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The New York City Organ Project
Organs present and past in the five boroughs of New York City
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The NYC Organ Project is an ongoing attempt to document the organs – present and past – that have been installed in the five boroughs of New York City. If you are able to provide additional information, or find errors, please contact the Webmaster.
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KEY: ► indicates specification is online bold red text indicates a link NE = non-extant |
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| Commercial |
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| Amusements |
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| Central Park Carousel |
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• Band organ by A. Ruth and Sohn (Waldkirch, Germany) |
| Rainbow Room |
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30 Rockefeller Center – 65th Floor
► III/10 "Style R16" Wurlitzer, Op. 2185 (1934); had two consoles and player |
| The Spike Bar (closed 2000) |
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120 Eleventh Avenue at 20th Street
• I/7 Flentrop Orgelbouw (1960) – orig. in St. Mark's Episcopal, Pittsburgh, PA; moved to St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal (c.1990); moved to St. Thomas More R.C. (c.1995) |
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| Corporate |
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| John W. Campbell Office/Studio |
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Grand Central Terminal
42nd Street at Vanderbilt Avenue
– 2nd Floor
• II/ Welte-Tripp Co. (1929) |
| Chrysler Corporation |
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Chrysler Building – Boardroom
42nd Street at Lexington Avenue
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. ? – orig. in W.P. Chrysler Residence, Great Neck, L.I. (1930) |
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| Cruise Ships |
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| American Line |
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SS St. Louis
• Geo. Jardine & Son (1895)
SS St. Paul
• Geo. Jardine & Son (1895) |
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| Department Stores and Emporiums |
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| Henri Bendel Fur Salon |
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712 Fifth Avenue at 57th Street
• II/7 "Style RJ11" Wurlitzer, Op. 2023 (1929) – moved to Perkins Funeral Home |
| Seigel-Cooper Dry Goods Store |
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632 Sixth Avenue at West 18th Street
• Hillgreen, Lane & Co., Op. 85 (1901) |
| John Wanamaker Store |
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770 Broadway at 9th Street
Auditorium:
► IV/118 Wanamaker Organ Shop (1920)
► IV/45 Austin Organ Company, Op. 120 (1904)
Showrooms:
• II/13s Austin Organ Company, Op. 179 (1904)
• II/10s Austin Organ Company, Op. 178 (1904)
• II/8s Austin Organ Company, Op. 177 (1904)
• II/13s Austin Organ Company, Op. 116 (1904) |
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| Exhibitions and Fairs |
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| American Institute Fair |
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Empire City Skating Rink Building
corner of 63rd Street and Third Avenue (after 1845)
• II/16 Geo. Jardine & Son (1878)
• II/24 Geo. Jardine & Son (1877)
• I/4 Geo. Jardine & Son (1870)
► I/6 Geo. Jardine & Son (1869)
Niblo's Garden
580 Broadway at Prince Street (until 1845)
• I/10 Geo. Jardine (1844) |
| Electric Exposition |
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location unknown
• II/16 Hilborne L. Roosevelt (c.1869-1872) |
| Madison Square Garden |
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Fifth and Madison Avenues between 26th and 27th Streets
• I/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 402 (1906) |
| Seventh Regiment Armory |
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643 Park Avenue at 66th Street
► I/15 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 94 (1882) – moved to Metropolitan Opera House |
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| Showrooms |
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| The Aeolian Company |
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689 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street (1927-1932)
• III/28 Aeolian, Op. 1604 (1927) – Concert Hall
• II/10 Aeolian, Op. 1603 (1927) – Pine Room
• III/38 Aeolian, Op. 1602 (1926) – Spanish Room
29 West 42nd Street (1912-1927)
• IV/78 Aeolian, Op. 1212 (1912) – Concert Hall (sold to Elks Lodge #22, Brooklyn (1927)
• II/11 Aeolian, Op. 1310 (1914) – French Room
• II/30 Aeolian, Op. 1219 (1912) – Colonial Room
362 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street (1902-1912)
• II/44 Aeolian, Op. 922 (1902) – Concert Hall
• II/10 Aeolian, Op. 1200 (1911) – Second Floor
• II/10 Aeolian, Op. 969 (1907) – Second Floor
18 West 23rd Street
• II/11 Aeolian, Op. 728 (1894) |
| Aeolian-Skinner Company Showroom |
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4 East 53rd Street at Fifth Avenue – Fifth Floor (1941-?)
