   Major Bass + 32 8   Bombarde + GT 8   Viola + GT 4   Clairon + GT 4   Choral Bass + 32 4   Tuba Clairon + SO                 Antiphonal Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 8   Principal 61 2   Spitz Fifteenth 61 8   Pommer Gedeckt 61 1 1/3   Quint 61 4   Prestant 61     Mixture III ranks 183 4   Flûte Ouverte 61                         Antiphonal Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Salicional 61     Plein Jeu III ranks 183 8   Rohrflöte 61 8   Cor Anglais + [free reeds] 61 8   Dulciana 61     Tremulant 8   Unda Maris [TC] 49 8   Trompette en Chamade + 61 4   Octave 61          [unenclosed] 4   Spitzflöte + 61                         Antiphonal Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Salicional A-SW 8   Gedeckt A-SW 16   Gedeckt A-SW 4   Super Octave A-GT 8   Prestant A-GT               * from E.M. Skinner organ, Op. 280 (1917, 1940)             + new/revoiced stop by Bruce Shultz (1995-96)           Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, Conn. – Opus 2400 (1963) Electro-pneumatic action 4 manuals, 100 stops, 106 ranks In 1963, an entirely new organ was built by Austin Organs of Hartford. Several stops from the 1917/1940 Ernest M. Skinner organ were incorporated in the four-manual 106-rank instrument.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Contra Gemshorn [unit] 73 2 2/3   Octave Quint 61 8   Principal 61 2   Super Octave 61 8   Bourdon 61     Fourniture IV ranks 244 8   Gemshorn —   Scharf III ranks 183 4   Octave 61 8   Trompete 61 4   Nachthorn 61   Chimes 25 notes                 Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Lieblich Gedeckt [unit] 80 4   Waldflöte * 68 8   Geigen Principal 68 2   Octavin 61 8   Rohrflöte 68     Sesquialtera II ranks 244 8   Viole de Gambe 68 16   Plein Jeu IV ranks 244 8   Voix Celeste [GG] 61 8   Fagotto 68 8   Flute Conique 68 8   Trompette 68 8   Flute Celeste [TC] 56 8   Hautbois 68 8   Viol d'amour * 68 4   Clairon 68 8   Viol Celeste [TC] * 56     Vox Humana preparation 4   Principal 68     Tremulant                   Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Quintaten 68 2   Blockflöte 61 8   Viola 68 1 3/5   Tierce 61 8   Holzgedeckt 68 16   Rankett 68 8   Erzähler 68 8   Krummhorn 68 8   Kleine Erzähler II ranks * 124 4   Rohr Schalmei 68 4   Montre 68   Tremulant 4   Spitzflöte 68   Harp 2 2/3   Nazard 61                         Positive Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 8   Nason Flute 61 1   Sifflöte 61 4   Koppelflöte 61     Scharf IV ranks 244 2   Oktav 61   Cymbel III ranks 183 1 1/3   Quint 61                       Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Orchestral Flute 68 8   English Horn 68 8   Violoncello 68 8   French Horn * 68 8   Cello Celeste * 68 8   Bombarde 68 4   Concert Flute 68 4   Bombarde Clarion 68     Grand Chorus V ranks 305   Tremulant                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Contra Bourdon [unit] * 56 4   Waldflöte 32 16   Contra Bass * 32 2   Choral Bass — 16   Bourdon * —     Mixture IV ranks 128 16   Gemshorn GT 32   Contre Bombarde {ext. SO] * 12 16   Quintaten CH 16   Posaune [unit] 44 16   Lieblich Gedeckt SW 16   Bombarde [ext. SO] * 12 8   Principal 32 16   Fagotto SW 8   Bourdon — 16   Rankett CH 8   Gemshorn GT 8   Posaune — 8   Rohrflöte SW 4   Rohr Schalmei CH 4   Choral Bass [unit] 44   Chimes GT                 Antiphonal Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 8   Principal 61 2   Spitz Fifteenth 61 8   Pommer Gedeckt 61 1 1/3   Quint 61 4   Prestant 61     Mixture III ranks 183 4   Flute Ouverte 61                         Antiphonal Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Rohrflöte 68 4   Harmonic Flute 68 8   Salicional 68   Plein Jeu III ranks 183 8   Dulciana 68 8   Trompette 68 8   Unda Maris [TC] 56   Tremulant 4   Octave 68                     