St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Stapleton, Staten Island, NY
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St. Paul's Church
(Episcopal)

225 St. Paul's Avenue (Stapleton)
Staten Island, N.Y. 10304


Organ Specifications:
 III/36 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Op. 969 (1937)
II/29 Farrand & Votey, Op. 878 (1900) – burned 1980s
Wm. H. Davis (1860)
Henry Erben & Co. (1850)
Henry Erben & Co. (1834)
           
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 969 (1937)
Electro-pneumatic key and stop action
3 manuals, 30 stops, 30 ranks


This organ was originally built in 1937 for St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, Penn., and was relocated to St. Paul's Church by the Quimby Organ Company of Warrensburg, Mo.
       

 
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
  Quintade
61
4

Octave Diapason
61
8
  Principal
61

Grave Mixture II ranks
122
8
  Flute Harmonique
61

Chimes

20 tubes

8
  Gemshorn
61

 
 
   
 

   
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed

8
  Geigen Principal
73
4

Flute Triangulaire
73
8
  Stopped Diapason
73

Mixture III ranks
183
8
  Viole de Gambe
73
8

Trompette
73
8
  Viole Celeste [TC]
61
8

Oboe
73
8
  Aeoline
73

Tremolo
4
  Octave Geigen
73

 
   

 
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed

8
  Rohrflöte
73
2

Blockflöte
61
8
  Dolcan
73
1 3/5

Tierce
61
8
  Dolcan Celeste [TC]
61
8

Clarinet
61
4
  Koppelflöte
73
 

Tremolo
2 2/3
  Nazard
61
 

 
   

 
Pedal Organ – 32 notes

32
  Resultant
8

Flute Ouverte
32
16
  Open Diapason
32
8

Still Gedeckt
SW
16
  Bourdon
32

Chimes
GT
16
  Echo Lieblich [ext. SW]
12

 
           

Farrand & Votey
Detroit, Mich. – Opus 878 (1900)
Unknown action
2 manuals, 29 stops


The Farrand & Votey organ burned in the 1980s. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.

           

Wm. H. Davis
New York City (1860)
Mechanical action


Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. 

           

Henry Erben & Co.
New York City (1850)
Mechanical action


Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. 

           

Henry Erben & Co.
New York City (1834)
Mechanical action


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.

           
Sources:
     Aeolian-Skinner Archives website: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/
     Erben Opus List compiled by Sand Lawn; courtesy David Scribner.
     Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.

Photos:
     Forgotten Tour website: exterior.

 

   

 

   

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