Church of St. Ambrose
Roman Catholic)

539 West 54th Street
New York, N.Y. 10036


St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1897, occupied a four-story brick complex on West 54th Street designed by John T. Van Pelt in 1911 that included a church, school and rectory. St. Ambrose Church disbanded in 1938, and the complex became Centro María, a residence run by the Sisters of Mary Immaculate that provides care and a home to women from different countries that come to work or to study in New York.
               
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 1033 (1912)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 10 stops, 10 ranks


The original organ in St. Ambrose Church was built in 1912 by the Estey Organ Company. Estey provided bronzed front pipes and a console at the C-sharp end of the case. The entire organ was voiced on 5" wind pressure. About 1948, the Estey organ was replaced by Austin Organ, Op. 75 (1903), moved from Christ Church (Episcopal) in Staten Island.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
8
  Melodia
61
8
  Dulciana
61
4
   Flute d'Amour
61
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Flute Harmonique
61
8
  Salicional
61
8
   Oboe [TC]
49
8
  Stopped Diapason
61
    Tremolo  
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
  Bourdon
30
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal   Great Unison Separation
    Swell to Pedal   Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'    
               
Sources:
     Dunlap, David. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     Stimmel, Phil. Factory Shop Order of Estey Organ, Op. 1033 (1912).