St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School - New York City
  Click on images to enlarge
St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School
(Episcopal)

619 West 114th Street
New York, N.Y. 10025
http://sthildas.org
           
  Rieger Organ (1974) in St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
Rieger Orgelbau
Swarzach, Austria (1974)
Mechanical key and stop action
3 manuals, 33 stops, 50 ranks



The installation of the Rieger organ in 1974 inspired a reorientation of the chapel to incorporate liturgical reforms. As originally designed, the sanctuary and altar were on a raised platform at the north end of the room and the pews were traditionally arranged with everyone facing the altar. However, as this area did not provide enough space or height for an organ, it was decided to install the organ in a central position along the east wall and use a freestanding altar on a raised platform in the center of the room.
"Josef von Glatter-Götz, head of Rieger, designed the organ with William Toole, head of music for the school, consulting. No effort was made to have an all-purpose organ. With the number of stops possible, an instrument was built that would play the great baroque repertoire properly. It is also easily suited to accompaniment of daily chapel services. The simply contemporary design of the natural oak case is harmonious with the chapel of this eight-year-old building. The Rückpositiv, sitting at floor level, is covered by glass with swell shades on top of the case. It acts as a reredos for the altar."
(The American Organist (September 1975)
Clergy seating is in front of the Rückpositiv case, and the pews are arranged in the collegiate manner.
 
Hauptwerk (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
   Quintade
61
1 3/5
   Terz
61
8
   Principal [front]
61
1
   Sifflet
61
8
   Spitzflöte
61
1 1/3
   Mixtur IV rangs
244
4
   Octav
61
8
   Trompete
61
4
   Koppelflöte
61
4
   Schalmei
61
2 2/3
   Nasat
61
 
   Tremulant  
2
   Superoctav
61
 
   Cimbelstern  

     
 
      
Rückpositiv (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Salicional
61
1 1/3
   Quintlein
61
8
   Holzgedeckt
61
2/3
   Scharff IV rangs
244
4
   Principal [front]
61
16
   Rankett
61
4
   Rohrflöte
61
8
   Krummhorn
61
2 2/3
   Sesquialter II-IV rangs
?

  Tremulant  
2
   Gemshorn
61

     

     

     
Solowerk (Manual III) – 61 notes
16
   Regal
61
1/3
   Cimbel II rangs
122
8
   Vox humana
61
     Tremulant  
8
   Kornett V rangs [TG]
210
        
               
Pedal – 32 notes
16
   Subbass
32
2 1/3
   Mixtur IV rangs
128
8
   Octav [front]
32
16
   Fagott
32
8
   Rohrflöte
32
8
   Posaune
32
4
   Choralbass
32
        
               
Couplers (drawknobs and pedal reversibles)
    Manual I to Pedal   Manual I to Manual II
    Manual II to Pedal   Manual III to Manual II
               
Rieger Organ (1974) in St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
   Rieger Organ (1974) in St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
     
Rieger Organ (1974) in St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)   Rieger Organ (1974) in St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School - New York City (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
           
Sources:
     The American Organist (Sep. 1975). Specifications of Rieger Organ (1974).
     Ruth, The Rev. Mother, C.H.S. In Wisdom Hast Thou Made Them, New York: Adams, Bannister, Cox, 1986.
     St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School web site: http://sthildas.org

Illustrations:
     Lawson, Steven E. Chapel Interior; Rieger Organ (1974).