Faith Presbyterian Church

359 West 48th Street
New York, N.Y. 10036

Organ Specifications:
359 West 48th Street (1897-1920)
► II/23 Fred E. Raynor & Co. (1897)
423 West 46th Street (1883-1897)
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Faith Presbyterian Church was organized in 1883 as an outgrowth of Faith Chapel, a mission of West Presbyterian Church that had been established in 1872 and was located at 423 West 46th Street. On May 9, 1897, the congregation opened their new home at 359 West 48th Street, east of Ninth Avenue, the former Fourth Reformed Church. In 1920, Faith Presbyterian merged with and moved to Good Shepherd Presbyterian, at 152 West 66th Street, and became known as Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church.
             
Fred E. Raynor & Co.
Port Jefferson, N.Y. (1897)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 21 stops, 23 ranks


The organ in Faith Presbyterian Church was built in 1897 by Fred E. Raynor & Co., of Port Jefferson, N.Y. Very little is known about Fred E. Raynor other than he was born on July 4, 1863 in Port Jefferson, worked with the Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, Vt., and died in 1903 in Port Jefferson. The following specification is from The Organist and Choirmaster (Apr. 15, 1897), a bi-monthly periodical published in London, with the note, "All the stops of full compass and pedals, 30 notes." Since Mr. Raynor had worked with Estey, the 61-note compass is suggested.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
4
   Octave
61
8
  Gamba
61
4
   Harmonic Flute
61
8
  Dulciana
61
2 2/3
   Twelfth
61
8
   Doppel Flute
61
2
   Fifteenth
61
8
   Melodia
61
   
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon Treble [TC]
49
4
   Principal
61
16
   Bourdon Bass
12
4
   Wald Flute
61
8
   Open Diapason
61
  Dolce Cornet III ranks
183
8
   Keraulophon
61
8
   Cornopean
61
8
   Aeoline
61
8
   Oboe & Bassoon
61
8
   Stopped Diapason
61
   
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
  Double Open Diapason
30
        
16
   Bourdon
30
        
               
Couplers
    Swell to Pedal       Swell to Great  
    Great to Pedal       Swell Octaves to Great  
               
Pedal Movements
    Great Organ Forte   Balanced Swell Pedal
    Great Organ Piano (double-acting)    
    Swell Organ Forte    
    Swell Organ Piano (double-acting)    
               
Mechanicals
    Swell Tremulant    
    Wind Indicator    
    Bellows Signal (Electric)      
           
Sources:
     "American Musical Notes," The Organist and Choirmaster (London: Apr. 15, 1897). Specifications of Fred E. Raynor & Co. organ (1897).
     "Among the Churches," Christian Work: Illustrated Family Newspaper (May 13, 1897).
     Dunlap, David. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     Fox, David H. A Guide to North American Organbuilders (Rev. ed.). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.

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