Trinity School
139 West 91st Street
New York, N.Y. 10024
http://www.trinityschoolnyc.org
Trinity School was founded by William Huddleston, working under the aegis of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in 1709 as a charity school for Trinity Church. Originally open to both boys and girls, classes were held in the steeple of Trinity Church in lower Manhattan, but in 1749, Trinity School moved into its own building across the street. The building burned down two months later and had to be rebuilt. Columbia University, then King's College, was founded in that building's first floor.
In 1789, Trinity's 56 boys and 30 girls were under the instruction of John Wood, clerk of St. Paul's Chapel at 29 John Street. No longer a charity school, its tuition stood at seven dollars per quarter, in addition to a one guinea entrance fee.
In 1838, Trinity closed admission to girls. Girls would not be readmitted until 1971. In 1889, Trinity School moved to 627 Madison Avenue (at 59th Street), and moved again a year later to 108 West 45th Street. In 1898, the trustees established the St. Agatha's School for Girls at 257 West 93d Street as a sister school for Trinity. St. Agatha's eventually closed its doors.
In 1895, Trinity moved to its current location at 91st Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Trinity currently occupies three connected buildings: 139 West 91st houses the Lower School; 115 West 91st houses the Middle School; and 101 West 91st houses the Upper School.
Shortly before the completion of the new upper school building in 1968, Trinity severed its Episcopal ties with Trinity Church, and is now non-sectarian, and receives no endowment from the Church. The school does, however, retain an Episcopal priest who is paid by Trinity Church. He delivers weekly chapel services at the school, as well as the annual baccalaureate service held at Trinity Church each May.
Trinity is the oldest continually operating school in New York State, as it remained open during the Revolutionary War, thanks to its Loyalist ties. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 8045 (1950)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 25 stops, 6 ranks
The M.P. Möller "custom" unit organ was originally installed in 1950 at Trinity School, New York City, and was acquired and moved to Mr. Rumpf's residence in 1980. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Fugara |
SW |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
SW |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
SW |
8 |
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Viole Dolce |
SW |
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Viole Fifteenth |
SW |
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Octave |
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Trumpet |
SW |
4 |
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Flute |
SW |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Bourdon [unit] |
85 |
2 2/3 |
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Nazard |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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2 |
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Flautino |
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8 |
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Viole Dolce |
85 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
73 |
8 |
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Viole Celeste [TC] |
49 |
4 |
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Clarion |
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4 |
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Flute |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Violina |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Flute |
SW |
16 |
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Gedeckt |
SW |
4 |
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Octave |
SW |
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Diapason |
GT |
4 |
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Flute |
SW |
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Combination Pistons
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting Full Organ |
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Pedal Movements
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Ernest M. Skinner Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 141 (1907)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 11 stops, 7 ranks, 396 pipes
The first organ in the present Trinity School was built in 1907 by the Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Diapason [unenclosed?] |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Gedackt |
61 |
4 |
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Flute |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Salicional |
61 |
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Unda Maris [TC] |
49 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
GT |
4 |
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Flute |
GT |
8 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
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Tremolo |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Gedackt |
GT |
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Couplers
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Great Octave |
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Great to Pedal |
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Pedal Movements
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Reversible Great to Pedal |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Sources:
Aeolian-Skinner Archives: http://aeolianskinner.organsociety.org/
Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
M.P. Moller Opus List, courtesy Jeff Scofield.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications for Ernest M. Skinner Company organ, Op. 141 (1907). |
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