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Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
7 West 55th Street at Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Chapel Organ
Other organs at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian include the Sanctuary Organ. |
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Austin Organs, Inc.
Hartford, CT – Opus 2530 (1970)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 13 ranks
In 1970, Austin Organs, Inc., of Hartford, CT, built the present organ as their Opus 2530. It originally had 16 ranks of pipes. |
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Great (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
61 |
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Mixture II |
122 |
4 |
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Principal |
61 |
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Super Octave |
61 |
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Swell (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Gemshorn |
61 |
1 1/3 |
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Larigot |
61 |
8 |
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Gemshorn Celeste [TC] |
49 |
8 |
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Fagot |
61 |
4 |
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Rohrflöte |
61 |
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Tremulant |
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Nachthorn |
61 |
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Pedal – 32 notes
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16 |
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Sub Bass |
32 |
4 |
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Principal [ext.] |
12 |
8 |
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Principal |
32 |
4 |
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Flöte [ext.] |
12 |
8 |
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Sub Bass [ext.] |
12 |
16 |
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Fagot [ext. SW] |
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Skinner Organ Company
Boston, MA – Opus 514 (1925)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 21 stops, 13 ranks, 884 pipes
The original chapel organ, installed by the Skinner Organ Company in 1913, was replaced by Skinner's Opus 514 in 1925. This organ was removed and discarded when the present Austin organ was installed.
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
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Ernest M. Skinner Company
Boston, MA – Opus 206 (1913)
2 manuals
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
The original 2 manual and pedal organ in the Chapel of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church was installed in 1913 by E.M. Skinner of Boston, MA. This organ was included in the contract for the large organ (Opus 206) in the Sanctuary. |
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Sources:
Aeolian-Skinner Archives: http://home.cfl.rr.com/aeolianskinner/
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church website: http://www.fapc.org
Holden, Dorothy. The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1987.
Kinzey, Allen, and Lawn, Sand. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List (New Revised Edition). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.
"Stop, Open and Reed – a Periodical Presentation of Pipe Organ Progress". Boston: Skinner Organ Company, 1922-1927. |
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