Seventh Presbyterian Church - New York City
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Seventh Presbyterian Church

Broome Street, southeast corner Ridge Street
New York, N.Y. 10002

Organ Specifications:
Broome Street, corner Ridge Street (1842-1934)
► II/9 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2233 (1924)
• II/30 George Jardine & Son (1857)
Sheriff Street, near Broome (1818-1842)
• unknown if any


The Seventh Presbyterian Church of Jesus Christ was organized on March 27, 1818, by Rev. Elihu V. Baldwin, D. D., in the home of William Badoe, and the first house of worship was located on Sheriff Street, near Broome. In 1842, a new church was built, as designed by Napoleon Le Brun. For more than twenty years the church was known as "Dr. Hatfield's Church," due to the pastorate of the Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D., who led the congregation from 1835 until he resigned in February 1856 to become pastor of the North Presbyterian Church. For many years, Seventh Presbyterian Church had the largest Sunday school in the United States. On February 4, 1934, the Seventh Presbyterian Church had its last service, after which it merged into the Church of the Sea and Land on Market and Henry Streets.
           
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 2233 (1924)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 9 stops, 9 ranks


The Estey Organ Company Shop Order for their Op. 2233 shows that a two-manual console was to be installed at the end of the case, and there were to be bronzed front pipes, including 17 speaking pipes. Oak woodwork would be used, and the organ was voiced on 5" wind pressure.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
8
   Melodia
61
8
  Dulciana
61
        
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Salicional
61
8
   Oboe [TC]
49
8
  Stopped Diapason
61
8
   Vox Humana
61
4
   Flute d'Amour
61
     Tremolo  
       

     
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
   Bourdon
30
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal     Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal     Great 4', Unison Sep.
   
Pedal to Pedal 4'
   
Swell 16', 4', Unison Sep.
           
Combination Pistons
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great Organ and Great Couplers
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell Organ and Swell Couplers
           
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Pedal     Great to Pedal Reversible
    Crescendo Pedal      
           
George Jardine & Son
New York City (1857)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 30 stops


The first known organ for Seventh Presbyterian Church was built by George Jardine & Son of New York City . Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order of Estey Organ, Op. 2233 (1924).
     "Church in Chelsea Marks Centenary. Downtonw, Meanwhile, the 7th Presbyterian, 116 Years Old, Hold Last Service," The New York Times (Feb. 5, 1934).
     "Dr. Hatfield," The New York Times (Feb. 8, 1856).
     The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
     Hatfield, Edwin F. Twenty Years in the Seventh Presbyterian Church: Two Sermons, Delivered July 1st, 1855. New York: John A. Gray, 1855.
     New York Architecture Images web site: http://www.nyc-architecture.com
     Pelletreau, William S. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907

Illustration:
     Sperr, Percy Loomis. Exterior (1939).