Antiphonal Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Salicional [ext. A-SW] 12 8   Gedeckt A-SW 16   Gedeckt [ext. A-SW] 12 4   Super Octave A-GT 8   Principal A-GT               * from E.M. Skinner organ, Op. 280 (1917, 1940)           Organ built for church located on Fifth Avenue at 37th Street Ernest M. Skinner & Son Company Methuen, Mass. (1940) Electro-pneumatic action 4 manuals, 125 stops, 92 ranks The first organ in the present building was originally built in 1917 by the Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston and was installed in the Brick Church building on Fifth Avenue. In 1940, the organ was rebuilt and installed in the new building by Ernest M. Skinner & Son Company of Methuen, Mass. Skinner provided a new four-manual console at this time. The rebuilt organ was dedicated on December 10, 1940, with a recital by Dr. Clarence Dickinson, assisted by the Brick Church Motet Choir and the Chapel Choir of Union Theological Seminary.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Diapason 61 4   Flute Harmonique 61 8   First Diapason 61 4   Octave 61 8   Second Diapason 61   Grave Mixture II ranks 122 8   Third Diapason CH   Mixture IV ranks 244 8   Stentorphone 61 8   Flügel Horn CH 8   Erzahler 61 16   Ophicleide SO 8   Gamba SO 8   Trumpet SO 8   Orchestral Strings — 8   Tuba SO 8   Dulciana CH 4   Clarion SO 8   Harmonic Flute 61   Harp CH 8   Waldflote SO   Celesta CH 8   Concert Flute CH   Chimes EC 8   Flute Celeste CH                         Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 73 4   Violina 73 8   First Diapason 73 4   Flute Harmonique 73 8   Second Diapason 73 4   Octave 73 8   Salicional 73 2   Flautino 61 8   Viole d'Orchestre 73   Cornet 3 ranks 183 8   Voix Celeste 73   Mixture IV ranks 244 8   Orchestral Strings — 16   Contra Posaune 73 8   Viole d'Amour 73 8   Cornopean 73 8   Unda Maris 73  8   Oboe 73 8   Clarabella 73 8   Vox Humana [sep. box] 61 8   Gedeckt 73 4   Clarion 73 8   Spitzflote 73   Tremolo   8   Flute Celeste 73                         Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Gemshorn 73 1 1/7   Septieme 61 16   Contra Gamba 73 2   Piccolo 61 8   Diapason 73 16   Fagotto 73 8   Dolce 73 8   Clarinet 73 8   Orchestral Strings — 8   Flügel Horn 73 8   Dulciana 73 8   English Horn SO 8   Kleine Erzähler 73 8   French Horn SO 8   Concert Flute 73 8   Tuba Mirabilis SO 8   Quintadena 73 8   Harp 4   Flute d'Amour 73 4   Celesta   2 2/3   Nazard 61   Tremolo   1 3/5   Tierce 61                       Choir Echo Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Gedeckt — 8   Flügel Horn — 8   Vox Angelica II ranks — 8   Vox Humana — 8   Chimney Flute —   Chimes 27 notes     Mixture III ranks — 16   Pedal Bourdon —                 Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Diapason 73 8   English Horn 73 8   Stentorphone 73 8   French Horn 73 8   Harmonic Flute 73 16   Ophicleide 73 8   Gamba 73 8   Trumpet 73 8   Gamba Celeste 73 8   Tuba 73 8   Orchestral Strings — 8   Tuba Mirabilis 73 4   Solo Flute 73 4   Clarion 73 8   Musette 73   Tremolo   8   Orchestral Oboe 73                       Solo Echo Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Gedeckt 73 8   Flügel Horn 73 8   Vox Angelica II ranks 134 8   Vox Humana 61 8   Chimney Flute 73   Chimes 27 tubes     Mixture III ranks 183   Tremolo         16   Pedal Bourdon 12                 Orchestral Strings (floating) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Gross Gamba 73 8   Viole Celeste 73 8   Gamba Celeste 73 4   Octave 73 8   Viole d'Orchestre 73   Tremolo                   N.B. The Orchestral Strings was a separate string organ of five ranks of various scales and voicing tuned as a large celeste and in its own box, which was controlled automatically by the swell shoe of the manual on which the strings were drawn. If drawn on two or more manuals at the same time, the Swell Organ shoe would control this box. The tremolo of each manual controlled its tremolo.                