J. Warren Andrews

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J. Warren Andrews Studio
(Church Music School)

Church of the Divine Paternity
4 West 76th Street at Central Park West
New York, N.Y. 10023


Organ Specifications:
► III/14 Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. (1905)
► II/13 George S. Hutchings, Op. 308 (1893)


A Founder of the American Guild of Organists, J. Warren Andrews was born on April 6, 1860, in Lynn, Massachusetts. He held his first post as organist at age twelve in Swampscott, Massachusetts. When 16, he became organist of the First Baptist Church, Lynn, Massachusetts, and of Boston Street Methodist Church. Andrews was later organist of Old Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island (1879-88), Pilgrim Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1888-91), Plymouth Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1891-98), and Church of the Divine Paternity, New York City (1898-1932). Andrews was warden of the AGO from 1913 to 1916. He died at his home in Grantwood, New Jersey, at the age of 71 on January 18, 1932. His widow, two sons, a daughter, and his 91-year-old mother survived him.
               
Hutchings-Votey Organ Co.
Boston, Mass. (1905)
Tubular-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 20 stops, 14 ranks


In 1905, Mr. Andrews commissioned Hutchings-Votey of Boston to build a new organ for his studio. three-manual organ for his studio. Only slightly larger than the 1893 Hutchings organ it replaced, the new organ employed tubular-pneumatic action which allowed a Choir manual duplexed from the Swell, and an augmented Pedal. The fate of this organ is unknown.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
8
   Concert Flute
61
8
   Dulciana
61
4
   Octave
61
               
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
61
4
   Flute
61
8
   Violin Diapason
61
4
   Violina
61
8
   Salicional
61
2
   Flautino
61
8
   Aeoline
61
8
   Oboe
61
8
   Hohl Flute
61
     Tremolo  
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes (stops duplexed from Swell)
8
   Salicional
SW
4
   Flute
SW
8
   Hohl Flute
SW
8
   Oboe
SW
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes ("Augmented")
16
  Bourdon
42
8
   Flute [ext.]
—
16
   Gedackt
SW
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal   Choir to Great 16', 8'
    Swell to Pedal   Great to Swell
    Choir to Pedal   Swell to Choir
    Swell to Great 8', 4'   Swell to Swell 16', 4'
               
Combinations
   
Great & Pedal Organs Pistons No. 1-2-0  
Swell & Pedal Organs Pistons No. 1-2-3-0  
Choir & Pedal Organs Pistons No. 1-2-0  
General Release    
Pedal Release    
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Balanced Crescendo Pedal   Sforzando
               
Mechanicals
    Wind Indicator   Water Motor
               
George S. Hutchings
Boston, Mass. – Opus 308 (1893)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 13 stops, 13 ranks


This organ was originally built in 1893 for Mr. Andrews's Studio in Minneapolis, where he was organist and choirmaster at Plymouth Church. Upon accepting the position at the Church of the Divine Paternity in New York, he had Hutchings move the organ to his studio in the church. When a new Hutchings-Votey organ was purchased in 1905, the George S. Hutchings organ was moved to St. Catherine of Genoa R.C. Church in New York City where it was extant and playable in 2013.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
8
   Melodia
61
8
   Dolcissimo
61
4
   Octave
61
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
61
4
   Stopped Diapason
61
8
   Violin Diapason
61
4
   Harmonic Flute
61
8
   Salicional
61
2
   Violina
61
8
   Aeoline
61
8
   Oboe
61
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
  Bourdon
30
   
               
Couplers
    Swell to Pedal    
    Great to Pedal    
    Swell to Great    
               
Composition Pedals
1.
   Swell Strings
4.
   Great to Pedal
2.
   Full Swell
5.
   Great PP 8'
3.
   Swell to Great 4'
6.
   Full Great
               
Mechanicals
    [Swell Tremolo]    
    Balanced Swell Pedal    
               
Sources:
     Benjamin, William Howard. Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America. Albany: The Benjamin Publishing Co., 1908.
     The New Music Review (May 1905). Specifications of Hutchings-Votey organ (1905).
     Obituary, The New York Times (Jan. 19, 1932)
     Schmauch, David. Specifications of Geo. S. Hutchings organ, Op. 308 (1893).

Illustration:
     Benjamin, William Howard. Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America. Portrait of J.W. Andrews.