Steinway Reformed Church - Astoria, N.Y. (Forgotten-ny.com)
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Steinway Reformed Church

21-65 41st Street at Ditmars Boulevard
Astoria, N.Y. 11105

Organ Specifications:
21-65 41st Street at Ditmars Boulevard (since 1891)
► II/19 Aeolian Organ Company – second-hand
► III/31 Hall & Labagh (1852)
20th Road and 41st Street (1879-1891)
• unknown
   
Aeolian Organ Company?
New York City – unknown second-hand
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 21 stops, 19 ranks


The following specification was recorded (August 2003) by Larry Trupiano of Brooklyn. Mr. Trupiano noted that the organ was unplayable at the time due to renovation work in progress. A glance into the chamber suggested that this was a relocated organ originally built by the Aeolian Organ Company. There was what appeared to be a Klann console attached to the organ. Pipecounts were not indicated.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Open Diapason
2
   Fifteenth
8
   Gross Flute
8
   Corno d'Amour
8
   Gedeckt
  Great to Great 4
4
   Principal
  Swell to Great 16
4
   Harmonic Flute
  Swell to Great 8
2 2/3
  Twelfth
  Swell to Great 4
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Geigen Principal
2
   Piccolo
8
   Stopped Diapason
8
   Oboe
8
   Viola
  Tremulant
8
   Voix Celeste
  Swell to Swell 16
4
   Principal
  Swell Unison Off
4
   Flute d'Amour
  Swell to Swell 4
2 2/3
   Nazard
   
               
Pedal Organ – 30? notes
16
   Bourdon
  Swell to Pedal 8  
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
  Swell to Pedal 4  
8
   Flute
  Great to Pedal 8  
8
   Melodia
     
               
Combinations
   
Swell Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4-5
Great Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4-5
           
Pedal Movements
    Great Expression Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Swell Expression Pedal    
    Crescendo Pedal    
   
  Steinway Hall (c.1890) - 14th Street - New York City
   
Hall & Labagh
New York City (1851-2) – installed Steinway Hall (c.1866)
Mechanical action
3 manuals, 26 stops, 30 ranks


In 1851, Hall & Labagh of New York City built a new organ for the new St. Thomas Church, after fire had destroyed the previous church building. The case, designed by Wills and Dudley and painted to imitate oak, was 27 feet high, 17 feet wide and 10 feet deep. When the church relocated to Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street in 1866, the vestry planned to move the organ, but in the end decided to have an entirely new organ built by Hall, Labagh & Co. The 1851 organ was placed in storage until it was sold as a temporary organ for the new Steinway Hall at Fourteenth Street and Fourth (Park) Avenue. When Steinway Hall was razed in 1925, the organ was moved to Steinway Reformed Church.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 56 notes
8
   Large Open Diapason
56
2 2/3
  Twelfth
56
8
  2nd Scale Open Diapason
56
2
  Fifteenth
56
8
  Stopped Diapason
56
  Sesquialtra, 3 ranks
168
4
  Principal
56
8
  Trumpet treble [TC]
44
4
  Night Horn
56
8
   Trumpet bass
12

 

 

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 56 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon
56
4
  Principal
56
8
  Open Diapason
56
  Cornet, 3 ranks
168
8
  Stopped Diapason
56
16
   Double Trumpet
56
8
  Keraulophon
56
8
   Hautboy
56

 

 

     
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 56 notes
16
  Dulciana
56
4
  Principal
56
8
  Stopped Diapason treble
44
4
  Flute
56
8
  Stopped Diapason bass
12
2
  Fifteenth
56
8
  Viol d'Amour
56
8
  Cremona
56

     

     
Pedal Organ – 25 notes
16
  Double Open Diapason
25
        
16
   Double Dulciana
25
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal    
    Choir to Pedal    
    Swell to Great    
    Choir to Great    
    Swell to Choir    
 
Sources:
     Forgotten New York web site: http://forgotten-ny.com/
     Greater Astoria Historical Society web site: http://www.astorialic.org
     Trupiano, Larry. Specification (August 2003) of second-hand Aeolian organ.

Illustrations:
     Forgotten New York web site. Exterior (2012).