Church of St. Francis Xavier (Roman Catholic) 30 West 16th Street New York, N.Y. 10011 http://www.sfxavier.org/ Organ Specifications: Present building (since 1882) ► III/52 Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Op. 700 (2010) – Chancel ► III/21 Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 7813 (1957) – Gallery ► IV/82 Casavant Frères, Op. 184 (1903); reb. of Gallery organ ► IV/81 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, Op. 1022 (1881) – Gallery • II/27 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, Op. 1021 (1881) – Chancel • II/24 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, Op. 1024 (1881) – Chapel First building (1851-1878) ► II/29 Henry Erben (1851)           Chancel Organ Peragallo Pipe Organ Company Paterson, N.J. – Opus 700 (2010) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 80 stops, 52 pipe ranks                 Grand-Orgue (Manual I) – 61 notes 16   Violone 2   Flûte à bec 8   Montre 1 3/5   Tierce 8   Bourdon   Fourniture IV rangs 8   Flûte harmonique   Cymbale III rangs 8   Gambe 16   Contre Trompette 4   Prestant 8   Trompette 4   Flûte octaviante 4   Clairon 2 2/3   Quinte   Tremblant   2   Doublette   Cloches                   Grand-Choeur (Manual I) – 61 notes 16   Montre 1 1/7   Septième 8   Montre   Plein jeu VIII rangs 5 1/3   Grosse Quinte 16   Bombarde harmonique 4   Prestant 8   Trompette harmonique 3 1/5   Grosse Tierce 4   Clairon harmonique 2   Octavin                     Positif (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Flûte conique 1 3/5   Tierce 8   Montre 1 1/3   Larigot 8   Bourdon en bois 1   Piccolo 8   Flûte traversière *   Fourniture IV rangs 8   Cor de chamois * 16   Douçaine 8   Cor de chamois céleste * 8   Trompette 4   Prestant 8   Cromorne 4   Flûte à fuseau   Tremblant 2 2/3   Nasard   Positif Muet 2   Doublette 8   Trompette en chamade [Gal.] 49 2   Quarte de Nasard   * enclosed in Récit           Récit espressif (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon doux   Cymbale IV rangs 8   Montre 16   Basson 8   Flûte à cheminée 8   Trompette 8   Viole de gambe 8   Hautbois 8   Voix célete 4   Clairon 4   Prestant 8   Voix humaine 4   Flûte ouverte   Tremblant 2 2/3   Nasard   Récit 16' 2   Doublette   Récit Muet 2   Flûte octaviante   Récit 4'   Plein jeu III rangs 8   Trompette harmonique                 Antiphonale (floating) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Montre prep.   Cornet V rangs prep. 8   Flûte majeur prep.   Grand Fourniture V rangs prep. 8   Flûte à pavillon prep. 16   Cor de basset prep. 4   Prestant prep. 8   Trompette prep. 4   Flûte traversière prep.   Tremblant prep.                 Pédale – 32 notes 32   Contre Bass [ext.] digital 8   Bourdon 32   Contre Violone [ext.] digital 8   Flûte doux RÉC 32   Contre Bourdon [ext.] digital 4   Doublette 16   Flûte Ouverte 4   Flûte ouverte 16   Montre 32   Contre Bombarde [ext.] digital 16   Violone G.-O. 16   Bombarde 16   Bourdon 16   Contre Trompette G.-O. 16   Bourdon doux RÉC 8   Bombarde 8   Montre 4   Cromorne POS                 Couplers     Grand-Orgue à Pédale 8'     Récit à Positif 16', 8', 4'     Grand-Choeur à Pédale 8', 4'     Grand-Orgue à Positif 8'     Positif à Pédale 8', 4'     Grand-Choeur à Positif 8'     Récit à Pédale 8', 4'     Antiphonale à Récit     Antiphonale à Pédale 8'     Antiphonale à Grand-Orgue     Récit à Grand-Orgue 16', 8', 4'     Antiphonale à Positif     Positif à Grand-Orgue 16', 8', 4'           Grand-Choeur à Grand-Orgue 8'     Manual Transfer             Adjustable Combinations     Grand-Orgue Pistons 1-6 (thumb) Grand-Choeur Pistons 1-3 (thumb) Positif Pistons 1-6 (thumb) Récit Pistons 1-6 (thumb) Antiphonale Pistons 1-3 (thumb) Pédale Pistons 1-5 (thumb, duplicated by toe) General Pistons 1-12 (thumb, duplicated by toe); Pistons 13-14 (thumb)             Reversibles     Grand-Orgue à Pédale (thumb & toe)   32' Contre Bourdon (toe)     Positif à Pédale (thumb & toe)   32' Contre Bombarde (toe)     Récit à Pédale (thumb & toe)   16' Bombarde (toe)     Grand-Choeur à Grand-Orgue (thumb)   Cymbal des etoiles (toe)     Tutti (thumb & toe)                 Piston Sequencer Controls     Next (toe) – bottom row, immediately to right of Crescendo Pedal     Next (thumb) – under Positif a22         Prev (thumb) – under Récit a22               