Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts http://www.lincolncenter.org Metropolitan Opera House Broadway at 65th Street New York, N.Y. 10023 http://www.metopera.org Organ Specifications: Broadway at 65th Street – Lincoln Center (since 1966): ► II/22 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 1444 (1965) Broadway and 39th Street (1883-1966): ► I/11 Farrand & Votey Co., Op. 711 (1893) ► I/15 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 94 (1882)                 Original Metropolitan Opera House                 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Boston, Mass. – Opus 1444 (1965) Electro-pneumatic action Setterboard combination action 2 manuals, 20 stops, 22 ranks, 1,289 pipes           Manual I – 61 notes, enclosed, 5" pressure 8   Prinzipal 61 2 Super Oktav 61 8   Bordun 61   Mixtur IV-VI ranks 277 4   Oktav 61   Sub, Super                 Manual II – 61 notes, enclosed, 5" pressure 8   Gemshorn 61   Ripieno VI ranks 366 8   Rohrflöte 61 16 Bombarde 61 4   Flute Harmonique 61 8 Trompette 61 2   Blockflöte 61 Sub, Super                 Pedal – 32 notes, 5" pressure 16   Subbass 32 4 Prinzipal Man I 16   Sanftbass [ext.] 12 32 Contre Bombarde [ext.] 12 16   Prinzipal Man. I 16 Bombarde Man. II 16   Gemshorn Man. II 16 Bombarde Man. II                   6 general pistons             All pipes enclosed in one box             Tuning keyboard in chamber                                 Farrand & Votey Co. Detroit, Mich. – Opus 711 (1893) Electro-pneumatic action 1 manual, 13 stops, 11 ranks In 1893, the Farrand & Votey Company of Detroit rebuilt the 1882 Roosevelt organ as part of a major remodeling of the Metropolitan Opera House.           Great Organ – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 61 4 Octave 61 8   Open Diapason 61 4 Flute Harmonique 61 8   Geigen Principal 61   Mixture III ranks 183 8   Hohl Pfeife 61 8   Trumpet 61               Pedal Organ – 30 notes 16   Open Diapason 30 8 Flute [ext.] 12 16   Bourdon GT 16 Trombone preparation 10 2/3   Quint — 8   Tromba [ext.] preparation 8   Octave [ext.] 12                         Accessories     Tremulant     Coupler – manual Octaves     Coupler – Manual to Pedal     Crescendo and Full Organ Pedal     Balanced Swell Pedal                                          Hilborne L. Roosevelt New York City – Opus 94 (1882) Electro-pneumatic action 1 manual, 12 stops, 15 ranks This organ was originally built for the 1882 Music Festival which took place in the Seventh Regiment Armory at 643 Park Avenue. The organ was of large scale and the pipes were voiced on special pressures. There was a detached console, and the action was electro-pneumatic. After the close of the festival, the organ was dismantled and sent to Chicago for another music festival there. Later, it was installed in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, with two stops omitted, and it was damaged by fire in 1892. Following is the specification of the original Roosevelt organ.           Great Organ – 58 notes 16   Bourdon   4 Octave   8   Open Diapason     Mixture IV ranks   8   Viola di gamba   8 Tuba Mirabilis   8   Doppel flöte       Tremulant                 Pedal Organ – 30 notes? 32   Open Diapason   8 Violoncello   16   Open Diapason   16 Trombone   16   Bourdon                                   Sources:     Aeolian-Skinner Archives: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/     Callahan, Charles. Aeolian-Skinner Remembered: A History in Letters. Minneapolis: Randall M. Egan, 1996.     Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.     Lincoln Center website: www.lincolncenter.org     Organs in the United States and Canada Database (OUSCDB); courtesy George Nelson.     Webber, F.R. "Organ Scrapbook" in Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of 1882 Roosevelt organ; courtesy Jonathan Bowen. Photos and images:     Manhattan Post Card Co.: 1904 postcard of old Metropolitan Opera.               | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |