Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.)

Corner 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022
           
Hilborne L. Roosevelt
New York City – Opus 346 (1886)
Mechanical key and stop action
2 manuals, 12 stops, 14 ranks


The following specifications were recorded by Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service firm in the area. Unusually, Mohr did not indicate the date of his visit, but he did note that the organ had an electric motor, 27 front pipes in gold and a chestnut case. He also wrote, "Organ is very dirty. Nothing has been done here for years. Buttons bad. Action rattles."

This organ is nearly identical to Roosevelt's "Style Twenty-eight" stock model, but with modifications:

1.
   The Great Organ 8' Salicional with 58 pipes replaced an 8' Dulciana having 46 pipes with its lowest octave grooved to the Doppel Flöte;
2.
   The Great Organ did not have the standard 2' Piccolo Harmonique with 58 pipes; and
3.
   The Swell Organ's 8' Dolce would ordinarily have 46 pipes with its lowest octave grooved to the Stopped Diapason.

 
               
Great Organ(Manual I) – 58 notes
8
   Open Diapason
58
8
   Doppel Flöte
58
8
   Salicional
58
4
   Gemshorn
58
               
Swell Organ(Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
58
4
   Flute Harmonique
58
8
   Violin Diapason
58

  Cornet, 3 ranks
164
8
   Dolce
58
8
   Oboe
58
8
   Stopped Diapason
58
        
               
Pedal Organ– 27 notes
16
   Bourdon
27
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal   Swell to Great
    Swell to Pedal   Swell to Great Octaves
               
Mechanical Accessories
    Swell Tremulant   [Bellows Signal]
    Eclipse Wind Indicator    
         
Pedal Movements
    Great Organ Forte   Balanced Swell Pedal
    Great Organ Piano   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Swell Organ Forte    
    Swell Organ Piano    
           
Sources:
     Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications of Hilborne L. Roosevelt Organ, Op. 346 (1886). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.