► II/4 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Inc., Op. 4000 (1941)
677 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street (1932-1941)
► II/9 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Inc., Op. 887-X2 (c.1932) |
| Alexander Bernard & Co. |
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1133 Broadway
• II/ Wicks Organ Company, Op. 3675 (1956) |
| American Photoplayer Company Showroom |
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location unknown (possibly 62 West 45th Street)
• Robert-Morton Organ Co. (1923)
• Wicks Organ Company, Op. 378 (1922)
• Wicks Organ Company, Op. 359 (1921)
• Wicks Organ Company, Op. 349 (1921) |
| Architects Sample Corporation |
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101 Park Avenue at 40th Street
► II/10 Skinner Organ Co., Op. 600 (1926) – moved to Immanuel Union Church, Staten Island (1940) |
| Baldwin Piano Company |
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20 East 54th Street
• Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 6044 (1939) – sold to St. Catherine's Orthodox Church, NYC
• Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 5986 (1938)
• II/ M.P. Möller, Op. 6482 (1937) |
| Estey Organ Company Studio |
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642 Fifth Avenue at 51st Street
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 3069 (1936)
► II/3 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2819 (1929) – extant in Ridgefield Park, NJ
• II/3 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2854 (1929)
► III/39 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2765 (1928) – sold to St. Martin's Episcopal
• III/ Estey Organ Company Op. 2041 (1922)
25 West 45th Street
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 1690 (1919)
► III/28 Estey Organ Company, Op. 1010 (1912) – sold to J.W. Baker, Greenwich, CT
• II/ Estey Organ Company Op. 315 (1906) |
| Hillgreen, Lane & Company Showroom |
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Magna-Chordia Studio
location unknown – also Hugh McAmis residence
► III/24 Hillgreen, Lane & Co., Op. 556 (1919) |
| Hook & Hastings Company Showroom |
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location unknown
• II/41r Hook & Hastings, Op. 2273 (1911) |
| Kilgen Organ Company Showroom |
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location unknown
• Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 5370 |
| Los Angeles Art Organ Co. Showroom |
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353 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street
► II/19 Los Angeles Art Organ Co. |
| Marr & Colton Company Showroom |
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Paramount Theatre building |
| M. P. Möller Company Showroom |
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Waldorf=Astoria Hotel – 4th Floor (after 1931)
301 Park Avenue at 49th Street
► III/22 M.P. Möller, Op. 5796 (1931) – see Waldorf=Astoria Hotel
1540 Broadway (1203 Loew Building)
• unknown |
| National Theatre Supply Company |
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location unknown
• II/3 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2829 (1929) |
| Skinner Organ Company Showroom |
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677 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street (?-1932) – became Aeolian-Skinner Company Showroom
► III/40 Skinner Organ Company, Op. 349 (1922) |
| United States Pipe Organ Company Showroom |
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location unknown
• United States Pipe Organ Co., Op. 99 |
| Wicks Organ Company Showroom |
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location unknown
• Wicks Organ Company, Op. 378 – Office
• Wicks Organ Company, Op. 359 – Show Room
• Wicks Organ Company, Op. 349 – Show Room
• Wicks Organ Company, Op. 204 – Sales Room |
| Welte-Mignon Corporation |
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665 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street
• III/ Welte-Mignon (1916)
695 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street
• III/38 Welte-Mignon (1927) with 3-manual roll-recording console |
| Wurlitzer Studios |
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120-130 West 42nd Street
118 West 41st Street
113-119 West 40th Street
25 West 32nd Street – Hope-Jones Organ Dept.
• II/4 "Style C3" Wurlitzer, Op. 2193 (1936) – sold to Bowery Tabernacle Church (1936)
• III/12 "Style R20" Wurlitzer, Op. 2044 (1929) – moved to World's Fair Sun Valley Exhibit (1939)
• II/7 "Style RJ12" Wurlitzer, Op. 2039 (1929)
• II/4 "Style RJ4" Wurlitzer, Op. 1963 (1928)
• II/6 "Style "Sch 25" Wurlitzer, Op. 1072 (1925) – sold to Riverside Synagogue, Manhattan
• II/4 "Style 135" Wurlitzer, Op. 1051 (1925) – sold to St. Christopher's Bldg., Garrison, N.Y.
• II/4 "Style 135A" Wurlitzer, Op. 805 (1924) – sold to Alhambra (State) Theatre, Charlotte, NC
• II/7 "Style E" Wurlitzer, Op. 784 (1924) – sold to WMCA Radio
• II/3 "Style 105" Wurlitzer, Op. 644 (1923)
• II/6 "Style D" Wurlitzer, Op. 588 (1922) – sold to Cohen's Theatre
• II/6 "Style D" Wurlitzer, Op. 544 (1922)
• II/4 "Style 135A" Wurlitzer, Op. 478 (1921)
• II/6 "Style 110" Wurlitzer, Op. 160 (1921)
• II/ "Special" Wurlitzer, Op. 3 (1912) |
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| Auditoriums and Concert Halls |
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| Academy of Music NE (razed 1997) |
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126 East 14th Street (1926-1997) – became The Palladium Discotheque
• III/15 "Style 260 Special" Wurlitzer, Op. 1406 (1926)
125 East 14th Street at Irving Place (1854-burned 1866; reb. 1868-razed 1926) NE
► III/15 M.P. Möller, Op. 3801 (1923)
• III/38 M.P. Möller, Op. 1792 (1915) |
| Aeolian Hall |
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689 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street (1927-1932)
• III/28 Aeolian Company, Op. 1604 (1927)
29 West 42nd Street (1912-1927) NE
• IV/78 Aeolian Company, Op. 1212 (1912) – sold to Elks Lodge #22, Brooklyn (1927)
362 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street (1902-1912) NE
• II/44 Aeolian Company, Op. 922 (1902) |
| Alice Tully Hall |
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Lincoln Center – Broadway at 66th Street
► IV/85 Th. Kuhn Organ Builders (1975) |
| Avery Fisher Hall (originally Philharmonic Hall) |
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Lincoln Center – Broadway at 66th Street
► III/95 Walker Technology Co. electronic instrument (2006)
