Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd - New York City (photo: Roger King)
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Church of the Good Shepherd
(Episcopal)

240 East 31st Street
New York, N.Y. 10016
www.goodshepherdepiscopalnyc.org


Organ Specifications:
Present building (since 1904):
► III/23 George Jardine & Son (1894); rev. Mann & Trupiano (1984-96)
► II/35 Allen Organ Company electronic (1966)
► III/24 Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. (1905)
First building (1860-1904):
• George Jardine & Son (<1897)



1882 photo of Church of the Reconciliation - New York City (Episcopal Diocese of New York Archives)  
Church of the Reconciliation  
In 1858, six years after the Church of the Incarnation was separated from Grace Church, a group of laymen organized the “Association for the Home Mission of the Church of the Incarnation.” The first service was in a rented store on Second Avenue near East 28th Street. Two years later, lots were purchased on East 31st Street, and a new church erected. In September 1863, the mission was renamed the Church of the Reconciliation and was admitted into the Diocese of New York. The financial panic of 1867 brought hard times, and the church once again became a mission of Incarnation. The mission was then known as the Chapel of the Incarnation. By the late 1800s, the Sunday School had approximately 750 children.

  Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd - New York City
A new four-story parish hall was constructed in 1901. Shortly after construction began, Edward Severin Clark offered to build a new church as a memorial to his father, Alfred Corning Clark (a longtime benefactor of Incarnation parish). Henry Vaughan designed the neo-Gothic church, five years before he would be commissioned to undertake the building of Washington National Cathedral. The church and parish house immediately east of it were consecrated December 7, 1904. The rectory building, adjoining on the west side of the church, was purchased in 1909.

By the 1960s, Incarnation Church was no longer able to support the chapel and it became a mission of the Diocese again. The name was changed to the Church of the Good Shepherd on June 21, 1963. Four years later, the congregation was again granted independent status. By selling the parish house, the Church of the Incarnation was able to establish a restricted endowment for Good Shepherd. A parish hall was later constructed in the undercroft of the church building.
       
George Jardine & Son
New York City (1894)
Mann & Trupiano
Brooklyn (1984-96)
Mechanical key action
Electro-pneumatic stop action
Solid State Logic combination action
Further additions by Meloni & Farrier
3 manuals, 23 ranks


The organ in Good Shepherd Church has as its basis an instrument built in 1894 by George Jardine & Son, the well-known Manhattan builder whose instruments graced many of the city’s most prominent churches in the 19th century. The 23-rank instrument, which the parish adopted in 1984 as part of its celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Diocese of New York, was rescued from the abandoned St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Hoboken by a crew of Good Shepherd volunteers which included the rector, the organist and members of the choir. The two-manual-and-pedal organ was refurbished in the Brooklyn shop of Mann & Trupiano, organ builders. Largely through the efforts of a few volunteer parishioners, working with a master organ builder, substantial additions were made to this instrument, which was dedicated in 1992.

Many of the stops listed below have not yet been installed.
               
Coupling Manual (Manual I) – 58 notes
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes
16
   Double Open Diapason  
2 2/3
   Twelfth  
16
   Bourdon  
2
   Fifteenth  
8
   Open Diapason   
1 3/5
   Seventeenth  
8
   Harmonic Flute   
2 2/3
   Grave II ranks  
8
   Gamba   
2
   Mixture V-VII ranks  
8
   Bourdon   
1
   Acuta IV ranks  
5 1/3
   Fifth   
16
   Double Trumpet  
4
   Principal   
8
   Trumpet  
4
   Octave Flute  
8
   Clarinet  
4
   Flute d'Amour  
4
   Clarion  
3 1/5
   Tenth       Tremulant  
               
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 58 notes, enclosed
8
   Cantabile Diapason  
4
   Flute   
8
   Stop'd Diapason   
2
   Flageolet   
8
   Salicional   
1 1/3
   Mixture IV ranks  
8
   Vox Celestis   
8
   Oboe  
4
   Principal        Tremulant  
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
32
   Grand Bourdon  
16
   Bourdon
GT
16
   Double Open Diapason  
16
   Trombone  
       
  Allen custom electronic organ (1966) - Good Shepherd Episcopal Church - New York City
Allen Organ Company
Macungie, Penn. (1966)
Electronic tonal production
2 manuals, 35 stops