Expression     Balanced Pedal for Récit espressif         Balanced Pedal for Antiphonale         Balanced Crescendo Pedal                 Gallery Organ Geo. Kilgen & Son St. Louis, Mo. – Opus 7813 (1957) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 23 stops, 21 ranks In 1957, Geo. Kilgen & Son of St. Louis installed a new organ having three manuals and 21 ranks behind the 1881 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings case in the gallery. The following stoplist was provided by Rollin Smith, noted organ historian and concert organist. Pipecounts were not included but are suggested as based on similar Kilgen organs of that era. The Kilgen organ was removed in 2009 to provide space for air conditioning equipment behind the Hook & Hastings case.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 8   Diapason 61 2 2/3   Quint 61 8   Gemshorn 61 2   Super Octave 61 4   Principal 61   Great 16', Unison, 4'             Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Geigen Principal 73   Plein Jeu III ranks 183 8   Rohr Flute 73 8   Oboe 73 8   Viola d'Gamba 73   Tremolo 8   Viola Celeste [TC] 61   Swell 16', Unison, 4' 4   Harmonic Flute 73                     Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Concert Flute 61 2 2/3   Nazard 61 8   Dulciana 61   Tremolo 8   Unda Maris 61   Choir 16', Unison, 4' 4   Zart Flute 61                     Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Contra Bass 32 8   Bass Flute — 16   Bourdon [unit] 56 8   Rohr Bourdon SW 16   Rohr Bourdon SW 4   Block Flute —                 Couplers     Great to Pedal 8', 4'     Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'     Swell to Pedal 8', 4'     Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'     Choir to Pedal 8'     Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'             Adjustable Combinations     Five Pistons to Great Organ           Five Pistons to Swell Organ           Five Pistons to Choir Organ           Five General Pistons                       Pietro Yon at the Casavant Frères console (1919) Gallery Organ Casavant Frères, Limitée St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada – Opus 184 (1903) Electro-pneumatic key and combination action 4 manuals, 70 stops, 82 ranks In 1902, Casavant Frères was engaged to electrify, rebuild and enlarge the 1881 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ in the gallery. The contract, dated September 24, 1902, shows that Casavant would install electro-pneumatic action, add four new stops in the Solo and six additional couplers, and rebuild the console. Casavant also extended the manual ranks to have 61 notes (with 65 pipes for the Solo ranks) and lowered the pitch to "International" A=435. At a total cost of $6,350, the organ was to be installed and working on or before the 8th day of September 1903. In a memo on the same day, the Rev. David W. Hearns, S.J., Rector of the Church of St. Francis Xavier, approved the addition of a Cor Anglais stop for the sum of $150. Sadly, this grand organ was removed in October 1957 and was replaced by a Geo. Kilgen & Son organ having only 21 ranks.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Double Open Diapason 61 4   Flute Harmonique 61 16   Quintaton 61 4   Gambetta 61 8   Open Diapason 61 4   Octave 61 8   Clarabella 61 2 2/3   Twelfth 61 8   Doppel Flöte 61 2   Fifteenth 61 8   Viola da Gamba 61   Mixture V ranks 305 8   Gemshorn 61 16   Bombarde 61 8   Viol d'Amour 61 8   Trumpet 61 5 1/3   Quint 61 4   Clarion 61             Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 61 2 2/3   Nazard 61 8   Open Diapason 61 2   Flautino 61 8   Stopped Diapason 61   Mixture IV ranks 244 8   Violoncello 61   Dolce Cornet V ranks 305 8   Salicional 61 16   Contra Fagotto 61 8   Voix Céleste 61 8   Cornopean 61 8   Quintadena 61 8   Oboe 61 4   Violina 61 8   Vox Humana 61 4   Flauto Traverso 61 4   Clarion 61 4   Octave 61                     Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Lieblich Gedakt 61 4   Fugara 61 8   Geigen Principal 61 4   Flute d'Amour 61 8   Open Diapason 61 4   Hohlpfeife 61 8   Melodia 61 2   Piccolo 61 8   Rohr Flute 61 8   Clarinet 61 8   Dulciana 61                     Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir 8   Stentorphone 65 8   Tuba Mirabilis 65 8   Viola 65 8   Clarinet * 65 8   Philomela 65 8   Oboe * 65 8   Unda Maris * 118 8   Cor Anglais * 65 4   Flauto Traverso 65   4   Octave Viola 65   * ranks added by Casavant Frères (1903) 2   Piccolo * 65                     Pedal Organ – 30 notes 32   Bourdon 30 8   Violoncello 30 16   Open Diapason 30 4   Super-Octave 30 16   Violone 30 16   Trombone 30 16   Bourdon 30 8   Posaune 30 10 2/3   Quint 30 8   Fagotto 30 8   Octave 30                     Couplers, etc.     