► IV/98 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Inc., Op. 1388 (1963) (removed 1976) |
| Beacon Theatre (orig. Roxy Midway Theatre) |
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2124 Broadway at 74th Street
► IV/19 "Style 250 Special" Wurlitzer, Op. 1891 (1928) |
| Carnegie Hall |
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881 Seventh Avenue at 57th Street
• III/78s Rodgers Instruments electronic (c.2006)
• I/5 Flentrop Orgelbouw (1993) – "Kistorgel" (Portative)
• V/120s Rodgers Instruments electronic (1974)
• II/7 Schlicker Organ Co. (1970) – moved to Holy Trinity Epis.; then St. Margaret's Epis., Bronx
• IV/59 Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 4317 (1929) NE
• III/40 Hillgreen, Lane & Co., Op. 456 (1916) NE
• II/34 Frank Roosevelt, Op. 486 (1891) NE |
| Carnegie Hall Lyceum – orig. Recital Hall, later Carnegie Hall Cinema, now Zankel Hall |
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881 Seventh Avenue at 57th Street – below street level
• II/20s M.P. Möller, Op. 1706 (1914) – reb. of II/ H.L. Roosevelt, Op. 6 (1873) orig. in Church of the Strangers/Sixth Universalist Church |
| Chickering Hall NE (demolished c.1901) |
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437 Fifth Avenue at 18th Street
► III/36 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 25 (1876) NE |
| Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
► II/30 Holtkamp Organ Company (1965)
• II/21 Rieger Orgelbau (1952) – moved to Jack Barr Residence, Buffalo, N.Y. (c.1975) |
| Harlem Opera House NE |
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207 West 125th Street
• III/34 M.P. Möller, Op. 1815 (1914) NE |
| Koster & Bial's Concert Hall NE |
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23rd Street and Sixth Avenue
• Geo. Jardine & Son (1881) |
| John Wanamaker Store Auditorium NE |
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770 Broadway at 9th Street
► IV/118 Wanamaker Organ Shop (1920); additions by Aeolian-Skinner (1947 and 1948)
► IV/45 Austin Organ Company, Op. 120 (1904) |
| Lexington Avenue Opera House – later Loew's Lexington Theatre NE (demolished early 1960s) |
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| Metropolitan Opera House |
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Lincoln Center – Broadway at 65th Street (since 1966)
► II/22 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Inc., Op. 1444 (1965)
Broadway and 39th Street (1883-1966) NE (razed 1968)
► I/11 Farrand & Votey, Op. 711 (1893)
► I/15 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 94 (1882) NE (burned 1892) |
| Mendelssohn Hall (Mendelssohn Glee Club) NE |
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113-119 West 40th Street
• III/40s Frank Roosevelt, Op. 523 (1892) NE |
| 92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association |
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1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
• III/11 Robert-Morton Organ Co. (1924) – moved from Flushing Theatre, Flushing (1930) |
| Philharmonic Hall |
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See Avery Fisher Hall |
| Radio City Music Hall |
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1260 Avenue of the Americas at 50th Street
► IV/58 Wurlitzer, Op. 2179 (1932) |
| Steinway Hall NE (razed 1925) |
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109-11 East 14th Street (1866-closed 1890)
► III/31 Hall & Labagh (1851) – purchased from St. Thomas Church (c.1866) |
| Town Hall |
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123 West 43rd Street
► IV/44 Skinner Organ Company, Op. 434 (1923) (removed) |
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| Civic Buildings |
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| New York City Hall |
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City Hall Park – Park Row (since 1812)
• none
Wall Street at Nassau Street (1700-1812) – ren. Federal Hall (1776)
• George Ash (c.1756)
Pearl Street (17th century)
• none
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| Funeral Chapels and Mortuaries |
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| N.T. Brown, Inc. Funeral Home |
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location unknown
• Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 5401 |
| Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home |
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Broadway at 66th Street
• II/8 Aeolian Company, Op. 1611 (1926) |
| Walter B. Cooke Funeral Home |
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location unsure – possibly 353 2nd Avenue
• II/3 Wicks Organ Company, Op. 2009 (1939) |
| Walter B. Cooke Funeral Home |
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location unsure – maybe 352 East 87th Street
• II/2 Wicks Organ Company, Op. 2024 (1939) |
| Perkins Funeral Home |
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210 West 145th Street
• II/7 "Style RJ11" Wurlitzer, Op. 2023 (1929) NE – moved from Henri Bendel Fur Salon |
| Rothschild Mortuary |
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location unknown
• II/24s M.P. Möller, Op. 5241 (1929) |
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| Hospitals |
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| Bellevue Hospital |
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462 First Avenue at 27th Street
Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament – Leary Memorial Chapel (Roman Catholic) (1897-1938)
► II/8 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 334 (1896)
Chapel of Christ the Consoler (Protestant Episcopal) (1889-1937)
• Unknown (c.1889) |
| Manhattan State Hospital |
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Roosevelt Island
• III/87s M.P. Möller, Op. 3801 (1923) – Chapel |
| New York Cancer Hospital |
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Eighth Avenue between West 105th and 106th Streets
► I/5 Frank Roosevelt, Op. 521 (1892) |
| St. Joseph's Hospital |
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[possibly St. Joseph's Half Orphan Asylum, later absorbed into St. Vincent's Hospital]
• II/ W.W. Kimball Co. – Chapel |
| St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital – now Continuum Health Partners |
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114th Street at Amsterdam Avenue (since 1896)
Muhlenberg Chapel:
► II/12 M.P. Möller, Op. 9517 (1961)
► II/8 Skinner Organ Company, Op. 301 (1920)
► II/22 Geo. S. Hutchings, Op. 381 (1895)
Fifth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets (c.1846-1896) – now Peninsula Hotel
• Hall & Labagh (1885) |
| St. Mark's Hospital NE |
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66 St. Mark's Place
► III/19 M.P. Möller, Op. 5659 (1930) |
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| Hotels |
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| Hotel Astor NE (demolished 1967) |
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Broadway btween 44th and 45th Streets
► IV/72 Austin Organ Company, Op. 252 (1910) NE |
| Barbizon Hotel (later the Melrose Hotel) |
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130 East 63rd Street at Lexington Avenue
• II/ Welte (<1930) NE |
| Barbizon Plaza Hotel |
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50 Central Park South
• III/15 Aeolian Company, Op. 1779 (1930) NE |
| Connie's Inn NE |
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2221 Seventh Avenue at 130th Street
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 2800 (1929) |
| Hotel Martinique |
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49 West 32nd Street
• II/ "Special" Wurlitzer, Op. 3 (1912) |
| Pennsylvania Hotel |
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401 Seventh Avenue at 33rd Street
• III/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 1914 (1921) NE |
| St. Regis Hotel |
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2 East 55th Street at Fifth Avenue
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 2879 (1930) – The Seaglades Nightclub |
| Seafarers and International House |
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123 East 15th Street
• I/7 Noack Organ Company, Op. 38 (1967) – Chapel |
| Waldorf=Astoria Hotel |
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301 Park Avenue at 49th Street (since 1931)
► IV/76 M.P. Möller, Op. 5795 (1931) – Ballroom
► III/22 M.P. Möller, Op. 5796 (1931) – Dining Room
Fifth Avenue at 34th Street (1893-1929) (now site of Empire State Building)
► II/20 Estey Organ Company, Op. 1692 (1919) NE
► II/14 Estey Organ Company, Op. 822 (1910) – orig. George Boldt residence |
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| Lodges and Clubs |
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| American Woman's Association Clubhouse |
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353 West 57th Street (1929-1942) – became Henry Hudson Hotel; later WNET-TV studios
• III/15 Aeolian Company, Op. 1793 (1931) – Auditorium
• 0/16 Aeolian Company, Op. 1794 (1931) – Lounge Division (Third Floor) |
| Elks Lodge No. 1 |
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108 West 43rd Street at Sixth Avenue
• "Special" Wurlitzer, Op. 21 (1913) – additions to existing organ |
| German Masonic Temple |
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220 East 15th Street at Second Avenue – now Friends Seminary
• Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 7344
• Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 735_ |
| Grand Street Odd Fellows Hall |
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Grand Street
• Geo. Jardine & Son (three organs) |
| Hudson Odd Fellows Hall |
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228 Centre Street ??
• Geo. Jardine & Son |
| Kane Lodge, No. 454, F. & A. M. |
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Broadway and 22nd Street
• J.H. & C.S. Odell (c.1867) |
| The Lambs Club |
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3 West 51st Street (since 1975)
• unknown if any
128 West 44th Street (1905-1975) – now Lambs Church of the Nazarene
► II/12 Aeolian Company, Op. 984 (1905)
70 West 36th Street (1880s-1905)
• unknown if any |
| Liederkranz Society |
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111-119 East 58th Street
• II/9 Geo. S. Hutchings; reb. Edward J. Schlette (1920)
• Geo. Jardine & Son |
| Lodge of Perfection |
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Scottish Rite Hall
29th Street and Madison Avenue
• J.H. & C.S. Odell |
| Masonic Temple |
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Present Building – 71 West 23rd Street, NE corner of Sixth Avenue (rebuilt 1909):
• III/31s Austin Organ Company, Op. 244 (1909) – Grand Lodge Room
Addition at 46-54 West 24th Street (since 1909):
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 233 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 234 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 235 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 236 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 237 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 238 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 239 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 240 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 241 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 242 (1909) – Meeting Room
• Austin Organ Company II/10s, Op. 243 (1909) – Meeting Room
Original Building – Northeast corner 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue (1875-1909):
• Henry Erben & Co. (1875) – Grand Lodge
• Henry Erben & Co. (1875) – Chapter Room
• Henry Erben & Co. (1875) – Commandery
• Henry Erben & Co. (1875) – Composite Room
• Henry Erben & Co. (1875) – Corinthian Room
• Henry Erben & Co. (1875) – Doric Room
• Henry Erben & Co. (1875) – Ionic Room
• Henry Erben & Co. (1875) – Tuscan Room
The following organs may have been in a different Masonic Temple:
• II/29 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 115 (1872) – elect. & moved to Church of the Nativity RC, Brooklyn
• J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 42 (1865) |
| Wm. McKinley Masonic Temple |
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See Prince Hall Grand Lodge |
| Mecca Temple |
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130 West 55th Street (1924-1942) – now City Center 55th Street Theatre
Auditorium:
► IV/37 M.P. Möller, Op. 3963 (1926) – reb. as Möller R-549 for St. Paul's Community Church (1955)
Meeting Rooms:
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 3960 (1926)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 3961 (1926)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 3962 (1926) |
| Merchants' Lodge, No. 709, F. & A. M. |
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117 West 23rd Street
• J.H. & C.S. Odell |
| Normal Lodge, No. 523, F. & A. M. |
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46 West 24th Street
• J.H. & C.S. Odell |
| Prince Hall Masonic Temple |
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454 West 155th Street – orig. William McKinley Grand Lodge
► II/7 M.P. Möller, Op. 4405 (1925)
► II/7 M.P. Möller, Op. 4406 (1925)
144th Street and Seventh Avenue (1926-?)
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| Pythian Temple |
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135 West 70th Street (1928-1950s) – became condominiums (1982)
Auditorium:
► III/14 M.P. Möller, Op. 4862 (1927)
Meeting Rooms:
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4863 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4864 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4865 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4866 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4867 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4868 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4869 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4870 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4871 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4872 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4873 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4874 (1927)
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 4875 (1927) |
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| Museums & Historical Societies |
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| American Academy of Arts and Letters |
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633 West 155th Street at Broadway
► IV/46 Skinner Organ Company, Op. 835 (1930) |
| Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum |
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2 East 91st Street at Fifth Avenue – orig. Andrew Carnegie Residence
• III/44 Aeolian (Votey), Op. 895 (1900) – removed 1976 |
| The Frick Collection |
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1 East 70th Street at Fifth Avenue
► IV/79 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Op. 918 (1934) – enl. and dup. 4m console
► IV/70 Aeolian Company, Op. 1263 (1914) |
| The Jewish Museum |
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1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street – orig. Felix M. Warburg residence
• II/22 Aeolian Company, Op. 1054 (1911) |
| Huntington Hartford Gallery of Modern Art NE |
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2 Columbus Circle
► III/37 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 1400 (1964) – removed c.1980 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Equestrian Court:
► II/16 Thomas Appleton (1830)
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium:
► II/30 Holtkamp Organ Company (1965)
• II/21 Rieger Orgelbau (1952)
Department of Musical Instruments:
• I/4 Laurentium Hauslaib (1598)
• I/3 Thomas Chapman (1779)
• I/6s Samuel Green (c.1790)
• I/1 Unknown builder (1800s)
• I/1 Unknown builder (1800s)
• I/1 Unknown builder (1800s)
• I/1 Unknown builder (1800s)
• I/3 William Geib (c.1824)
• I/2 Henry Erben & Co. (1838)
• I/2s George Clisbee (c.1845)
• I/6s Richard M. Ferris (c.1850)
• I/2 Unknown Builder (c.1850)
• I/6s William Crowell (1852) |
| New York Historical Society |
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170 Central Park West at 76th Street (since 1908)
• none
Second Avenue at
11th Street (1853-1908)
• Wm. H. Davis (1857) |
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| Performance Ensembles |
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| New York Pro Musica Antiqua (disbanded 1974) |
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New York City
► I/5 Flentrop Orgelbouw (1962) – Chamber Organ
• I/1 Flentrop Orgelbouw (1962) – Positief
• I/1 Flentrop Orgelbouw (1962) – Regal |
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Schools – Colleges and Universities |
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Cathedral College NE |
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Madison Avenue at 51st Street
• II/ Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 5907 (1938) |
| City College of New York |
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Convent Avenue at 140th Street
► IV/61 Ernest M. Skinner Company, Op. 135 (1906) – Great Hall (removed 1960s) |
| Columbia University (aka Columbia College, King's College) |
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Broadway at 116th Street (since 1897)
► IV/94 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 985 (1938, 1962) – St. Paul's Chapel
► IV/50 Ernest M. Skinner Co., Op. 125 (1905) – St. Paul's Chapel
East 49th Street and Madison Avenue (1857-1897) – known as Columbia College
• unknown, if any
Park Place (c.1784-1857) – known as Columbia College
• Hall & Labagh (1851)
Lower Broadway, adjacent to Trinity Church (1754-1776) – known as King's College
• unknown, if any |
| [New York] Grand Conservatory of Music NE |
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West 23rd Street
• Hall & Labagh (1885)
• Hall & Labagh (1882) |
| Hunter College |
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69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues
► III/66 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 1005 (1940) – Auditorium |
| Institute of Musical Art |
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See The Juilliard School |
| The Juilliard School |
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60 Lincoln Center Plaza (since 1969) – renamed The Juilliard School
► IV/85 Th. Kuhn Organ Builders Ltd. (1975) – see Alice Tully Hall
► III/57 Holtkamp Organ Company (rev. & enl. 2002) – Paul Hall
► II/17 Flentrop Orgelbouw (1969) – Studio
• II/ Holtkamp Organ Company (1969) – Practice
• II/3 Noack Organ Company (1969) – Practice
132 Claremont Avenue (1910-1969) – renamed The Juilliard School of Music (1926)
► III/29 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 1272 (1955) – Concert Hall
• II/ M.P. Möller, Op. 7862 (1949) – Practice
• II/ M.P. Möller, Op. 7859 (1949) – Practice
► III/ Casavant Frères, Op. 1860 (1946) – Studio console
► IV/53 Casavant Frères, Op. 1440 (1931) – Borden Auditorium
► III/24 Hillgreen, Lane & Co., Op. 781 (1924) – Recital Hall
► II/5 Hillgreen, Lane & Co., Op. 772 (1924) – Practice
► II/7 Estey Organ Company, Op. 819 (1910) – Practice
► II/7 Estey Organ Company, Op. 818 (1910) – Practice
► II/17 Estey Organ Company, Op. 806 (1910) – Recital Hall
53 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street (1905-1910) – known as the Institute of Musical Art
► II/11 Aeolian Company, Op. 998 (1905) – orig. Frank Roosevelt, Op. 446 (1889) |
| Manhattan School of Music |
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120 Claremont Avenue
► III/29 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Op. 1272 (1955) – Hubbard Hall (removed 2002) |
| Mannes College of Music |
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150 West 85th Street (since 1985)
• none
157 East 74th Street (1916-1985) – known as David Mannes Music School until 1953
► II/13 Skinner Organ Co., Op. 298 (1919) |
| New York University |
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Holy Trinity Chapel – Catholic Center
Washington Square South
► III/32 Delaware Organ Co., Inc. (1964) |
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The University Parish of St. Joseph (formerly St. Joseph R.C. Church)
371 Avenue of the Americas
► II/11 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 1225 (1952,1975) |
| Teachers College (orig. Horace Mann School) |
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525 West 120th Street at Amsterdam Avenue
► III/42 Casavant Frères, Op. 2716 (1961) – Milbank Memorial Chapel – unplayable
• III/22 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 599 (1949) – Milbank Memorial Chapel
► II/14 Geo. Jardine & Son, Op. 1239 (1897) – Milbank Memorial Chapel
► II/2 Casavant Frères, Op. 2717 (1961) – Practice Organ |
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| Schools – Lower, Middle and Upper |
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| Charlier Institute |
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158 West 59th Street
• I/5 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 13 (1876) |
| DeWitt Clinton High School (moved to the Bronx in 1928) |
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100 West Mosholu Parkway South – Bronx (since 1928)
► III/31 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2936 (1931)
Tenth Avenue and 59th Street – Manhattan (1897-1928)
• III/ W.W. Kimball Co., KPO 670 (1906) |
| George Washington High School (now housing 4 smaller schools) |
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549 Audubon Avenue at 192nd Street
► III/31 M.P. Möller, Op. 4486 (1926) |
| Grammar School #55 |
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140 West 20th Street
• J.H. & C.S. Odell |
| Holy Cross Academy (now Holy Cross School) |
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332 West 43rd Street – Chapel
► II/11 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 252 (1888) – moved to Congregational Church, Acton, MA (1977) |
| Mother Cabrini High School |
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701 Fort Washington Avenue – Chapel and St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Shrine
► II/29 Giovanni Tamburini (1960) |
| Public School #32 |
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West 36th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues
• J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 32 (1865) |
| A. Philip Randolph Campus High School |
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433 West 135th Street at St. Nicholas Terrace
► III/31 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2937 (1931) NE |
| Julia Richman Education Complex |
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317 East 67th Street at Second Avenue – orig. Julia Richman High School
► III/31 M.P. Möller, Op. 4485 (1926) |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart |
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1 East 91st Street at Fifth Avenue (since 1934)
► II/4 Casavant Frères, Op. 1582 (1938) – removed (2006)
Convent Avenue and West 130th Street (1842-1917)
• I/5 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 11 (1875) |
| St. David's School |
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12 East 89th Street
► I/3 Unknown (c.1790) |
| St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School |
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619 West 114th Street
► III/50 Rieger Orgelbau (1974) |
| Trinity School |
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139 West 91st Street
► II/6 M.P. Möller, Op. 8045 (1950) – moved to Stephen Rumpf Residence (1980)
• II/7 Ernest M. Skinner Company, Op. 141 (1907) |
| Washington Irving High School |
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40 Irving Place at 16th Street
► IV/49 M.P. Möller, Op. 1668 (1914) NE |
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Seminaries |
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| The General Theological Seminary |
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175 Ninth Avenue at 20th Street
Chapel of the Good Shepherd (since 1888)
► III/53 Holtkamp Organ Company, Op. 1712 (1958/1996)
► II/16 Frank Roosevelt, Op. 385 (1887) – removed (1958)
Earlier Chapel or Meeting Room:
• I/10 Johnson, Op. 155 (1864)
• Henry Erben & Co. (1838?) |
| Union Theological Seminary |
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Chapels and Assembly Rooms:
Claremont Avenue at 121st Street (since 1910):
► III/44 Holtkamp Organ Company (1980) – James Chapel
► IV/68 M.P. Möller, Op. R-651 (1961) – James Chapel
► IV/67 M.P. Möller, Op. 6976 (1941) – James Chapel
► III/34 Austin Organ Company, Op. 267 (1909) – James Chapel
► II/7 M.P. Möller, Op. R-429 (1952) – Lampman Chapel
► II/7 M.P. Möller, Op. 5537 (1929) – Lampman Chapel
Fourth Avenue between 69th and 70th Streets (1884-1910):
► II/11 Geo. Jardine & Son, Op. 1242 (1897) – Adams Chapel; moved to new building
Jackson Avenue (University Place) between 6th and 7th Streets (1836-1884):
► I/6 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 145 (1875)
Studios and Practice Organs:
Claremont Avenue at 121st Street (since 1910):
► II/3 M.P. Möller, Op. 8463 (1952) – Practice
► II/3 M.P. Möller, Op. 8462 (1952) – Practice
► II/3 M.P. Möller, Op. 8461 (1952) – Practice
► II/3 M.P. Möller, Op. 8460 (1952) – Practice
► III/13 M.P. Möller, Op. 8459 (1952) – Studio B
► II/8 M.P. Möller, Op. 8458 (1952) – Practice
• II/ M.P. Möller, Op. 8411 (1952)
► II/2 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Op. 2001 (1946)
• II/ M.P. Möller, Op. 7066 (1941)
► II/3 M.P. Möller, Op. 6369 (1935); reb. & moved as Op. R-431 (1952) – Admin. Tower
► II/3 M.P. Möller, Op. 5678 (1930); reb. as Op. R-430 (1952) – Hastings Basement |
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Social Services |
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| American Seamen's Friend Society |
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Jane and West Streets (1906-?)