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed 32   Bourdon [unit] 68 8   Still Gedeckt SW 32   Resultant — 8   Cello CH 16   Diapason I [unit] 44 5 1/3   Quint Bass — 16   Diapason II GT 4   Flute — 16   Violone 32 32   Bombarde [unit] 56 16   Gemshorn CH 16   Trombone — 16   Bourdon — 16   Contra Posaune SW 16   Lieblich Gedeckt SW 16   Fagotto CH 16   Echo Bourdon 32 8   Tromba — 16   Gamba CH 8   Tuba SO 8   Octave — 4   Clarion SO 8   Gemshorn CH   Chimes EC 8   Gedeckt —                         Couplers     Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Solo to Choir 8"     Great to Pedal 8'   Swell to Solo 16', 8', 4'     Choir to Pedal 8', 4'   Great to Solo 8'     Solo to Pedal 8', 4'   Choir to Solo 16', 8', 4'     Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Great to Great 16', 4'     Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'   Swell to Swell 16', 4'     Solo to Great 16', 8', 4'   Choir to Choir 16', 4'     Solo to Swell 8'   Solo to Solo 16', 4'     Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'   Pedal Divide for Swell & Solo to Pedal                             Reversibles     Great to Pedal   Swell to Pedal     Solo to Pedal   Solo to Great     Choir to Pedal                     Combination Pistons     8 for each Manual   4 for Couplers     8 for Pedal   11 for entire Organ     Swell Combination pistons duplicated by Pedals                 Mechanicals     Solo, Swell, Great, and Choir Unison On and Off     Harp Damper On and Off     Pedal 32' Silenced     Manual 16' Silenced     Pedal On and Off combinations on each manual     Great & Choir swell pedals to Solo pedal by pedal reversible     Solo, Swell, Great and Choir swell pedals     Swell Pedal for entire organ     Crescendo Pedal, Crescendo Indicator     Sforzando by piston or by pedal             Organ in church located on Park Avenue and 85th Street: Hilborne L. Roosevelt New York City – Opus 300 (1886) Tubular-pneumatic chests Mechanical key action 3 manuals, 40 stops, 47 ranks The Roosevelt organ in the Park Avenue Presbyterian Church was a rebuild of the 1860 Robjohn organ built for the South Dutch Reformed Church at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 21st Street. In 1911, the organ was moved to their new church building on Park Avenue.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes 16   Double Open Diapason 58 4   Flute Harmonique * 58 8   Open Diapason 58 2 2/3   Octave Quint * 58 8   Bell Diapason 58 2   Super Octave * 58 8   Viola di Gamba 58   Mixture 4 ranks * 232 8   Doppel Flöte 58 8   Trumpet * 58 4   Octave * 58   * enclosed in Choir swell-box                 Swell Organ (Manual III) – 58 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon, Treble and Bass 58 4   Hohl Flöte 58 8   Open Diapason 58 4   Flageolet 58 8   Flute à Pavillon 58 2   Cornet 3, 4 & 5 ranks 230 8   Salicional 58 16   Contra Fagotto 58 8   Dolce 58 8   Cornopean 58 8   Stopped Diapason 58 8   Oboe 58 4   Octave 58 8   Vox Humana 58                 Choir Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes, enclosed 8   Geigen Principal 58 4   Fugara 58 8   Dulciana 58 4   Flute d'Amour 58 8   Concert Flute 58 2   Piccolo Harmonique 58 8   Quintadena 58 8   Clarinet 58             Pedal Organ – 30 notes 16   Open Diapason 30 8   Violoncello 30 16   Dulciana 30 8   Flute 30 16   Bourdon 30 16   Trombone 30 10 2/3   Quint 30                     The organ case in 1937         Skinner console awaiting its move to the Park Avenue building Organ built for church located on Fifth Avenue at 37th Street Ernest M. Skinner Company Boston, Mass. – Opus 280 (1917) Electro-pneumatic action 4 manuals, 120 stops, 87 ranks, 5,935 pipes The first organ in the present Brick Church was originally built in 1917 by the Ernest M. Skinner Company, and was installed in the church's previous building at Fifth Avenue and 37th Street. Skinner replaced the 3-manual organ built by George S. Hutchings of Boston in 1898 (Op. 428), but the Hutchings case was retained. The dedication was played by Clarence Dickinson in November 1918. An unusual feature of this organ was the set of Master expression shutters which controlled the entire organ. When the new church building on Park Avenue was built in 1940, E.M. Skinner & Son was contracted to move and rebuilt the 1917 organ. Dr. Clarence Dickinson It was under the leadership of Dr. Clarence Dickinson, who was organist and choirmaster from 1909-1960, that the church's music program rose to national prominence. Dr. Dickinson, along with his wife, Helen Dickinson, founded the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Diapason 61 8   Flute Celeste CH 8   First Diapason 61 8   Dulciana CH 8   Second Diapason 61 4   Octave 61 8   Third Diapason CH 4   Flute Harmonique 61 8   Stentorphone SO   Mixture IV ranks 244 8   Philomela SO 16   Ophicleide SO 8   Grossflote 61 8   Trumpet SO 8   Waldflote 61 8   Tuba SO 8   Erzahler 61 4   Clarion SO 8   Orchestral Strings —   Harp CH 8   Gamba SO   Celesta CH 8   Concert Flute CH                       Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 73 8   Flute Celeste 73 8   First Diapason 73 4   Octave 73 8   Second Diapason 73 4   Flute Harmonique 73 8   Clarabella 73 2   Piccolo Harmonique 61 8   Gedeckt 73   Mixture IV ranks 244 8   Salicional 73 16   Contra Posaune 73 8   Viole d'Orchestre 73 8   Cornopean 73 8   Voix Celeste 73 8   Oboe 73 8   Orchestral Strings —  8   Vox Humana [sep. box] 61 8   Viole d'Amour 73 4   Clarion 73 8   Unda Maris 73   Tremolo 8   Spitzflote 73                       Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Contra Gamba 73 2   Piccolo 61 8   Diapason 73 16   Fagotto 73 8   Concert Flute 73 8   Clarinet 73 8   Flute Celeste 73 8   Flugel Horn 73 8   Quintadena 73 8   English Horn SO 8   Dulcet II ranks 146 8   Orchestral Oboe SO 8   Dulciana 73 8   French Horn SO 8   Orchestral Strings — 8   Tuba Mirabilis SO 8   Kleine Erzahler II ranks 146     Tremolo   4   Flute d'Amour 73   Harp   2 2/3   Nazard 61   Celesta                   Choir Echo Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Gedeckt — 8   Flugel Horn — 8   Vox Angelica II ranks —     Chimes — 8   Chimney Flute — 16   Pedal Bourdon —     Mixture III ranks —                       Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Stentorphone 73 8   Tuba 73 8   Philomela [ext. PED] 17 8   Trumpet 73 8   Gamba 73 8   French Horn 73 8   Gamba Celeste 73 8   English Horn 73 8   Orchestral Strings — 8   Musette 73 8   Solo Flute 73 8   Orchestral Oboe 73   Mixture III ranks 183 4   Clarion 73 16   Ophicleide 73   Tremolo   8   Tuba Mirabilis 73                       Solo Echo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 61 8   Flugel Horn 61 8   Gedeckt 61 8   Vox Humana 61 8   Vox Angelica II ranks 122   Tremolo 4   Chimney Flute 61   Chimes 27 tubes     Mixture III ranks 183 16   Pedal Bourdon EC                 Orchestral Strings (floating) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Gross Gamba 73 8   Viole Celeste 73 8   Gamba Celeste 73 8   Vox Humana 73 8   Viole d'Orchestre 73   Tremolo                   N.B. The Orchestral Strings was a separate string organ of five ranks of various scales and voicing tuned as a large celeste and in its own box, which was controlled automatically by the swell shoe of the manual on which the strings were drawn. If drawn on two or more manuals at the same time, the Swell Organ shoe would control this box. The tremolo of each manual controlled its tremolo.                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed 32   Bourdon [unit] 68 8   Cello SW 32   Resultant — 8   Gamba CH 16   Diapason I [unit] 44 4   Flute — 16   Diapason II GT 32   Bombarde [unit] 56 16   Bourdon — 16   Trombone — 16   Violone 32 16   Contra Posaune SW 16   Echo Bourdon 32 16   Fagotto CH 16   Lieblich Gedeckt SW 8   Tromba — 16   Gamba CH 8   Tuba SO 8   Octave — 4   Clarion SO 8   Gedeckt —   Chimes EC 8   Still Gedeckt SW                   Organ in church located on Fifth Avenue at 37th Street: Geo. S. Hutchings Boston, Mass. – Opus 428 (1898) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 48 stops, 51 ranks In 1898, as a thank-offering for the first fifteen years of ministry by Dr. van Dyke, the pastor, the gallery and organ were greatly enlarged. Geo. S. Hutchings of Boston was contracted to build their Opus 428, a three-manual organ with fifty-two ranks. Hutchings provided a modern, "bat-wing" console in which the stop jambs on either side of the keyboards were hinged; the jambs could be pulled in toward the keyboards in order to close the rolltop cover. The pipecounts shown below are suggested, based on Hutchings organs of the era. In 1917, the Hutchings organ was replaced by a new organ built by the Ernest M. Skinner Company, his Op. 280. Skinner rebuilt the Hutchings organ and provided a new console (as Op. 279) before moving it to Trinity Episcopal Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Double Open Diapason 61 4   Octave 61 8   First Open Diapason 61 4   Hohl Flute 61 8   Second Open Diapason 61 2 2/3   Twelfth 61 8   Gross Gamba 61 2   Fifteenth 61 8   Gross Flute 61   Mixture IV ranks 244 8   Doppel Flute 61 8   Trumpet 61                 Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 61 4   Flute Harmonique 61 8   Open Diapason 61 2   Flautino 61 8   Salicional 61   Solo Harmonics III ranks 183 8   Vox Celestis 61 16   Contra Fagotto 61 8   Aeoline 61 8   Cornopean 61 8   Spitz Flute 61 8   Oboe 61 8   Stopped Diapason 61 8   Vox Humana 61 4   Gemshorn 61   Tremolo                 Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Contra Gamba 61 8   Quintadena 61 8   Open Diapason 61 8   Concert Flute 61 8   Dolce 61 4   Flute d'Amour 61 8   Viol d'Amour 61 2   Piccolo Harmonique 61 8   Unda Maris 61 8   Clarinet 61                 Pedal Organ – 30 notes 32   Resultant — 8   Flute 30 16   Open Diapason 30 8   Gedackt 30 16   Violone 30 4   Flute à Chiminée 30 16   Dolce Violone CH 16   Trombone 30 16   Bourdon 30 8   Trumpet 30 8   Violoncello 30                       Richard M. Ferris Organ (1858) Organ in church located on Fifth Avenue at 37th Street: Richard M. Ferris New York City (1858) Mechanical action 2 manuals, 32 stops Rebuilt and moved by William J. Stuart (ca. 1866) When the new Brick Church was built on Fifth Avenue at 37th Street in Murray Hill, "... it had been determined that the violoncello should no longer supply the church’s music. This innovation, which the trustees had early made a part of their plans, was, it is interesting to know, heartily desired by the congregation and by the session, 'in the hope,' as they said, 'of adding interest to the public worship of the sanctuary.' The debated question in regard to the organ, therefore, was not whether there should be one, but where it should be placed, some favoring the front of the church above the entrance, and others at the west end behind the pulpit." The decision was made to place the church's first organ in a small gallery above and behind the pulpit. Built in 1858 by Richard M. Ferris of New York City, the organ had two manuals and 32 stops, and cost $2,300. Only a few years later, ca. 1866, the church desired a quartette to replace the single chorister. “No proper space had been provided in the new church for a choir, even of four voices, and it was at first thought that the best way of dealing with this difficulty would be to open an entirely new gallery under the tower