click on images to enlarge Church of the Heavenly Rest (Episcopal) 2 East 90th Street at Fifth Avenue New York, N.Y. 10128 http://heavenlyrest.org Organ Specifications: Fifth Avenue at 90th Street (since 1929): ► V/138 Austin Organ; reb. Konzelman (1995) ► IV/137 Austin Organs Inc., Op. 1586; rev. (1961, 1972) ► IV/75 Austin Organ Company, Op. 1586 (1928) Fifth Avenue at 45th Street (1870-1925): • III/41s Austin Organ Company, Op. 60 (1901) ► II/30 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 93 (1870) ► I/9 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 74 (1868) See also the Chapel of the Beloved Disciple. Just months after the Civil War ended in 1865, a group of veterans, under the guidance of the Rev. Dr. Robert Shaw Howland, founded the Church of the Heavenly Rest as a memorial to those who had served and fallen in that terrible conflict. The first church, a Victorian Gothic building located at 551 Fifth Avenue just north of 45th Street, was designed by Edward T. Potter and built from 1868-71. Although the brick church measured 150 feet long by 95 feet wide, its narrow facade and entrance was only thirty-one feet wide, prompting the comment, "I see the Heavenly—where's the Rest?" The facade culminated in a tower with an iron-crested mansard, flanked by trumpeting angels. Inside, the church was richly adorned with stained glass in every direction. Elaborately carved wooden trusses were supported by pale red and green columns of imported Irish marble and Aberdeen granite that were topped with capitals of white Dorchester stone surmounted by gas jets. The chancel featured a baldacchino of black walnut, similar to those found in European cathedrals, that was supported by columns of white marble, crowned with capitals of brass. Behind the altar was a painting of "Christ in Glory" in the center. The ceilings were painted in ultramarine blue, under which were butternut pews upholstered in crimson, the same color used for the carpeting.     Church of the Beloved Disciple By the 1920s, the blocks around Grand Central Terminal had become the world's most renowned shopping district, and area houses of worship capitalized on their land and moved. The Rev. Dr. Henry Darlington, the rector, approached Mrs. Andrew (Louise) Carnegie about purchasing the lot on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 90th Street. Her late husband had paid $1.7 million for the land in 1917, in part to prevent a tall building from blocking the light to his garden directlly across 90th Street to the north. Mrs. Carnegie agreed to the sale, with the restrictions through 1975 that the land be used only for a Christian church no higher than 75 feet, exclusive of steeples. Following the purchase of the property in November 1924, Heavenly Rest merged with the Church of the Beloved Disciple, located on 89th Street and Madison Avenue and only two blocks from the site of the new church. In 1925, the Heavenly Rest congregation sold their midtown property and worshiped for the next four years at the Church of the Beloved Disciple. Construction of the present church began on All Saints' Day in 1926, as designed by Hardie Phillip of Mayers, Murray & Phillip, the successor firm to Bertram Goodhue Associates. Phillip designed a distinctive but stripped-down neo-Gothic building with Art Moderne elements that contrast broad areas of Indiana limestone with large open areas filled with delicate Gothic tracery. The main entrance on Fifth Avenue is anchored by two squat towers between which are an enormous stained glass window and sculpture by Lee Lawrie. The focal point of the interior is the limestone reredos, designed by Earl N. Thorp and carved by Edward Ardolino, which rises 50 feet behind the altar and frames the rose window. Strong piers along the side aisles continue uninterrupted to support the ribbed vaulting, resulting in a wide and vast nave. The church seats about 1100 people in pews that were designed to hold only six persons each. The $3,200,000 church complex, which includes a parish house and community center, was dedicated on Easter Day 1929. Of the many sculptures planned for the new church, about two thirds were never executed, due in part to financial difficulties brought on by the Depression. In August 1993, an electrical fire destroyed the organ console, choir stalls, woodwork, and two stone arches in the chancel. Firemen were able to ventilate the church in order to save the windows. Over a period of several years, the church interior and organ were cleaned and restored. The original lighting fixtures, which were indirect and dim — prompting the fond but irreverant nickname of "Celestial Snooze" — were upgraded in 2004 to include new chandeliers.             Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1586 (1929, 1961, 1972) Rebuilt by James A. Konzelman Organs Maplewood, N.J. (1995) Electro-pneumatic key and stop action Solid State Logic combination action 5 manuals, 137 stops, 138 ranks In 1993, the church suffered a devastating fire which destroyed the organ console, chancel woodwork and several choir stalls. Although most of the organ's 8,000 pipes remained intact, it was necessary to clean the pipework, rewire and restore the action, and replace the console. James A. Konzelman, organ curator, revoiced the organ and added several new ranks of pipes. A new movable console was built by the Guilbault-Thérien Organ Company of St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. The restoration of the church and organ included application of a sealant to the Guastavino tiles and Akoustolith walls in an effort to improve the acoustic. John Scott played the rededication concert.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, unenclosed (located behind reredos) 16   Quintaton  61   Mixture IV ranks 244 8   Principal 61     Scharf III ranks 183 8   Flûte harmonique 61 16   Double Trumpet  61 8   Bourdon  61 8   Trumpet 61 8   Gemshorn POS 4   Clarion 61 8   Viola CH     Tremulant preparation 4   Octave 61   Chimes SO 4   Flûte conique 61 8   Trompette harmonique SO 2 2/3   Quinte 61  8   State Trumpet CEL 2   Octave 61   Carillons de vent 20 rods               Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon doux 73   Plein Jeu IV ranks 244 8   Montre 73   Cymbale III ranks 183 8   Flûte creuse 73 16   Basson 73 8   Bourdon 73 8   Trompette 73 8   Viole de gambe 73 8   Hautbois 73 8   Voix céleste [TC] 61 8   Voix humaine f * 61 8   Flûte douce 73 8   Voix humaine p * — 8   Flûte céleste [TC] 61 4   Clairon 73 4   Prestant 73   Tremulant 4   Flûte à cheminée 73   Sostenuto 3 1/5   Grosse Tierce preparation 8   Trompette harmonique SO 2 2/3   Nasard 61 8   State Trumpet CEL 2   Doublette 61       2   Quarte de nasard 61   * in separate swell box 1 3/5   Tierce 61                       Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Viola 73 2 2/3   Nasat 61 16   Dulciana 73 2   Blockflöte 61 8   Montre 73 1 3/5   Terz 61 8   Flûte traversière 73 1 1/3   Larigot 61 8   Rohrflöte 73 1 1/7   Septième 61 8   Viola 73   Plein Jeu V ranks 305 8   Viola Celeste 73 16   Douçaine 73 8   Dulcet II ranks preparation 8   Trompette 73 8   Dulciana 73 8   Cromorne 73 8   Unda Maris 73 4   Clairon 73 4   Prestant 73   Tremulant 4   Nachthorn 73   Harp [TC] 61 bars 4   Violina 73 8   Trompette harmonique SO 4   Violina Celeste 73 8   State Trumpet CEL                 Positiv Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, unenclosed 8   Holzgedeckt 61   Sesquialtera II ranks preparation 8   Gemshorn preparation   Scharf IV ranks 244 8   Quintadena preparation   Zimbel III ranks 183 4   Prinzipal 61 16   Rankett preparation 4   Koppelflöte 61 8   Krummhorn preparation 2   Oktave 61 4   Rohrschalmei preparation 1 1/3   Quinte 61     Tremulant   1   Oktave 61     Zimbelstern 11 bells                 Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed     enclosed:     unenclosed:   8   Orchestral Flute 73 16   Violon preparation 8   Violoncello 73 8   Montre 73 8   Cello Celeste 73 4   Prestant 73     Tierce Mixture V-VIII rks 416     Fourniture IV ranks 244 16   Bombarde 73     Cornet de Récit V [g2-d5] 150 8   Trompette 73 16   Trompette harmonique [TC] — 8   French Horn 73 8   Trompette harmonique 61 8   English Horn 73 4   Trompette harmonique [ext.] 12 8   Clarinet 73 8   State Trumpet CEL 4   Clairon 73           Tremulant [fan]           Chimes [Deagan] 25 tubes                         Celestial Organ (Manual V) – 61 notes (located in gallery chamber; shutters prepared for) 8   Diapason 73     Chimes preparation 8   Gedeckt 73 8   Cornet de Récit V ranks SO 8   Viole sourdine 73 8   State Trumpet [hooded] 61 8   Viole céleste [TC] 61 8   Trompette harmonique SO 4   Flute preparation 8   Tromba preparation   Celestial Pedal 8   Corno d'Amore preparation  32   Subbass preparation 8   Vox Humana preparation  16   Subbass [ext. CEL] 12   Tremulant preparation 8   Gedeckt  CEL                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Bourdon [ext.] 12     Mixture IV ranks 128 32   Soubasse preparation     Scharf III ranks 96 16   Principal 32 32   Grand Cornet VI ranks derived 16   Bourdon 32 32   Contra Posaune [ext.] 12 16   Soubasse 32 16   Posaune 32 16   Quintaton GT 16   Double Trumpet GT 16   Bourdon doux SW 16   Bombarde SO 16   Violon SO 16   Basson SW 16   Viola CH 8   Trompette 32 8   Octave 32 8   Trumpet GT 8   Bourdon 32 8   Basson SW 8   Spitzflöte 32 4   Clairon 32 8   Bourdon doux SW 4   Clarion GT 8   Violoncello SO 4   Krummhorn POS 8   Viola CH 2   Kornett 32 5 1/3   Quint 32 8   State Trumpet CEL 4   Octave 32 8   Trompette harmonique SO 4   Spitzflöte 32 4   Trompette harmonique SO 4   Nachthorn 32 (4)   Chimes SO 2   Nachthorn [ext.] 12                   Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1586 (1961, 1972) Electro-pneumatic key and stop action 4 manuals, 116 stops, 137 ranks In 1961, then-organist Charles Dodsley Walker and Richard Piper of Austin Organs embarked on an ambitious program to greatly enlarge and tonally revise the original 1929 Austin organ. The "Universal Air Chests" were rebuilt, new chests and pipes were added, and a new drawknob console was installed. A two-manual Austin stop-key console was also installed in the gallery. When the project was finished in 1972, the organ totalled 137 ranks.                 Manual I – 61 notes Great Organ (unenclosed) Enclosed Great Organ 16   Quintaten  61 16   Violone preparation 8   Diapason 61 8   Principal 73 8   Harmonic Flute 61 8   Viola 73 4   Octave 61 8   Gedeckt 73 2 2/3   Octave Quint 61 8   Gemshorn 73 2   Super Octave 61 4   Harmonic Flute 73   Fourniture IV ranks 244 2   Waldflöte preparation   Scharf III ranks 183   Mixture IV ranks 244         16   Double Trumpet 73         8   Trumpet 73         4   Clarion 73           Chimes               Manual II – 61 notes Choir Organ (enclosed) Positiv Organ (unenclosed) 16   Dulciana 73 8   Nason Flute 61 8   Rohrflöte 73 4   Prinzipal 61 8   Salicional 73 4   Koppelflöte 61 8   Quintadena 73 2   Oktav 61 8   Dulciana 73 1 1/3   Larigot 61 8   Unda Maris [TC] 61 1   Sifflöte 61 4   Nachthorn 73   Mixtur IV ranks 244 2 2/3   Nasat 61   Zimbel III ranks 183 2   Blockflöte 73   Tremulant 1 3/5   Terz 73     16   Rankett preparation     8   Krummhorn preparation       4   Rohrschalmei preparation     Tremulant 61           Harp [TC] 61 bars             Cymbelstern 4 bells                         Manual III – 61 notes Swell Organ (enclosed) Antiphonal Organ (unenclosed) 16   Bourdon Doux 73 8   Prinzipal 61 8   Principal 73 8   Gedeckt 61 8   Flute Creuse 73 4   Oktav 61 8   Bourdon 73 2   Superoktav 61 8   Gambe 73   Mixtur III ranks 183 8   Voix Celeste [TC] 61 8   Helle Trompete 61 8   Flute Douce 73 4   Clarine 61 8   Flute Celeste [TC] 61         4   Principal 73         4   Flute à Chiminée 73         4   Viole 73       2 2/3   Nasard 61         2   Doublette 61         2   Quarte de Nasard 61         1 3/5   Tierce 61           Plein Jeu IV ranks 244           Cymbale III ranks 183         16   Basson 73         8   Trompette 73         8 &nb