• unknown if any
187-189 Cherry Street at Water Street (1876-1906) – orig. New York Seamen's Association
• II/19 E. & G.G. Hook, Op. 606 (1871) |
| Centro María Residence |
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539 West 54th Street – orig. St. Ambrose Catholic Church
► II/21 Austin Organ Company, Op. 75 (1903) – moved from Christ Church New Brighton, S.I. (c.1948)
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 1033 (1912) |
| Christian Herald Bowery Mission |
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227 Bowery near Prince Street (since 1908)
• II/ Allen Organ Company electronic
► II/20 Hall & Labagh (1870) NE – broken up for parts |
| Convent of the Good Shepherd |
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location unknown
• Henry Erben & Co. (1861) |
| Convent of Mercy (Institution of Mercy Prison) |
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East 81st Street and Madison Avenue
• Henry Erben & Co. (1852) |
| Convent of Mt. St. Vincent |
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Fifth Avenue at 105th Street
• Henry Erben & Co. (1855) |
| Home for Incurables |
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Third Avenue at 183rd Street
• II/22s M.P. Möller, Op. 5929 (1931) |
| House of Detention |
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(possibly Women's House of Detention at Jefferson Market, Sixth Avenue and West 10th Street)
• II/34s M.P. Möller, Op. 6056 (1932) |
| House of Refuge Reformatory |
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Randall's Island
• II/10s Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 71 (1880) |
| Isabella Home (Roman Catholic) |
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515 Audubon Avenue at West 190th Street
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 47 (1903)
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 24 (1903) – temporary; later to Gifford Moravian, Great Kills, N.Y. |
| Newsboys' Lodging House |
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Top Floor of Sun Newspaper Building, Fulton Street
• I/4 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 142 (1884)
• I/4 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 8 (1874) |
| New York Institution for the Blind |
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Moved to the Bronx (1924) – See New York Institute for Special Education
34th Street at Ninth Avenue (1831-1924)
► III/23 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 422 (1906)
• II/ Levi U. Stuart (1870)
• Hall & Labagh (1844) |
| New York Penitentiary |
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Blackwell's Island (now Roosevelt Island)
• I/8 Hook & Hastings, Op. 2256 (1910) – Chapel or Cell Block?
• I/ unknown – Chapel or Cell Block? |
| New York Seamen's Association |
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187-189 Cherry Street at Water Street (1872-1876) – became American Seamen's Friend Society
• II/19 E. & G.G. Hook, Op. 606 (1871) |
| 92nd Street YMHA (Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association) |
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1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
• III/11 Robert-Morton Organ Co. (1924) – moved from Flushing Theatre, Flushing (1930) |
| St. Margaret's House (Episcopal Retirement Center) |
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49 Fulton Street at Pearl Street
• II/ Schlicker Organ Company |
| St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum NE |
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Madison Avenue at East 57th Street or Fifth Avenue at 52nd Street
• II/11 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 312 (1893) – moved to Chapel of Veterans' Admin. Hospital, Bronx |
| YMCA – Headquarters NE |
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Southwest corner Fourth Avenue and East 23rd Street
► II/35 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 82 (1869) |
| YMCA – Harlem Branch |
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125th Street near Fifth Avenue
• II/12 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 346 (1887) |
| YMCA – Railroad Branch (Grand Central) |
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221 East 47th Street
• III/29s M.P. Möller, Op. 1925 (1925) |
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Houses of Worship |
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Denominational Buildings |
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| Church Center for the United Nations – Tillman Chapel |
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777 United Nations Plaza (First Avenue at 44th Street)
• II/ Allen Organ Company electronic Model TC-4 (1962) |
| The Episcopal Church Center – Chapel of Christ the Lord |
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815 Second Avenue at 43rd Street
► I/3 Bedient (1991) |
| House of the Redeemer (Fabbri Townhouse) |
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7 East 95th Street at Fifth Avenue
► II/21 Aeolian Company, Op. 1398 (1916) |
| The Interchurch Center |
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475 Riverside Drive at 120th Street
► III/29 Klais Orgelbau, Op. 1851 (2007) – Chancel
► III/37 Austin Organs Inc. (1982) – reb. of Möller – moved to Our Saviour's Atonement Luth. (2007)
► II/8 M.P. Möller, Op. 9780 (1963) – Chancel – removed
