| |
 |
| |
Click on images to enlarge |
St. Luke Lutheran Church
(Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
308 West 46th Street
New York, N.Y. 10036
http://www.stlukesnyc.org/
 |
|
233 West 42nd Street |
|
The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke was founded in 1850 to serve German immigrants near the Hudson River docks. Services were held in a chapel on Ninth Avenue and West 35th Street. The congregation relocated in 1863 to 318 West 43rd Street, near Eighth Avenue, where they remained until 1875, when they purchased the former Forty-second Street Presbyterian Church at 233 West 42nd Street.
As the theatres engulfed 42nd Street, the church sold its valuable property and moved to its fourth and present site at 308 West 46th Street. Tilton & Githens designed the neo-Gothic building which includes the church, adjoining parish house and rectory. The facade is faced with limestone, and features two castellated towers and some Art Moderne elements.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. F. Walcker GmbH
Kleinblittersdorf, Germany – Opus 5859 (1990)
Mechanical key and stop action
2 manuals, 22 stops, 23 ranks
The present organ in St. Luke's Church was built in 1990 by E.F. Walcker of Germany. Walcker installed the fully-encased, two-manual mechanical-action organ in front of and partially within the existing chamber on the left side of the chancel. Prior to the installation of the Walcker organ, the chancel and choir seating areas were reconfigured to allow maximum flexibility, and the interior of the church was redecorated, replicating the original stenciling. At the same time, all carpet in the church was removed. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hauptwerk (Manual I) – 61 notes
|
8 |
|
Praestant |
61 |
1 3/5 |
|
Terz |
61 |
8 |
|
Rohrflöte |
61 |
1 1/3 |
|
Mixtur IV ranks |
244 |
4 |
|
Prinzipal |
61 |
8 |
|
Trompete |
61 |
4 |
|
Flöte |
61 |
|
|
Tremulant |
|
2 2/3 |
|
Nasard |
61 |
|
|
Schwellwerk–Hauptwerk * |
|
2 |
|
Waldflöte |
61 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Schwellwerk (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
|
8 |
|
Gedeckt |
61 |
2 |
|
Oktavin |
61 |
8 |
|
Viola |
61 |
1 |
|
Scharf III ranks |
183 |
8 |
|
Schwebung [TC] |
49 |
8 |
|
Oboe |
61 |
4 |
|
Nachthorn |
61 |
|
|
Tremulant |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pedal – 32 notes
|
16 |
|
Subbaß |
32 |
16 |
|
Fagott |
32 |
8 |
|
Prinzipal |
HW |
8 |
|
Trompete |
HW |
8 |
|
Pommer |
HW |
|
|
Hauptwerk–Pedal * |
|
4 |
|
Choralbass |
HW |
|
|
Schwellwerk–Pedal * |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
* drawknob and foot lever |
|
Combinations
|
| |
|
Hauptwerk Plenum |
|
|
|
Foot levers visibly add stops to engage the divisional plenum; couplers are unaffected. Combinations may be adjusted within the case. |
| |
|
Schwellwerk Plenum |
|
|
|
| |
|
Pedal Plenum |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
ca. 1980 interior showing Möller facades |
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3508 (1923)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 54 registers, 26 stops, 22 ranks
The original organ in the present church was built in 1923 by the M.P. Möller Company. This three-manual organ was totally enclosed and installed in chambers on either side of the chancel. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir
(5" wind pressure)
|
8 |
|
Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
|
Gemshorn |
73 |
8 |
|
Gamba |
73 |
4 |
|
Wald Flute |
73 |
8 |
|
Doppel Flute |
73 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
(5" wind pressure)
|
16 |
|
Bourdon |
73 |
4 |
|
Flute Harmonic |
73 |
8 |
|
Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
|
Cornopean |
73 |
8 |
|
Gedeckt |
73 |
8 |
|
Oboe |
73 |
8 |
|
Salicional |
73 |
8 |
|
Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
|
Viole d'Orchestre |
73 |
|
|
Tremulant |
|
8 |
|
Vox Celeste [TC] |
61 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
(4" wind pressure)
|
8 |
|
English Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
|
Flute d'Amour |
73 |
8 |
|
Melodia |
73 |
8 |
|
Clarinet |
73 |
8 |
|
Dulciana |
73 |
|
|
Tremulant |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed
(5" wind pressure)
|
16 |
|
Double Open Diapason |
44 |
8 |
|
Octave Bass [D.O.Diap.] |
— |
16 |
|
Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
|
Bass Flute [Bourdon] |
— |
16 |
|
Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
8 |
|
Dolce [Salicional] |
SW |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Couplers
|
| |
|
Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
|
|
|
Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4' |
|
| |
|
Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
|
|
|
Choir to Swell 16', 8', 4' |
|
| |
|
Choir to Pedal 8', 4' |
|
|
|
Great to Great 4' |
|
| |
|
Pedal to Pedal 4' |
|
|
|
Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
|
| |
|
Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
|
|
|
Choir to Choir 16', 4' |
|
| |
|
Choir to Great 16', 8', 4' |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mechanicals
|
| |
|
Swell Unison Cancel [placed in key-jamb] |
|
Crescendo Indicator |
|
| |
|
Choir Unison Cancel [placed in key-jamb] |
|
Current Indicator |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustable Combinations
|
| |
|
Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
affecting Great, Pedal and Couplers |
| |
|
Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
affecting Swell, Pedal and Couplers |
| |
|
Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 |
affecting Choir, Pedal and Couplers |
| |
|
Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
affecting Pedal and Full Organ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pedal Movements
|
| |
|
Balanced Swell Pedal |
|
Great to Pedal Reversible |
| |
|
Balanced Choir & Great Pedal |
|
Swell to Pedal Reversible |
| |
|
Crescendo Pedal |
|
Full Organ |
|
|
|
| |
Previous church at
233 West 42nd Street:
Geo. Jardine & Son
New York City (1857)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 30 stops
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sources:
Dunlap, David. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
Jardine Opus List, compiled by Sand Lawn; courtesy David Scribner.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
St. Luke Lutheran Church website: http://www.stlukesnyc.org/
Scofield, Jeff. M.P. Möller, Inc. Opus List.
Stern, Robert A.M., Gregory Gilmartin, Thomas Mellins. New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli, 1987.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 3508 (1923).
Photos:
St. Luke Lutheran Church: postcard of interior (ca. 1980); 1857 Jardine organ case; 42nd Street church.
Solomon, Paul: color photos of E. F. Walcker Organ, Op. 5859 (1990). |
|
| |
| NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List | |