In 1966, the Hutchings-Votey organ was replaced by an Allen electronic instrument. Speakers were installed in the chancel and behind the existing organ case.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, expressive
16
   Gemshorn  
4
   Quintadena  
8
   Principal  
2
   Fifteenth  
8
   Dulciana  
2
   Spillflöte  
8
   Quintadena  
1
   Sifflöte  
4
   Octave       Mixture IV ranks  
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, expressive
8
   Geigen Principal  
2 2/3
   Nazard  
8
   Gemshorn  
2
   Octavin  
8
   Voix Celeste II ranks       Plein Jeu III ranks  
8
   Gedeckt  
16
   Contra Fagotto  
8
   Flute Celeste II ranks  
8
   Trompette  
4
   Octave Geigen  
4
   Clarion  
4
   Flute          
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes, expressive
16
   Contre Basse  
4
   Choral Bass  
16
   Principal  
4
   Flute  
16
   Bourdon       Mixture III ranks  
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt  
16
   Posaune  
8
   Octave  
8
   Bombarde  
8
   Gedeckt  
4
   Clairon  
       
 
Hutchings-Votey Organ Co.
Boston, Mass. (1905)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 26 stops, 24 ranks



The following specification is from The New Music Review (Vol. 4, p. 117) and was also recorded by F.R. Webber, whose "Organ Scrapbooks" are in the possession of The Organ Historical Society Archives in Princeton, N.J. Webber commented:
"High in the side wall of the chancel, to the right of the altar is a handsomely carved case, designed by Henry Vaughan. It has a central tower containing large pipes, with a semi-circular shade, richly carved, and a semi-circular pedestal. On either side of the tower are two flats, each in two stages, containing smaller pipes. The Chapel is a handsome Gothic building with a chancel of two bays and a nave of four bays with wide side aisles. The building is of unusually good design, and resembles the work of Henry Vaughan."
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir
8
   Open Diapason (unenc.)
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Gamba
61
4
   Flute a Cheminee
61
8
   Gross Flöte
61
8
   Trumpet
61
               
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
61
4
   Flauto Traverso
61
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Violina
61
8
   Salicional
61
2
   Flautino
61
8
   Voix Celestis
61
8
   Oboe
61
8
   Aeoline
61
8
   Cornopean
61
8
   Stopped Diapason
61
     Tremolo  
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Violin Diapason
61
4
   Wald Flute
61
8
   Concert Flute
61
8
   Clarinet
61
8
   Dulciana
61
     Tremolo  
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
   Open Diapason
30
16
   Lieblich Gedackt
SW
16
   Bourdon
30
8
   Gedackt [ext.]
12
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8'   Swell to Choir 8'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Great to Swell 8'
    Choir to Pedal 8'   Great to Great 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Swell to Swell 16', 4'
    Choir to Great 16', 8'   Pedal to Pedal 4'
               
Combinations
    Four finger pistons operating on Great and Pedal
    Four finger pistons operating on Swell and Pedal
    Four finger pistons operating on Choir and Pedal
    Seven foot pistons duplicating the above
               
Combination Pedals
    All Diapasons   Crescendo Pedal, graduated
    All Reeds   Great and Choir Pedal
    All Flutes   Swell Pedal
    All Strings   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Sforzando Pedal    
       
  1885 photo of Church of the Reconciliation - New York City (Episcopal Diocese of New York Archives)
Organ in first church building:

George Jardine & Son
New York City (<1890)
Mechanical action



The organ in the first church building was built sometime before 1890 by George Jardine & Son of New York City. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
       
Sources:
     Church of the Good Shepherd web site: www.goodshepherdepiscopalnyc.org
     The Diapason (Sep. 1966). Stoplist of Allen Organ (1966). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
     Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     Episcopal Diocese of New York Archive; Wayne H. Kempton, Archivist.
     Kujawa-Holbrook, Sheryl A. "By Grace Came the Incarnation: A Social History of the Church of the Incarnation, Murray Hill, 1852-2002." New York: pub. by Church of the Incarnation, 2004.
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     The New Music Review (1904, Vol. 4):116-7. Specifications of Hutchings-Votey organ (1905).
     Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of Hutchings-Votey organ (1905). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.

Illustrations:
     Allen Organ Company advertisement. The American Organist (Nov. 1966). Allen Custom Organ for the Church of the Good Shepherd, New York City.
     Church of the Good Shepherd web site. Interior.
     Episcopal Diocese of New York Archives. 1882 exterior; 1885 interior; 1904 interior.
     Panoramio web site (credit: Roger King). Exterior.