Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church
505 West 155th Street
New York, N.Y. 10032


Organ Specifications:
505 West 155th Street (c.1913-?)
► II/19 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 479A (1912) – moved (1922)
225 East 13th Street (c.1833-c.1913)
• unknown
             
J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City – Opus 479A (1912)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 19 stops, 19 ranks


This organ was originally built in 1912 for the Hope Baptist Church (later Broadway Baptist) on Broadway at 104th Street. In 1922, the organ was donated by Mr. E.C. Morris and installed by J.H. & C.S. Odell in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Flute Harmonique
61
8
   Gamba
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Dulciana
61
8
   Super Octave
61
8
  
Melodia
61
8
   Trumpet
61
 
      
 
      
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  
Bourdon
61
8
   Stopped Diapason
61
8
  
Open Diapason
61
4
   Rohr Flote
61
8
  
Salicional
61
8
   Oboe
61
8
   Aeoline
61
8
   Vox Humana
61
8
   Vox Celestis [TC]
49
        
 
      
 
      
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
  
Double Open Diapason
30
        
16
  
Bourdon
30
        
               
Couplers (Tilting Tablets over Manual Keys)
    Great to Pedal       Great 16', 4'  
    Swell to Pedal       Swell 16', 4'  
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'       Pedal to Pedal Octaves  
               
Mechanical Accessories
    Swell Tremulant  

  Wind Indicator  
            Crescendo Indicator
             
Piston Combination Movements
    Great Organ Forte       Swell Organ Forte
    Great Organ Mezzo       Swell Organ Mezzo
    Great Organ Piano       Swell Organ Piano
             
Pedal Movements
    Grand Crescendo Pedal     Great to Pedal Reversible
    Pedal Organ Forte     Balanced Swell Pedal
    Pedal Organ Piano      
             
Sources:
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     "The Real Estate Field: Welsh Congregation Buys Washington Heights Plot for Church," The New York Times (Aug. 17, 1913).
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications for J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 479 (1912).