at the east end of the church. But Mr. Thomas, the architect, recommended a less costly change, by which the gallery behind the pulpit might still be utilized. Under his supervision the columns, whose arrangement had interfered with that gallery’s use, were now moved to their present positions, providing a clear space of ten feet in the centre. Here it was designed that the quartette should stand, while the organ, considerably enlarged (“reconstructed by Mr. William J. Stewart” [sic] of Albany), was moved back as far as was necessary, a certain portion of the room in the rear being appropriated for this purpose. When these structural changes had been made, a quartette was engaged and a new era in the history of worship in the Brick Church had begun. The trustees had dealt with the matter in a generous spirit and provided out of the church treasury the additional sum which the change involved. The music, which had been costing $1,400, now called for $2,500. By 1869, the annual cost of the music had come to be nearly $4,000.   Ferris & Stuart Organ (in 1883)   During the months of June-October 1883, the notably plain church was extensively decorated by artist John La Farge “and executed by Miss Tillinghast” at a cost of $30,000-$40,000. One important change made at this time was the removal of the organ and choir from the gallery above and behind the pulpit (where the spaces between the columns were filled in with mosaic-covered walls) to a new gallery opened at the east end of the church. It is unknown who moved the organ, or whether it was altered. Specifications for these organs have not yet been located.             Organ in Lecture Room of church located on Fifth Avenue at 37th Street: Unknown Builder (1872) In 1872, a small pipe organ was erected in the Lecture Room of the "Chapel” building located behind the church. The specification for this organ has not yet been located.             Sources:      Aeolian-Skinner Archives website: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/      "The Brick Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Organ," a program booklet published by The Brick Church, 2005.      Brick Presbyterian Church website: http://brickchurch.org      Casavant Frères, Limitée website: http://www.casavant.ca/      "Dedicatory Organ Recital by Clarence Dickinson" (December 10, 1940). Program with specifications of Ernest M. Skinner & Son Company Organ (1940). Published by The Brick Church. Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.      Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.      Holden, Dorothy. The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1987.      Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List (New Revised Edition). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.      Knapp, Shepherd. A History of the Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York. Published by the Trustees of the Brick Presbyterian Church, 1908.      Lewis, Jim. Specifications of Geo. S. Hutchings Organ, Op. 428 (1898) from a 1904 recital program given by Archer Gibson, organist of The Brick Church.      Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.      Ogasapian, John. Organ Building in New York City: 1700-1900. Braintree: The Organ Literature Foundation, 1977.      Roosevelt Organ Company Opus List, compiled by Sand Lawn; courtesy David Scribner.      Scheer, Stanley. Factory Specifications of Casavant Frères Organ, Op. 3837 (2005); courtesy Jeff Scofield. Photos:      Knapp, Shepherd. A History of the Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York: various.      Lawson, Steven E.: console of Austin Organ, Op. 2400 (1963, 1986).      Lewis, Jim: console of Geo. S. Hutchings Organ, Op. 428 (1898).      Toth, Keith S.: photos of Casavant Frères Organ, Op. 3837 (2005).             | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |