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St. Timothy Church
(Protestant Episcopal)
West 56th Street near Eighth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10019
Organ Specifications:
West 56th Street near Eighth Avenue (1867-1889)
► II/16 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 60 (1867)
310 West 54th Street (1853-1867)
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St. Timothy Protestant Episcopal Church was organized in 1853. The first church building, located at 310 West 54th Street, later became Amity Baptist Church.
In 1867, St. Timothy established a mission chapel on West 56th at Eighth Avenue.
St. Timothy merged with Zion P.E. Church in 1890 to form Zion & St. Timothy P.E. Church. The combined congregations built a new church on the site of St. Timothy's chapel. |
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J.H. & C.S. Odell & Co.
New York City – Opus 60 (1867)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 16 stops, 18 ranks
The following specification was recorded by F.R. Webber in one of his "Organ Scrapbooks," now in the collection of The Organ Historical Society Archives in Princeton, N.J. This organ, which may have been subcontracted to Levi U. Stuart, burned with the church in 1889. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
4 |
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Wald Flöte |
58 |
8 |
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Keraulophon |
58 |
3 |
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Twelfth |
58 |
8 |
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Clarionet Flute |
58 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
58 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
58 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
58 |
4 |
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Principal |
58 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon bass |
12 |
2 |
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Piccolo |
58 |
16 |
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Double Diapason |
46 |
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Cornet, 3 ranks |
174 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
8 |
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Hautboy |
58 |
[4] |
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[Flute?] |
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Tremolo |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes?
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16 |
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Double Open Diapason |
30 |
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Organ in church located at 310 West 54th Street:
Levi U. Stuart
New York City
Mechanical action
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Dunlap, David. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
"History of the Church of Zion and St. Timothy of New York, 1797-1894." New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. Courtesy Diocese of New York Archives.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Stuart, L.U. "Church and Parlor Organs" catalog (c.1870s). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of George S. Hutchings organ, Op. 364 (1895). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Illustrations:
"History of the Church of Zion and St. Timothy of New York, 1797-1894." New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. Interior of St. Timothy Chapel. |
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