PART 2, Great Organ at St. John the Divine New York

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Ernest M. Skinner CompanyBoston, Mass. – Opus 150 (1911)Electro-pneumatic action4 manuals, 104 stops, 81 ranks, 5,614 pipesThe Great Organ was built by the Ernest M. Skinner Company in 1911 as a four-manual and pedal organ of 81 ranks, the firm's Opus 150. The contract for the new organ, donated by Governor Levi Parsons Morton, was signed on May 19, 1906 for a cost of $45,000. It was another four years before the structure was sufficiently complete to begin installation of the organ. In early 1911 the organ was completed, and a dedication ceremony took place in April of that year. Skinner's organ introduced several tonal developments, including the French Trumpet, Flugel Horn, Gamba Celeste, and 32' Violone. In 1939 Skinner temporarily removed the console, Great, Swell and the Diapason, Bourdon and Trombone ranks of the Pedal to the concrete partition wall between the Nave and Crossing during the installation of the vaulted ceiling in the Great Choir. Following construction, the organ was reinstalled in 1941.








Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
16

Diapason
61
8

Erzahler
61
16

Bourdon
61
8

Harmonic Flute
61
8

First Diapason
61
4

Octave
61
8

Second Diapason
61
4

Gambette
61
8

Third Diapason
61
4

Flute
61
8

Philomela
SO
2

Fifteenth
61
8

Gross Flute
61

Mixture V ranks
305
8

Hohl Flute
61
16

Ophicleide
SO
8

Gedackt
61
8

Trombone
SO
8

Gamba
61
4

Clarion
SO






Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16

Dulciana
73
4

First Flute
73
16

Bourdon
73
4

Second Flute
73
8

First Diapason
73
4

Violina
73
8

Second Diapason
73
2

Flautino
61
8

Third Diapason
73

Mixture V ranks
305
8

Spitzflote
73
16

Trumpet
73
8

Salicional
73
16

English Horn
73
8

Voix Celeste
73
8

Cornopean
73
8

Viola
73
8

French Trumpet
73
8

Aeoline
73
8

Oboe
73
8

Unda Maris
73
8

Vox Humana
73
8

Claribel Flute
73
4

Clarion
73
8

Gedackt
73

Tremolo

4

Octave
73











Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16

Gedackt
73
2

Piccolo
61
8

Gamba
73
16

Fagotto
73
8

Diapason
73
8

Saxophone
73
8

Geigen Principal
73
8

Clarinet
73
8

Concert Flute
73
8

English Horn
73
8

Quintadena
73
8

Orchestral Oboe
73
8

Dulciana
68
8

Vox Humana
73
8

Dulcet II ranks
134

Tremolo

4

Flute
73



4

Fugara
73

Carillon









Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed
8

Stentorphone
73
16

Ophicleide [ext. Tuba]
12
8

Philomela
73
8

Tuba
73
8

Claribel Flute
73
8

Tuba Mirabilis
73
8

Harmonic Flute
73
8

Flugel Horn
73
8

Gamba
73
8

Clarinet
CH
8

Gamba Celeste
73
8

Orchestral Oboe
CH
4

Octave
73
4

Clarion [ext.]
12
4

Hohlpfeife
73

Tremolo

4

Flute
73









Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32

Diapason
32
8

Gedackt [ext.]
12
32

Contra Violone
32
4

Super Octave [ext.]
12
16

Diapason
32
32

Bombarde [ext. Tuba Mir.]
12
16

Second Diapason [ext.]
12
16

Euphonium [ext. Tuba Mir.]
12
16

Violone [ext.]
12
16

Ophicleide
SO
16

First Bourdon
32
16

English Horn
SW
16

Second Bourdon
SW
8

Tuba Mirabilis
SO
16

Gamba
CH
8

Tuba
SO
16

Dulciana
SW
4

First Clarion
SO
8

First Octave [ext.]
12
4

Second Clarion
SO
8

Second Octave [ext.]
12











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