Middle Collegiate Church 50 East 7th Street on Second Avenue New York, N.Y. 10003 http://www.middlechurch.org Organ Specifications: 50 East 7th Street on Second Avenue (since 1892) ► IV/50 Marshall & Ogletree, Op. 4 (2008) ► III/47 Austin Organs Inc. (1988) • I/8 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 602 (1950) – Gallery ► III/26 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 591 (1931) • unknown (1892) 11 Lafayette Place (1839-1892) • unknown Nassau and Cedar Streets (1731-c.1839) • unknown             Marshall Ogletree Associates, Inc. Needham, Mass. – Opus 4 (2008) Digital tonal production 4 manuals, 196 registers, 50 native stops Marshall & Ogletree's Op. 4 organ at Middle Collegiate Church was installed in 2008. This electronic "virtual organ" has 50 native stops, a total of 196 registers, and 44 audio channels. The specification is by Cameron Carpenter, Artist in Residence at the church, who also designed the the movable four-manual console that was inspired by the organ formerly in the John Wanamaker Store Auditorium, New York City. Southfield Organs built the console that features color-coded rocker tablets on curved jambs and Alternate Stops for each division.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, expressive 8   Principal   1 1/3   Mixture IV ranks   8   Gamba   16   Trombone   8   Bourdon   8   Tromba   4   Octave       Alternate Stop   4   Flute       Tremolo   2   Fifteenth                           Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, expressive 8   Principal   2   Chorus Mixture V ranks   8   Flute   16   Waldhorn   8   Salicet Celeste II ranks   8   Trumpet   8   Viola Celeste II ranks   8   Oboe   4   Octave   8   Vox Humana   4   Flute   4   Clarion   2   Flautino       Alternate Stop       Cornet II ranks [2 2/3 + 1 3/5]     Tremolo                   Orchestral Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, expressive 8   Diapason   4   Flute   8   Melodia   16   Oboe Horn   8   Doppel Flute   8   Clarinet   8   String Celeste II ranks mp   8   Trumpet fff   8   String Celeste III ranks f       Alternate Stop   4   Octave       Tremolo                   Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, expressive 16   English Horn p   8   Violes III ranks   16   Tibia Clausa   4   Tibia Piccolo   8   Tuba Mirabilis   2 2/3   Tibia Quint   8   Tuba Horn   2   Tibia Piccolo   8   French Horn   1 3/5   Tibia Tierce   8   Tibia Clausa   1   Tibia Fife   8   Vox Humana       Alternate Stop   8   Saxophone       Tremolo   8   Gambas III ranks                           Pedal Organ – 32 notes, expressive 32   Flute   4   Principal   16   Principal   2 2/3   Mixture IV ranks   16   Flute p   32   Tuba   16   Flute f   16   Trombone   16   Diapason   16   Waldhorn (Swell)   16   Violone   8   Trumpet   8   Principal       Alternate Stop   8   Flute                           ALTERNATE REGISTERS                 Great Organ Alternates 16   Geigen   8   Soft Tuba   16   Bourdon   8   Cor d'Amour   8   Gamba Celeste #   8   Clarinet   8   Diapason   4   Clarion   8   Harmonic Flute   2   Clarion   8   Nachthorn   4+2   Clarion   4   Koppel Flute       Chimes mf   8+4   Nachthorn+Koppel Flute   8   Trumpet fff   8   Aquarelle III ranks       Great MIDI A   2 2/3   Quint       Great MIDI B   2   Flute       Echo Great       Cornet III ranks   16-1   Grand Chorus XIV ranks   2/5   High Cornet II ranks   8   Echo Principal II ranks       High Mixture III ranks   8   Echo Salicional   16   Rankett       Echo Celesta   8   Bombarde ff                           Swell Organ Alternates 16   Gamba       Mixture IV ranks   16   Bourdon   16   Trompette   8   Diapason   8   Trompette   8   Montre   16+8   Trompette II ranks   8   Harmonic Flute   8   Cornopean   8   Soft Flute ppp   8   Flugel Horn   8   Dulciana   8   Vox Humana pp   8   Vox Celeste II ranks   8   Vox Humana+Flute ppp   8   Dulcet II ranks   5 1/3   Trumpet Quint   8   Flute Celeste II ranks   8   Schalmei   8   Swell Alternate Strings VI ranks     Chrysoglott   2   Principal   8   Trumpet fff   1 1/3   Nineteenth       Swell MIDI A   1 1/7   Twenty-first       Swell MIDI B     Mutation II ranks [1 1/3+1 1/7]     Echo Swell   1   Piccolo   8   Echo Erzahler II ranks                   Orchestral Organ Alternates 16   Viole   8   Vox Humana p   8   Violas II ranks   8   Vox Humana Celeste II ranks 8   Dulcet II ranks   8   Echo Kinura pp   8   Unda Maris II ranks   4   Flugel Horn   8   Orchestral Alternate Strings VI ranks     Glockenspiel   8   Tibia Minor       Celesta   8   Rohrflute       Percussion Group   8   Celestadena II ranks       Tap Cymbal   2   Gemshorn   16   Trumpet fff   16   Dulzian       Orchestral MIDI A   16   Dulzian Celeste II ranks       Orchestral MIDI B   8   Major French Horn ff       Echo Orchestral   8   English Horn   8   Echo Dulcet II ranks   8   Orchestral Oboe   8   Echo Vox Humana   8   Orchestral Oboe Celeste II ranks 8   Echo Dulcet II+Vox Humana   8   Clarinet Celeste #   8   Echo French Horn                   Solo Organ Alternates 8   Major Diapason f   8   Krummhorn-en-Chamade   8   Major Quintadena   8   Regal-en-Chamade   8   Major Flute   8   Physharmonica II ranks   8   Cornet V ranks   8   French Horn Celeste #   8   Gouache II ranks   8   Tuba Mirabilis Celeste #   5 1/3   Tibia Quint   8   Horns Celeste II ranks   3 1/5   Tibia Tierce   4   Musette       Tibia Mutation II ranks       Celesta   8   Sine Wave       Chimes mp   8   Sine Wave Celeste II ranks       Chimes ff   32   Bassoon       Xylophone   8   Posthorn   8   Trumpet fff   8   Brass Trumpet       Solo MIDI A   8   Bassett Horn       Solo MIDI B   8   Second Vox Humana       Echo Solo   8   Solo Kinura       Echo Bassoon   8   Krumet       Echo Chimes p                   Pedal Organ Alternates 128   Sine Wave   16   Posthorn   128+64   Sine Waves   16   Posaune   64   Sine Wave   16   Ophicleide (Solo)   64   Gravissima II ranks   16   Clarinet (Orchestral)   32   Violone   4   Clarion   32   Tibia Plena   4   Schalmei   16   Violone Celeste #       Timpani (notes 1-13)   16   Violes III ranks (Solo)       Tap Cymbal   8   Flute       Bass Drum   8   Tibia Bass f (unenclosed)       Crash Cymbal   4   Flute       Stopped Cymbal   2   High Mixture IV ranks       Suspended Cymbal   64   Bombarde Bass   8   Trumpet fff   64+32   Bombardes       Pedal MIDI A   32   Bombarde       Pedal MIDI B   32   Waldhorn (Swell)       Echo Pedal   32   Dulzian (Swell)   16   Echo Dulciana   32   Bassoon (Solo)   16   Echo Quintadena                   Couplers     Great to Pedal 8', 4'       Swell to Solo 16', 8', 4'       Swell to Pedal 8', 4'       Orch. to Solo 16', 8', 4'       Orch. to Pedal 8', 4'       Great 16', Unison Off, 4'       Solo to Pedal 8', 4'       Swell 16', Unison Off, 4'       Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'       Orch. 16', Unison Off, 4'       Orch. to Great 16', 8', 4'       Solo 16', Unison Off, 4'       Solo to Great 16', 8', 4'       Magic Coupler – Great       Orch. to Swell 16', 8', 4'       Magic Coupler – Swell       Solo to Swell 16', 8', 4'       Magic Coupler – Orch.       