Great to Pedal     Swell to Choir     Swell to Pedal     Great to Solo     Choir to Pedal     Swell to Solo     Solo to Pedal     Choir to Solo     Swell to Great     Solo Sub-Oct. on itself     Choir to Great     Tremulant to Swell     Solo to Great     Tremulant to Solo     Solo Super-Oct. to Great     Swell Super-Oct. to Pedal     Choir Sub-Oct. to Great     Solo Super-Oct. to Pedal     Solo to Choir                   Adjustable Pistons, Etc.     Six Pistons to Great and Pedal     Four Pistons acting on all the stops     Six Pistons to Swell           and couplers     Four Pistons to Solo     One Piston to adjust all combinations     Three Pistons to Choir                   Pedals     One Crescendo Pedal acting on all stops and couplers without moving the knobs.     One Swell Pedal     One Choir and Solo Pedal     Four reversible Pedals acting on Manual to Pedal Couplers.                 Details of Construction 1.   The pipes, the case and front, the swell box will be used, all the rest will be new. 2.   The action will be our improved electro-pneumatic action working with a battery of seven cells. 3.   The present Hydraulic Apparatus will be retained to be used in case of an accident to the electric motor. 4.   The keys will be in a separate console placed in front of the gallery. 5.   The windchests will be pneumatic and with one pallet to each pipe, thus insuring a perfect supply of wind. .   All combination Pistons will move the knobs to show what combination is on. 7.   The Swell Shutters will be actuated by two electro-pneumatic motors. 8.   All our work is by the presents guaranteed for ten years, against any defect resulting from bad workmanship, or the use of unsuitable materials. 9.   We agree to find a competent tuner to look after the organ before and after the reconstruction. 10.   To insure the best result possible, temperature of the church will be kept as near as possible to the medium Sunday temperature while the tuning will be done.              Gallery Organ E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Boston, Mass. – Opus 1022 (1881) Mechanical action 4 manuals, 80 registers, 66 stops, 81 ranks, 4390 pipes The original organ for the present St. Francis Xavier Church was built in 1881 by E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings of Boston. The following specification was taken from "Some Early Organs in New York City Described Vividly," a series of articles published in The Diapason (June-Sept., 1957) by F.R. Webber, an organ historian of the 20th century. Webber wrote: There was a pedal combination separation, detaching the pedale registers from the pedale movement at will and controlled by a thumb knob over the swell manual. The couplers were operated by pneumatic power and controlled by thumb knobs placed over the great organ keyboard. Pneumatic motors applied to the great organ and all its couplings, the pedale organ, the swell and to the register action. The compass of the manuals was 58 notes; compass of the pedal organ, 30 notes. There was a total of sixty-six stops and 4390 pipes.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes 16   Open Diapason 58 4   Gambette 58 16   Quintaton 58 4   Octave 58 8   Open Diapason 58 2 2/3   Twelfth 58 8   Viola da Gamba 58 2   Fifteenth 58 8   Doppel Flöte 58   Mixture V ranks 290 8   Gemshorn 58   Acuta V ranks 290 8   Claribella 58 16   Bombard 58 8   Viol d'Amour 58 8   Trumpet 58 5 1/3   Quint 58 4   Clarion 58 4   Flute Harmonique 58                   Swell Organ (Manual III) – 58 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 58 2 2/3   Nazard 58 8   Open Diapason 58 2   Flautina 58 8   Violoncello 58   Mixture IV ranks 232 8   Salicional 58   Dolce Cornet V ranks 290 8   Aeoline 58 16   Contra Fagotto 58 8   Stopped Diapason 58 8   Cornopean 58 8   Quintadena 58 8   Oboe with Bassoon 58 4   Flauto Traverso 58 4   Clarion 58 4   