► III/32 M.P. Möller, Op. 9370 (1960) – Gallery |
| Presbyterian Church Building |
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156 Fifth Avenue at 20th Street
• III/34 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 330 (1895) – moved to Immanuel Lutheran Church |
| United Lutheran Church House |
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39 East 35th Street at Madison Avenue (1944-1988) – now part of the J.P. Morgan Library
► II/4 M.P. Möller, Op. 7119 (1944) |
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Armenian Church of America (Eastern) |
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| St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral |
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630 Second Avenue at 34th Street (since 1968)
• IV/ Rodgers Instruments electronic (c.2007)
• unknown |
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Assembly of God |
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| Bethel Chinese Assembly of God Church |
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77 Eldridge Street
• unknown |
| First Ukrainian Assembly of God Church |
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9 East 7th Street (since 1937) – built in 1867 as Metropolitan Savings Bank
• unknown |
| Glad Tidings Tabernacle Assembly of God Church |
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325 West 33rd Street (1914-razed 2008) – orig. Pilgrim (Thirty-third Street) Baptist (built 1868)
• unknown |
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| Baptist |
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| Abyssinian Baptist Church |
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132 West 138th Street (since 1902)
► V/64 Schantz Organ Company, Op. 1498 (1978)
► III/35 M.P. Möller, Op. R-396 (1950); reb. and enl. Möller, Op. 3516
• II/5 Wicks Organ Company, Op. 1843 (1938) – Chapel
► III/24 M.P. Möller, Op. 3516 (1923)
166 Waverly Place (1856-1902) – orig. Second Reformed Presbyterian Church
• Hall & Labagh (1885) |
| Amity Baptist Church NE |
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310 West 54th Street (1867-c.1917)
Second Building (1907-c.1917) – sold to Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
• II/23reg Austin Organ Company, Op. 254 (1910)
► II/9 Hope-Jones Organ Co. (1908) – probably not installed
First Building (1867-1907) – orig. St. Timothy Episcopal Church
• II/27reg M.P. Möller, Op. 49 (1882)
33 Amity (now 3rd) Street at Mercer Street (1834-1867)
• Wm. H. Davis & Ferris (1849) |
| Baptist Church of the Redeemer |
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144 West 131st Street (1883-1900?) – now Friendship Baptist Church
• unknown |
| Baptist Tabernacle NE (also known as Second Avenue Baptist Church) |
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168 Second Avenue at Tenth Street
Second Building (1930-?) – became retail business
• unknown
FIrst Building (1850-1930)
• I/11 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 260 (1888) – Gallery
• J.H. & C.S. Odell – Chancel
Mulberry Street
• Henry Erben & Co. (1827) |
| Baptist Temple Church |
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18 West 116th Street (since 1926) – orig. Congregation Ohab Zedek
• unknown
159 West 132nd Street (?-1926) – now New Way Baptist Church
• unknown
11 West 1116th Street (?-?)
• unknown
West 52nd Street (1895-?)
• unknown
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| Berean Baptist Church |
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See Judson Memorial Baptist Church |
| Bethany Baptist Church (Washington Heights) |
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303 West 153rd Street (since 1932)
• unknown |
| Broadway Baptist Church (Upper West Side) |
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2720 Broadway at 104th Street (1890-1918) – named Hope Baptist Church until 1917
► II/19 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 479 (1912)
• II/20 Wm. H. Davis (c.1892) |
| Carmel Baptist Church (East Harlem) |
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See Chambers Memorial Baptist Church |
| Calvary Baptist Church (Midtown) |
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123 West 57th Street (since 1883):
Present building (since 1931):
► III/15 Wicks Organ Company, Op. 6398 (2002)
• III/ Model "MOS-1" Allen Organ Company digital (1972)
► IV/68 M.P. Möller, Inc., Op. R-601 (1958)
► IV/62 Welte-Tripp Organ Corp. (1930)
► II/7 Welte-Tripp Organ Corp. (1930) – Chapel
First building (1883-1930):
• I/5 Farrand & Votey, 137 (1895) – Sunday School
► III/40 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 194 (1882)
50 West 23rd Street (1854-1883):
► II/24 Richard M. Ferris (1856) – moved to North Baptist Church (1883)
718 Broadway (1847-1854):– known as Hope Baptist Church
• Geo. Jardine (ca.1850) |
| Central Baptist Church |
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166 West 92nd Street at Amsterdam Avenue (since 1916) – site of Riverside Baptist Church
• III/ Geo. S. Hutchings (c.1916)
220 West 42nd Street (?-1912)
• unknown |
| Central Park Baptist Church NE (dissolved 1961) |
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235 East 83rd Street (1899-1961) – orig. Yorkville Baptist Church
• II/19 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 516 (1946)
• II/18 W | | | |
