Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 150-A, 1954
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Episcopal
Great Choir
1047 Amsterdam Ave./112th St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US
141 Ranks - 8,035 Pipes
Instrument ID: 19636 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 1875
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Flat Radiating
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions95 Stops115 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Andrew Kryzak.
Database Manager on February 13th, 2006:
Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- Despite being only 141 ranks in the largest gothic cathedral in the world, the organ is remarkably effective. The State Trumpet at the West End (substituting a full Antiphonal as a result of a financial crunch) is considered to be among the top five loudest stops in the world, operating on 50" wind pressure, and was restored by Austin Organs in the mid 1990's. The console is detached, located in a loft above the south choir stalls below south organ tower, making the organist invisible to the congregation. Instrument suffered heavy water and smoke damage as a result of a fire on December 18, 2001 which destroyed the Cathedral's unfinished North Transept. It was removed in mid 2005 and shipped to Quimby Organs of Warrensburg, Missouri, where it is currently undergoing cleaning and restoration to its 1954 condition. Reinstallation is expected to take place around December of 2008. The Cathedral also houses other organs by E. M. Skinner organs and Casavant, and the crypt once contained an organ by Hutchings.
Database Manager on November 19th, 2005:
Identified through information adapted from *E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List*, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Rebuild of Skinner Op. 150, with significant additions.
Webpage Links: Op. 150-A: Cathedral of St. John the Divine , The Great Organ - Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine - New York City
Related Instrument Entries: Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 150, 1906) , Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. (2009)
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