Violina 58 8   Vox Humana 58 4   Octave 58   Tremulant                 Choir Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes, enclosed 16   Lieblich Gedacht 58 4   Fugara 58 8   Geigen Principal 58 4   Flute d'Amour 58 8   Open Diapason 58 4   Hohlpfeife 58 8   Melodia 58 2   Piccolo 58 8   Rohr Flöte 58 8   Clarinet 58 8   Dulciana 58                     Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 58 notes, enclosed with Choir 8   Stentorphone 58 4   Flauto Traverso 58 8   Viola 58 4   Octave Viola 58 8   Philomela 58 8   Tuba Mirabilis 58             Pedale Organ – 30 notes 32   Bourdon 30 8   Violoncello 30 16   Open Diapason 30 4   Super Octave 30 16   Violone 30 16   Trombone 30 16   Bourdon 30 8   Posaune 30 10 2/3   Quint 30 8   Fagotto 30 8   Octave 30                     Couplers     Swell to Great     Great to Solo     Choir to Great     Great to Pedale     Solo to Great     Swell to Pedale     Choir to Great Suboctaves     Choir to Pedale     Great on Itself Octave Coupler     Solo to Pedale     Swell to Choir     Great Organ Separation             Chancel Organ E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Boston, Mass. – Opus 1021 (1881) Mechanical action 2 manuals, 27 registers An independent Chancel organ was installed in 1881 by the E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings company of Boston. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.             Chapel Organ E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Boston, Mass. – Opus 1024 (1881) Mechanical action 2 manuals, 24 registers The organ installed in the Chapel was one of three instruments built for St. Francis Xavier by the E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings company of Boston in 1881. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.             Organ in original church: Henry Erben New York City (1851) Mechanical action 2 manuals, 25 stops, 29 ranks The organ in the original St. Francis Xavier Church was built in 1851 by Henry Erben of New York City.                 Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes 16   Double Open Diapason 58 4   Principal 58 8   Open Diapason 58 2 2/3   Twelfth 58 8   Gamba 58 2   Fifteenth 58 8   Melodia 58   Sesquialtera III ranks 174 8   Stop'd Diapason 58 8   Trumpet 58 8   Dulciana 58 8   Clarionette 58             Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 58 4   Harmonic Flute 58 8   Open Diapason 58   Cornet III ranks 174 8   Viol d'Amour 58 8   Oboe 58 8   Stop'd Diapason 58 8   Vox Humana 58 4   Violana 58   Vox Tremulo [sic]             Pedal Organ – 27 notes 16   Double Open Diapason 27 8   Violoncello 27 16   Bourdon 27 16   Trombone 27                 Couplers     Great and Swell Organ       Reversible Coupler Pedal to Great   Pedal and Great Organ   Octave Coupler in Great Organ   Pedal and Swell Organ                     Composition Pedals 1.   To bring on full Great Organ   2.   To take off Chorus Stops             Sources:      The American Organ Archives of the Organ Historical Society, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of Henry Erben organ (1851).      Casavant Frères, Limitée Factory Specification, Opus 184, Jan., Sept., 22, 1902. Courtesy Stanley Scheer.      Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seatlle, Wash.      Peragallo Pipe Organ Company website: http://www.peragallo.com      St. Francis Xavier Church website: http://www.sfxavier.org/      Smith, Rollin. Specifications of Geo. Kilgen & Son organ, Op. 7813 (1957).      Van Pelt, William T., comp. The Hook Opus List, 1829-1916 in Facsimile. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1991.       Webber, F.R. "Some Early Organs in New York City Described Vividly," The Diapason (Sept. 1, 1957); specifications of E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ, Op. 1022 (1881); courtesy Jim Lewis. Photos:      The American Organ Archives of the Organ Historical Society: E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ case.      Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online: church exterior.      Peragallo Pipe Organ Company website: drawing of chancel cases.      Underwood & Underwood Studios (N.Y.): 1919 photo of Pietro Yon at console of Casavant Frères organ, Op. 184 (1903).   | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |