Click on images to enlarge Welte-Mignon Studio 695 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street New York, N.Y. 10022 Organ Specifications: 695 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street (1927-1931) ► III/38 Welte-Mignon (1927) 665 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street (1916?-1927) • III/ Welte-Mignon (1916)                 Welte-Mignon Corporation Bronx, N.Y. (1927) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 92 stops, 38 ranks This organ included a three-manual concert console (shown at right) plus a three-manual roll-recording console attached to the case (upper right) at the opposite end of the showroom.                 C O N C E R T   C O N S O L E                 Choir Organ  (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed     First Touch         16   Contra Dulciana   Choir 16', 4', Unison Off 8   English Diapason   Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4' 8   Concert Flute     8   Gemshorn   Second Touch 8   Dulciana 8   Diapason 8   Unda Maris 8   Tibia 4   Traverse Flute 8   Cellos III ranks 4   Gemshorn 4   Flute 2   Piccolo   8   Tuba   8   French Horn   8   Clarinet   8   Clarinet   8   Oboe Horn   8   Harp   8   Chimes   4   Celesta   2   Glockenspiel   2   Glockenspiel     Great to Choir 8'   8   Piano       Swell to Choir 8'   4   Piano                           Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Double Diapason 1   Twenty-second 8   Diapason Phonon   Mixture V ranks [collective] 8   English Diapason 8   Tuba 8   Tibia Minor 4   Cornet 8   Concert Flute 8   Chimes 8   Gamba 8   Harp 8   Gemshorn 4   Celesta 4   Octave 2   Glockenspiel 4   Flute Couverte 8   Piano 2 2/3   Twelfth 4   Piano 2   Fifteenth   Great 16', 4', Unison Off 1 3/5   Seventeenth   Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' 1 1/3   Nineteenth       Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'                   Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Lieblich Gedeckt 16   Contra Fagotto 8   Open Diapason 8   Trumpet 8   Philomela 8   Oboe Horn 8   Bourdon 8   English Horn 8   Viola 8   Vox Humana 8   Violes Celestes II ranks * 8   Muted Trumpet        [flat and sharp] 4   Clarion 8   Aeoline 8   Harp 8   Vox Angelica 4   Celesta 4   Violin 2   Glockenspiel 4   Wald Flute 8   Piano 2 2/3   Nazard 4   Piano 2   Flautino   Swell 16', 4', Unison Off 1 3/5   Tierce       Choir to Swell 8'                   Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed 32   Acoustic Bass 4   Flute 16   Diaphonic Diapason 16   Tuba Profunda 16   Bourdon 16   Contra Fagotto 16   Violone 8   Tuba Horn 16   Contra Dulciana 8   Bassoon 16   Lieblich Gedeckt 8   Chimes 8   Octave 16   Piano 8   Viola 8   Piano 8   Cellos II ranks   Choir to Pedal 8' 8   Open Flute   Great to Pedal 8' 8   Gedeckt       Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   4   Violin III ranks                           E C H O In a basement chamber, speaking through a tone chute and an ornamental iron grill in the wall opposite the main organ.                 Accompaniment Organ  (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Horn Diapason 4   Viola   8   Cor de Nuit 8   Chimes   8   Viola Aetheria 4   Celesta   8   Vox Angelica   Main Off   4   Flute                       Solo Organ  (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Contre Viole 4   Viola 8   Horn Diapason 2   Echo Piccolo 8   Cor de Nuit 8   Corno d'Amore 8   Quintadena 8   Vox Humana 8   Viola Aetheira 4   Celesta 8   Vox Angelica   Echo 16', 4' 4   Flute       Main Off                   Pedal Organ  – 32 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon   Accomp. to Pedal 8' 8   Gedeckt   Solo to Pedal 8'   8   Viola       Main Off                   Adjustable Combinations (remote control – inside setter)     Seven toe pistons affecting stops and couplers of Pedal organ     Seven double touch pistons affecting stops and couplers of Choir and Pedal organs     Seven double touch pistons affecting stops and couplers of Great and Pedal organs     Seven double touch pistons affecting stops and couplers of Swell and Pedal organs     Five pistons affecting stops and couplers of Echo and its Pedal organ     Ten universal key touches affecting stops and couplers of entire organ     On and off switch connecting couplers to manual and pedal combinations     On and off switch connecting octave couplers of each manual to its manual combinations     Five cancel key touches affecting respective groups     General cancel key touches affecting entire organ, duplicated by toe piston     Combination setter piston     Tremolo cancel piston                 Tremolos     Tremolo for Choir (light wind stops)   Tremolo for Echo     Tremolo for Great (heavy wind stops)   Vibrato for Vox Humana, main organ     Tremolo for Swell   Vibrato for Vox Humana, echo organ             R E C O R D I N G   C O N S O L E                 Echo Organ  (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Cor de Nuit 8   Vox Humana   8   Viola Aetheria   Tremolo   8   Quintadena   Echo 16', 4'                   Great Organ  (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   English Diapason 8   French Horn   8   Concert Flute 8   Harp   8   Gamba 8   Chimes   8   Dulciana   Great 16', 4', Unison Off   8   Unda Maris   Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   4   Traverse Flute                       Swell Organ  (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Open Diapason 8   Cornopean Bass   8   Philomela 8   Cornopean Treble   8   Bourdon 8   Trumpet   8   Viola 8   Oboe Horn   8   Flauto Dolce 8   Vox Humana   8   Aeoline   Tremolo   16   Clarinet   Swell 16', 4', Unison Off                   Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 16   Tuba Profunda   16   Violone   Great to Pedal 8'   16   Lieblich Gedeckt   Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   8   Flute                       Adjustable Combinations (Recorder Board)     Six double touch pistons affecting Great and Pedal stops and couplers     Six double touch pistons affecting Swell and Pedal stops and couplers     Three pistons affecting Echo stops and couplers     Six universal pistons affecting stops and couplers of entire organ     One double touch cancel piston for Great and Pedal stops and couplers     One double touch cancel piston for Swell and Pedal stops and couplers     One Echo cancel piston     One universal cancel piston                 Accessories     Balanced Expression Pedal – Main organ   Swell to Pedal Reversible     Balanced Expression Pedal – Echo organ   Indicators for Crescendo, etc.     Balanced Crescendo Pedal   Cancel for Concert console     Great to Pedal reversible                     Reproduction Controls     Starter       Re-roll       Tempo       Repeat                   Recording Accessories     Signal light from and signal button to recording machine     Dictograph at Console and Recorder               Organ in studio located at 665 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street: Welte-Mignon Corporation Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (1916) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.                 Sources:      Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. II. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.      The Welte Philharmonic Organ, pub. by Welte-Mignon Corporation (c.1927) with specifications of Welte-Mignon Organ (1927); courtesy Larry Trupiano. Photos:      Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. II: Welte-Mignon organ case and console (1927); Welte-Mignon organ case (1916).                 | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |