Click on images to enlarge St. Stephen Episcopal Church 439 East 238th Street at Vireo Avenue The Bronx, N.Y. 10470 http://www.ststephenswoodlawn.org/ Organ Specifications: ► II/14 Gress-Miles Organ Co. (1960); rev. A. LaMorte (1975-80) ► II/17 Gress-Miles Organ Co. (1960) The parish of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church was established in 1897 after preliminary meetings were held in the home of a Mrs. Hatch. A meeting place was secured and the first service was held in a store front on Webster Avenue in June 1897. In September of that year, a building committee recommended that a site be procured and a new church built. The budget for this venture was $1,400.               Gress-Miles Organ Co. Princeton, N.J. (1960); rev. A. LaMorte (1975-80) Electro-pneumatic action 2 manuals, 19 registers, 12 stops, 14 ranks The 1960 Gress-Miles organ was extensively revised from 1975-80 by A. LaMorte. In 2006, a Peterson relay system was installed by Stanton Daugherty, who provided additional work as funding becomes available.                 Manual I – 56 notes 8   Principal [c13] — 4   Flute Oueverte [g8] 49 8   Rohrfloete 56   Plein Jeu III ranks 212 8   Dolce [c13] 44 8   Krummhorn [a10] 47 4   Principal 56                     Manual II – 56 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon PED 4   Wald Flute 56 8   Gedeckt 56 8   Hautbois [e17] 40 4   Prestant [c13] 56   Tremulant 2 2/3   Nazard 56                     Pedal Organ – 30 note pedalboard (ranks have 32 notes) 32   Resultant — 4   Rohrfloete — 16   Gedeckt Bass [unit] 56 8   Hautbois Man.II 8   Gedeckt — 4   Krummhorn Man.I                 Couplers     Manual I to Pedal               Manual II to Pedal               Manual II to I                           Adjustable Combinations     5 General Pistons (not working)         General Cancel                                       Gress-Miles Organ Co. Princeton, N.J. (1960) Electro-pneumatic action 2 manuals, 18 registers, 13 stops, 17 ranks In 1960, the Gress-Miles Organ Co. built a new two-manual organ in a neo-Baroque style. All of the pipes were contained in a simple case with attached console that was located against the left wall of the chancel. Folding panels that can be manually moved were provided to adjust expression for the Manual II division.                 Manual I – 56 notes 8   Rohrfloete 56 4   Spitzfloete 56 8   Dolce 56 1   Mixture III-IV ranks 212 4   Principal 56   Zimbelstern                 Manual II – 56 notes, enclosed 8   Lieblich Gedeckt 56 1/6   Zimbel II ranks 112 4   Spillfloete 56 8   Krummhorn 56 2   Principal 56   Tremulant 1 1/3   Nasat 56                     Pedal Organ – 30 note pedalboard (ranks have 32 notes) 16   Gedeckt Bass [unit] 68 16   Sordun [unit] 56 8   Rohr Gedeckt — 8   Sordun — 4   Rohrfloete — 4   Sorun — 2   Rohrpfeife —                     Couplers     Manual I to Pedal               Manual II to Pedal               Manual II to I                           Adjustable Combinations     5 General Pistons             General Cancel                         Sources:      Fierro, Tom. Specifications of Gress-Miles organ (1960.      Fierro, Tom. Specifications of Gress-Miles organ (1960; rev. A. LaMorte (1975-80).      McGill, Patrick J. A History of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Woodlawn, New York, 1897–1972. Pub. by St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Woodlawn, Bronx. Courtesy Wayne Kempton, Archivist, Episcopal Diocese of New York. Illustrations:      Fierro, Tom. Interior; Gress-Miles organ.       | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |