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Rieger Orgelbau (1987)

Location:

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
316 East 88th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY 10128 US
Organ ID: 8839

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 55 ranks. 2,899 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 33 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 33
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 35
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on February 21, 2011:

Updated through online information from Connor Annable.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on November 06, 2006:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 11-sectional case with 77 pipes arranged: 5-5-5-(3-10-3)-5-5-5-(3-10-3)-5-5-5. The "10" portion of the 3-10-3 section is divided into upper and lower sections with 5 pipes in each. The Pedal has a grand ravalement that extends the otherwise 30-note compass down to AAAA: 33 notes.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Designed by Anthony Newman; built by Christoph Glatter-Götz of Rieger Orgelbau

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Specification from builder's web site
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Church interior: Photograph by John Rust via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Church interior: Photograph by John Rust via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Transept and organ case: Photograph by John Rust via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Console: Photograph by John Rust via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Console: Photograph by John Rust via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Console and organ case: Photograph by John Rust via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

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