Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
(Episcopal)

Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
New York, N.Y. 10026
http://www.stjohndivine.org

Chapel of St. Ansgar
Organ Specifications:
► II/19 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 219-A (1956)
• II/8 Ernest M. Skinner Company, Op. 219 (1916)

See also the Great Organ, Portable Nave Organ,
St. James Chapel, and the Synod House.
           
The Chapel of St. Ansgar, originally named Huntington Chapel, is located near the Columbarium and Baptistery of the Cathedral. The chapel is dedicated to those of Scandinavian descent, and is named after the ninth century archbishop Ansgar, a Frenchman who made many missionary tours to Denmark and Sweden. Built in 1918, the chapel was designed by Henry Vaughan in the fourteenth century English Gothic style. Vaughan also designed the chapels of St. Boniface and St. James in the Cathedral, and was the original architect of Washington National Cathedral.
           

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 251-A (1956)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 18 stops, 19 ranks, 518 pipes


The organ was originally built by the Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston, as Opus 251 in 1916, and was rebuilt as Opus 251-A in 1956 by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston. The organ is currently unplayable.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Rohrflöte
61
4
  Praestant
SW
8
  Gedackt
SW
4
  Koppelflöte
SW
4
  Principal
61
  Plein Jeu III ranks
183
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon
61
2
  Octavin
61
8
  Viole de Gambe
61
  Sesquialtera II ranks
122
8
  Gedackt
61
  Scharf IV ranks
244
8
  Praestant
61
  Tremulant  
4
  Koppelflöte
61
     
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Quintaton [1-20 from SW Viole]
12
8
  Principal
32
16
  Echo Lieblich
SW
4
  Choral Bass 
32

           

Ernest M. Skinner Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 251 (1916)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 16 stops, 9 ranks, 518 pipes 


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.  

           
Sources:
     Aeolian-Skinner Archives: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/
     Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine website: http://www.stjohndivine.org/
     Dolkart, Andrew S. and Postal, Matthew A. Guide to New York City Landmarks (Third Edition). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004.
     Dunlap, David. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     Holden, Dorothy. The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1987.
     Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
     "Stop, Open and Reed – a Periodical Presentation of Pipe Organ Progress". Boston: Skinner Organ Company, 1922-1927.

Photos:
     Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine website: interior.
 

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