Swell to Orch. 16', 8', 4'       Magic Coupler – Solo     Solo to Orch. 16', 8, 4'       Magic Coupler – Pedal                   Combinations     Thumb Pistons No. 1-8 affecting Great Stops     Thumb Pistons No. 1-8 affecting Swell Stops     Thumb Pistons No. 1-8 affecting Orchestral Stops     Thumb Pistons No. 1-8 affecting Solo Stops     Toe Pistons No. 1-4 affecting Pedal Stops     Thumb Pistons No. 1-15 affecting Full Organ (1-12 dup. by toe pistons)                             Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, Conn. (1988) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 45 stops, 47 ranks In 1988, Austin Organs rebuilt the existing Odell chancel and gallery organs, and provided a new console.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 8   Principal 61 4   Wald Flute 61 8   Doppelflöte 61 2   Super Octave 61 8   Gamba 61     Mixture III ranks 183 8   Dulciana 61 8   Trompete 61 4   Octave 61                         Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 61 1 1/3   Larigot 61 8   Viola 61     Plein Jeu III ranks 183 8   Viola Celeste 61  8   Trompette 61 8   Gedeckt 61 8   Oboe 61 4   Principal 61 4   Rohr Schalmei 61 2   Block Flute 61     Tremulant                   Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Melodia 61 2 2/3   Nazard 61 8   Flauto Dolce 61 1 3/5   Tierce 61 8   Flute Celeste 61 8   Cromorne 61 4   Rohrflöte 61     Tremulant                   Antiphonal Organ (Floating) – 61 notes     Manual       Pedal   8   Principal 61 16   Violone 32 8   Holz Gedeckt 61 8   Principal ANT 4   Octave 61 8   Gedeckt ANT 4   Koppelflöte 61         2   Doublette 61             Mixture III ranks 183         8   Petite Trompette 61             Tremulant                           Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Diapason 32 8   Bass Flute [ext.] 12 16   Bourdon 32 8   Gedeckt SW 16   Gedeckt SW 4   Principal [ext.] 12 8   Principal 32     Mixture III ranks 96                             J.H. & C.S. Odell New York City – Opus 602 (1950) Electro-pneumatic action 1 manual, 6 stops, 8 ranks In 1950, the Odell Company installed an 8-rank unit organ in the gallery. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.              J.H. & C.S. Odell New York City – Opus 591 (1931) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 29 stops, 26 ranks, 1,824 pipes                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Diapason * 73 4   Waldfloete 73 4   Octave * 73 8   Tuba 73 8   Doppelfloete 73     Tremulant   8   Dulciana 73         8   Gamba 73     * unenclosed                   Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Diapason 73 8   Cornopean 73 8   Stopped Flute 73 8   Oboe 73 8   Salicional 73 8   Vox Humana 73 8   Voix Celeste [TC] 61     Chimes   8   Aeoline 73     Tremulant   4   Violina 73                         Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Melodia 73 8   Unda Maris [TC] 61 8   Flute Celeste [TC] 61 4   Rohrfloete 73 8   Viole d'Orchestre 73 8   Clarinet 73 8   Dolce 73     Tremulant                   Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Diapason 32 8   Diapason [ext.] 12 16   Bourdon 32 8   Bourdon SW 16   Bourdon SW 8   Violoncello 32             Unknown Builder (1892) It has not been determined who built the original organ in the present Middle Collegate Church.             Sources:      Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.      Odell Company Opus List, compiled by Sand Lawn and courtesy David Scribner.      Roosevelt Organ Company Opus List, compiled by Sand Lawn and courtesy David Scribner.      Torrence & Yaeger. Specifications of Marshall & Ogletree Organ, Op. 4 (2008).      Ward, Emory. Faith of Our Fathers Living Still: The Story of Marble Collegiate Church. New York: Marble Collegiate Church, 1978. Photos:      Buckmaster, Adrian: Marshall & Ogletree Organ, Op. 4 (2008).      Lawson, Steven E.: Austin Organ (1988).      Levasseur, Len: Interior showing Marshall & Ogletree Organ, Op. 4 (2008).             | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |