Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy - New York City
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Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy
(Episcopal)

26 West 84th Street
New York, N.Y. 10024
http://www.smstchurch.org

Organ Specifications:
Present Church (since 1967
► III/35 Austin Organs, Inc., Op. 2497 (1969)
Original Church (1894-burned 1965):
► III/26 Ernest M. Skinner Company, Op. 554 (1925)
• unknown (c.1894)


Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy - New York City (photo: Ken Stein)  
The contemporary concrete building for St. Matthew and St. Timothy Episcopal Church was designed by Victor Christ-Janer & Associates of New Canaan, Conn., and opened in 1967. The original edifice, located on the same site, designed by William Halsey Wood and built in 1887 for St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church, was destroyed by fire in 1965. The present congregation, named St. Matthew and St. Timothy, was organized in 1922 after a merger between the financially strapped St. Matthew's Church and the much wealthier Zion and St. Timothy P.E. Church. The latter church had been located at 382 West 57th Street until it was destroyed by fire in 1921.
               
  Austin Organ, Op. 2497 (1969) in Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy - New York City (photo: Ken Stein)
Austin Organs, Inc.
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 2497 (1969)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 32 stops, 35 ranks







The Austin organ in St. Matthew and St. Timothy Church is installed on a shelf and cantilevered on a second level wall. Specifications were drawn up by Bassett Hough, organist of the church, in cooperation with Charles Neill, Austin's area representative. The present specification varies slightly from that listed in the February 1968 issue of The Diapason, but it is unknown if the organ has been revised since its initial installation.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
   Principal
61
2
   Waldflöte
61
8
   Bourdon
61
     Mixture IV ranks
244
4
   Octave
61
     Sesquialtera II ranks
122
4
   Nachthorn
61
    
Chimes
preparation
               
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Rohrgedeckt
61
2
   Octavin
61
8
   Viola
61
     Plein Jeu III ranks
183
8
   Viola Celeste [TC]
49
8
   Trompette
61
4
   Prestant
61
4
   Rohrschalmei
61
4
   Spitzflöte
61
     Tremulant  
 
      
 
      
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Gedeckt
61
1 1/3
  Quint
61
8
   Erzähler
61
     Cymbal III ranks
183
4
   Koppelflöte
49
8
   Krummhorn [1-12 prep.]
49
2
   Blockflöte
61
     Tremulant  
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Principal
32
4
   Choralbass
32
16
   Gedeckt [ext. SW]
12
     Rauschquint II ranks
64
16
   Viola [ext. SW]
12
16
   Trompette [ext. SW]
12
8
   Principal [ext.]
12
8
   Krummhorn
CH
8
   Gedeckt
SW
        
               
Austin Organ, Op. 2497 (1969) in Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy - New York City (photo: Ken Stein)   Austin Organ, Op. 2497 (1969) in Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy - New York City (photo: Ken Stein)
               
Ernest M. Skinner Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 554 (1925)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 25 stops, 26 ranks, 1,749 pipes


In 1925, the Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston installed a new organ having three manuals and 26 ranks. This organ burned with the church in 1967.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
   Diapason
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Waldflöte
61
4
   Flute
61
               
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
73
     Mixture V ranks
305
8
   Diapason
73
16
   Fagotto
73
8
   Gedeckt
73
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Salicional
73
8
   Oboe
73
8
   Voix Celeste
73
8
   Vox Humana
73
8
   Flute Celeste II ranks
134
     Tremolo  
4
   Flute
73
        
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Concert Flute
73
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Dulciana
73
     Tremolo  
4
   Flute
73
        
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Bourdon
32
8
   Still Gedeckt
SW
16
   Echo Lieblich
SW
16
   Fagotto
SW
8
   Gedeckt [ext.]
12
        
               
Unknown Builder
(c. 1894)


Information about the first organ in the original church has not yet been located.
               
Sources:
     Aeolian-Skinner Archives web site: http://home.cfl.rr.com/aeolianskinner/
     The Diapason (February 1968). Article announcing Austin Organ contract with specifications. Courtesy Jeff Scofield.
     Glück, Sebastian. Specifications of Austin Organ, Op. 2497 (1969) as of 2007.
     Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
     Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.
     St. Matthew and St. Timothy web site: http://www.smstchurch.org/

Illustrations:
     Stein, Ken. Ppresent church and Austin Organ, Op. 2497 (1969).