Miss Lucy S. Schieffelin Residence

241 West 70th Street
New York, N.Y. 10023


Lucy Stella Schieffelin was the daughter of Edgar Schieffelin of Schieffelin & Co., the wholesale drug firm. Miss Schieffelin was an organist and financial supporter of the Guilmant Organ School. Miss Schieffelin died on May 10, 1936.
               
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 2187 (1924)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 7 stops, 7 ranks


Estey's Op. 2410, built in 1924 for the Lucy S. Schieffelin Residence, was voiced on 5" wind pressure and included a detached two-manual console. In the Estey Shop Order, dated December 1, 1924, there is a comment in the "Details of Voicing" field: "Very careful. For organist's personal use." This organ was later moved to Trinity Methodist Church, Richmond Hill, Queens, where it is extant.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Open Diapason
61
8
   Melodia
61
8
   Dulciana
61
        
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Salicional
61
4
   Flute Harmonic
61
8
   Stopped Diapason
61
        
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
30
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Great 4', Unison   Swell to Pedal 8'
    Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison   Great to Pedal 8'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'    
               
Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great & Pedal & Couplers
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell & Pedal & Couplers
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Entire Organ
               
Mechanicals
    Expression Pedal – Swell & Great   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Crescendo Pedal   Tremulant
               
Sources:
     Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order for Estey Organ, Op. 2187 (1924).
     The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
     "Guilmant Graduates 7," The New York Times (June 2, 1937).
     "Schieffelin Will to Help Charity," The New York Times (May 20, 1936).