Church of Our Lady of Peace - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
 
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Church of Our Lady of Peace
(Roman Catholic)

237 East 62nd Street
New York, N.Y. 10121
http://www.ourladyofpeacenyc.org


Organ Specifications:
► II/18 Unknown Builder
► II/7 Casavant Frères, Op. 2252 (1954) – Lower Church?
► I/9 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 259 (1888)





Church of Our Lady of Peace - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)  
This red brick Victorian Gothic church, hidden on a quiet block of East 62nd Street just west of Second Avenue, was designed by Samuel A. Warner and built in 1886-87 for the Church of the Redeemer, a German language Presbyterian congregation. Later, the building was occupied for several years by Bethlehem Lutheran Church. As the area's immigrant population shifted, the building was acquired in 1918 for the new Roman Catholic Italian parish known originally as "Madonna della Pace".
               
  Church of Our Lady of Peace - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
Unknown Builder
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 18 stops, 18? ranks



The current organ in Our Lady of Peace Church may include pipes from the original 1888 Odell organ, which was built for the Church of the Redeemer. Various builders have altered this organ, and an Organ Supply console was added c.1930s. As of 2009 the organ was in very poor condition.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, unenclosed
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Major Flute
61
2
   Fifteenth
61
8
   Gamba
61
8
   Trumpet
61
8
   Dulciana
61
     Great 4'  
4
   Flute
61
     Chimes  

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Violin Diapason
61
8
   Oboe
61
8
   Stopped Diapason
61
8
   Vox Humana
61
8
   Salicional
61
     Tremulant  
8
   Viole Celeste
61
     Swell 16'  
8
   Aeoline
61
     Swell 14'  

     

     
Pedal Organ– 32 notes
16
   Bourdon
32
8
   Cello
32
16
   Gedeckt
32
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal       Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'  
    Swell to Pedal          
               
Combinations
   
Swell & Pedal Pistons 1-2-3-4-5
Great & Pedal Pistons 1-2-3-4
               
Expression
    Balanced Swell Pedal      
    Crescendo Pedal      
               
Church of Our Lady of Peace - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
  
Church of Our Lady of Peace - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
               
Casavant Frères, Limitée
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada – Op. 2252 (1954)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 29 stops, 7 ranks


This 7-rank unit organ may have been installed in the Lower Church of Our Lady of Peace. Correspondence in the Casavant Frères files, dated 14 May 1968, shows that there was interest in buying the organ. The fate of this organ is presently unknown.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt [TC]  
4
   Octave  
8
   Open Diapason  
4
   Lieblich Flöte  
8
   Rohr Flöte  
4
   Dulcet  
8
   Viola da Gamba  
2 2/3
   Nazard  
8
   Dulciana  
2
   Fifteenth  

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Contra Dulciana [TC]  
4
   Dulcet  
8
   Rohr Flöte  
2 2/3
   Nazard  
8
   Viola da Gamba  
2
   Piccolo  
8
   Voix Céleste  
1 3/5
   Tierce  
8
   Dulciana  
8
   Oboe  
4
   Violina  
4
   Oboe-Clarion  
4
   Lieblich Flöte       Tremulant  

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Bourdon  
8
   Cello  
16
   Gedeckt  
8
   Stopped Flute  
8
   Octave  
16
   Bassoon  
               
Stop Analysis
     
Pipes
  
16
   Pedal Bourdon
44
  
16
   Rohr Flöte
97
  
8
   Open Diapason
73
  
8
   Viola da Gamba
85
  
8
   Voix Celeste [from GG]
54
  
8
   Dulciana [from Tenor C]
73
  
16
   Bassoon
    85
  
   
Total
511
  
               
J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City – Opus 259 (1888)
Mechanical action
1 manual, 12 stops, 9 ranks


This organ was built for the Church of the Redeemer, original owners of the building.
               
Manual – 61 notes
16
   Bourdon
61
4
   Gemshorn
61
8
   Open Diapason
61
2
  
Fifteenth
preparation
8
   Salicional
61
    
Mixture 3 ranks
preparation
8
   Stopped Diapason
61
8
  
Trumpet
preparation
4
   Principal
61
8
   Oboe
61
4
   Flute Traverso
61
        
               
Pedal – 27 notes
16
  
Bourdon
27
        
               
Accessories
    Pedal Coupler          
    Bellows Signal          
    Balanced Swell Pedal          
               
Sources:
     Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     Nelson, George. Organs of the United States and Canada Database, Seattle, Wash.
     Odell, Edward. Factory Specifications of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 259 (1888).
     Odell Opus List, compiled by Sand Lawn and courtesy David Scribner.
     Scheer, Stanley. Factory Specifications of Casavant Frères Organ, Op. 2252, May 28, 1954.

Illustrations:
     Steven E. Lawson