Welsh Presbyterian Church
505 West 155th Street at Amsterdam Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10032
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J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City – Opus 479A (1912)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 19 stops, 19 ranks
This organ was originally built in 1912 for the Hope Baptist Church (later Broadway Baptist) on Broadway at 104th Street. In 1922, the organ was donated by Mr. E.C. Morris and installed by J.H. & C.S. Odell in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist (Presbyterian) Church. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
61 |
8 |
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Gamba |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Super Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Rohr Flote |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celestis [TC] |
49 |
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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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16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers (Tilting Tablets over Manual Keys)
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Great to Pedal |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Pedal to Pedal Octaves |
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Mechanical Accessories
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Swell Tremulant |
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Wind Indicator |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Piston Combination Movements
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Great Organ Forte |
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Swell Organ Forte |
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Great Organ Mezzo |
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Swell Organ Mezzo |
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Great Organ Piano |
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Swell Organ Piano |
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Pedal Movements
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Pedal Organ Forte |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Pedal Organ Piano |
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Organ in church located on East 13th Street:
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. (1896)
Mechanical action
Church Phonorium "Style O 86" reed organ
2 manuals, 10 stops
The Music Trade Review (Jan. 11, 1896) announced that Estey & Saxe, 3 East 14th Street, had sold a Style O 86 Phonorium to the Welsh Presbyterian Church. The Phonorium was a reed organ. |
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Great Organ(Manual I) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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8 |
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Trumpet |
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8 |
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Diapason |
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4 |
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Octave |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Oboe |
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8 |
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Gamba |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
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4 |
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Flute |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
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16 |
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Stopped Diapason |
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Mechanicals
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Swell to Great |
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Swell Tremolo |
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Swell to Pedals |
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Bellows Signal |
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Octave Coupler (GT) |
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Wind Indicator |
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Great to Pedals |
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Great Forte |
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Full Organ |
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Swell Pedal |
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Sources:
The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com. Specifications of "Church Phonorium" Style O 86.
Greenleaf, Jonathan. A History of the Church of All Denominations in the City of New York, From the First Settlement to the Year 1846. New York: E. French, 1846.
"The Phonorium in New York," The Music Trade Review (Jan. 11, 1896).
"The Real Estate Field: Welsh Congregation Buys Washington Heights Plot for Church," The New York Times (Aug. 17, 1913).
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications for J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 479 (1912).
Illustrations:
The Estey Pipe Organ web site. "Church Phonorium" model. |
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