Emmanuel Presbyterian Church - New York City
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Emmanuel Presbyterian Church

737 East 6th Street
New York, N.Y. 10009

Organ Specifications:
Present building (since 1970)
► I/9 George Jardine & Son (1864)
First building (1852-1970)
► I/9 George Jardine & Son (1864)
• Henry Erben (1843)


Original building of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church - New York City  
The congregation known today as Emmanuel Presbyterian Church was established in 1852 as a chapel of the University Place Presbyterian Church. Its first building, dedicated in 1874 and located on East Sixth Street between Avenues C and D, housed a large Sabbath school which ministered to German immigrants in the Lower East Side. In 1918, after the University Place church merged into First Presbyterian Church, the chapel gained church status, and was now Emmanuel Presbyterian Church.

In 1953, Joseph Papp, then a producer for CBS, began an actors' workshop in the church basement, where it remained for the next three years.

In 1970, the present church was built on the site of the original building.
           
George Jardine & Son
New York City (1864)
Mechanical action
1 manual, 9 stops, 9 ranks


This organ by George Jardine & Son was originally built for the Baptist Church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. At an unknown time, the organ was acquired by Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, where it was known to be extant in 2006.
               
Manual – 56 notes, enclosed
8
  Open Diapason (TC)
44
4
  Flute
56
8
  Montre [bass]
12
3
  Twelfth
56
8
  Stopped Diapason treble (TC)
44
2
   Fifteenth
56
8
  Stopped Diapason bass
12
8
   Trumpet (TC)
44
8
  Clariana
56
     Tremolo  
4
  Principal
56
        

     

     
Pedal – 25 notes
16
  Bourdon
25
     
               
Coupler

  Manual to Pedal  

     
           
Henry Erben
New York City (1843)
Mechanical action


The specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     Dunlap, David. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     Ogasapian, John. Organ Building in New York City: 1700-1900. Braintree: The Organ Literature Foundation, 1977.
     Services Commemorative of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the University Place Presbyterian Church, New York, Novermber 24-28, 1895. (New York: University Place Presbyterian Church).
     Trupiano, Larry. Henry Erben Opus List (pub. 1877).
     Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of George Jardine & Son organ (1864).

Illustrations:
     Google Street View. Exterior.
     Services Commemorative of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the University Place Presbyterian Church, New York, Novermber 24-28, 1895. Exterior (c.1895).