St. Luke's Church (Episcopal) 85 Greenway South Forest Hills (Queens), N.Y. 11375 http://www.stlukesforesthills.org Organ Specifications: ► II/25 Gress-Miles Organ Company, Op. 57 (1975) • III/34s Austin Organ Company, Op. 1636 (1928) Saint Luke's parish began in 1913 with fifteen people meeting in an upper room on Station Square in Forest Hills, above what was then the local post office. From there it moved on to Sunday morning services in different people's homes, and then in 1916 to a temporary wooden chapel, which was replaced in 1924 by the present 13th century English Gothic brick building, designed by Robert Tappen, a member of the congregation.                 Gress-Miles Organ Company Princeton, N.J. – Opus 57 (1975) Electro-pneumatic key action 2 manuals, 32 stops, 25 ranks                 Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 8   Principal 61 4   Octave 61 8   Rohrfloete 61 2   Rohrpfeife 61 8   Salicional SW   Mixture IV-V ranks 293 8   Voix Celeste [TC] SW 8   Trompette SW                 Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Hobgedeckt 61 2   Super Octave 61 8   Salicional 61   Scharf III-IV ranks 232 8   Voix Celeste [TC] 49   Kunstzimbel I rank 61 4   Flute Octaviante 61 8   Trompette 61 4   Salicional [ext.] 12 4   Clairon [ext.] 12 4   Octave Celeste [ext.] 12   Tremulant 2 2/3   Nasat [TC] 49                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Acoustic Bass — 2   Superoctave [ext.] 12 16   Subbass 32   Mixture III-IV ranks 232 8   Principal 32 32   Basse de Cornet III ranks — 8   Rohrgedeckt GT 16   Basson 32 5 1/3   Quint Floete — 8   Trompette SW 4   Octave 32 4   Clairon SW                 Austin Organ Company     Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1636 (1930s) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 34 stops Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.                 Sources:      Bischof, Justin. Specifications of Gress-Miles Organ, Op. 57 (1975).      Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.      St. Luke's Church website: http://www.stlukesforesthills.org/ Photos:      St. Luke's Church website: exterior.       | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |