Home Mission and History | Adult Programs | Children & Youth | Music | Outreach Stewardship | Media & Communications | Clergy, Staff and Vestry | Contact Us The Nave and  Chapel Organs The Nave Organ The Chapel Organ Back to Music Page   1995 Guilbault-Thérien console in concert position Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, CT – Opus 1586 (1929, 1961, 1972) Rebuilt by James A. Konzelman Organs Maplewood, NJ (1995) Electro-pneumatic key and stop action Solid State Logic combination action 5 manuals, 137 stops, 138 ranks   1929 Austin Organ console   The original organ in the present building had 75 ranks of pipes and was installed in 1928-29 by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, CT. Dr. J. Christopher Marks, organist and choirmaster for the previous 24 years, was instructed by the church to specify what he wanted and his wishes were followed exactly. The instrument was installed in three locations: the Great and Pedal divisions were behind the reredos; the enclosed divisions were in a large chamber behind a stone grill in the south Chancel; and the Echo in a chamber in the gallery at the West End of the nave. Bertram Goodhue Associates, architects of the church, designed the shell for the four-manual console, which was hidden from view behind a wooden screen in the south hallway off the Chancel. The contract dated January 18, 1928 indicates that the organ cost $50,750. In 1961, then-organist Charles Dodsley Walker and Richard Piper of Austin Organs embarked on an ambitious program to greatly enlarge and tonally revise the original 1929 Austin organ. The "Universal Air Chests" were rebuilt, new chests and pipes were added, and a new drawknob console was installed. A two-manual Austin stop-key console was also installed in the gallery. When the project was finished in 1972, the organ totalled 137 ranks. In 1993, the church suffered a devastating fire which destroyed the organ console, chancel woodwork and several choir stalls. Although most of the organ's 8,000 pipes remained intact, it was necessary to clean the pipework, rewire and restore the action, and replace the console. James A. Konzelman, organ curator, revoiced the organ and added several new ranks of pipes. A new movable five-manual console was built by the Guilbault-Thérien Organ Company of St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. The restoration of the church and organ included application of a sealant to the Guastavino tiles and Akoustolith walls in an effort to improve the acoustic.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, unenclosed [located behind reredos] 16   Quintaton  61   Scharf III ranks 183 8   Principal 61  16   Double Trumpet 61 8   Flûte harmonique 61 8   Trumpet  61 8   Bourdon  61 4   Clarion 61 8   Gemshorn PO   Tremulant preparation 8   Viola CH     Chimes SO 4   Octave 61  8   Trompette harmonique SO 2 2/3   Quinte 61  8   State Trumpet CEL 2   Octave 61           Mixture IV ranks 244   Carillons de vent 20 rods               Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed [located in chancel chamber]  16   Bourdon doux 73   Plein Jeu V ranks 305 8   Montre 73   Cymbale III ranks 183 8   Flûte creuse 73 16   Basson 73 8   Bourdon 73 8   Trompette 73 8   Viole de gambe 73 8   Hautbois 73 8   Voix céleste [TC] 61 4   *Voix humaine F 61 8   Flûte douce 73 8   *Voix humaine P — 8   Flûte céleste [TC] 61 4   Clairon 73 4   Prestant 73   Tremulant 4   Flûte à cheminée 73   Sostenuto 3 1/5   Grosse Tierce preparation 8   Trompette harmonique SO 2 2/3   Nasard 61 8   State Trumpet CEL 2   Doublette 61       2   Quarte de nasard 61   * in separate swell box 1 3/5   Tierce 61                       Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed [located in chancel chamber]  16   Viola 73 2 2/3   Nasat 61 16   Dulciana 73 2   Blockflöte 61 8   Montre 73 1 3/5   Terz 61 8   Flûte traversière 73 1 1/3   Larigot 61 8   Rohrflöte 73 1 1/7   Septième 61 8   Viola 73   Plein Jeu IV ranks 244 8   Viola Celeste 73 16   Douçaine 73 8   Dulcet II ranks preparation 8   Trompette 73 8   Dulciana 73 8   Cromorne 73 8   Unda Maris 73 4   Clairon 73 4   Prestant 73   Tremulant 4   Nachthorn 73   Harp [TC] 61 bars 4   Violina 73 8   Trompette harmonique SO 4   Violina Celeste 73 8   State Trumpet CEL                 Positiv Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, unenclosed [located in chancel chamber]  8   Holzgedeckt 61   Sesquialtera II ranks preparation 8   Gemshorn preparation   Scharf IV ranks 244 8   Quintadena preparation   Zimbel III ranks 183 4   Prinzipal 61 16   Rankett preparation 4   Koppelflöte 61 8   Krummhorn preparation 2   Oktave 61 4   Rohrschalmei preparation 1 1/3   Quinte 61     Tremulant   1   Oktave 61     Zimbelstern 11 bells                 Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes [located in chancel chamber]      enclosed:     unenclosed:   8   Orchestral Flute 73 16   Violon preparation 8   Violoncello 73 8   Montre 73 8   Cello Celeste 73 4   Prestant 73     Tierce Mixture V-VIII rks ?     Fourniture IV ranks 244 16   Bombarde 73     Cornet de Récit V [g2-d5] 150 8   Trompette 73 16   Trompette harmonique [TC] — 8   French Horn 73 8   Trompette harmonique 61 8   English Horn 73 4   Trompette harmonique [ext.] 12 8   Clarinet 73 8   State Trumpet CEL 4   Clairon 73           Tremulant [fan]           Chimes [Deagan] 25 tubes                         Celestial Organ (V) – 61 notes [located in gallery chamber; shutters prepared for] 8   Diapason 73     Chimes preparation 8   Gedeckt 73 8   Cornet de Récit V ranks SO 8   Viole Sourdine 73 8   State Trumpet [hooded] 61 8   Viole Céleste [TC] 61 8   Trompette harmonique SO 4   Flute preparation 8   Tromba preparation   Celestial Pedal 8   Corno d'Amore preparation  32   Subbass preparation 8   Vox Humana preparation  16   Subbass [ext.] 12   Tremulant preparation 8   Gedeckt  CEL                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Bourdon [ext.] 12     Mixture IV ranks 128 32   Soubasse preparation     Scharf III ranks 96 16   Principal 32 32   Grand Cornet VI ranks derived 16   Bourdon 32 32   Contra Posaune [ext.] 12 16   Soubasse 32 16   Posaune 32 16   Quintaton GT 16   Double Trumpet GT 16   Bourdon doux SW 16   Bombarde SO 16   Violon SO 16   Basson SW 16   Viola CH 8   Trompette 32 8   Octave 32 8   Trumpet GT 8   Bourdon 32 8   Basson SW 8   Spitzflöte 32 4   Clairon 32 8   Bourdon doux SW 4   Clarion GT 8   Violoncello SO 4   Krummhorn PO 8   Viola CH 2   Kornett 32 5 1/3   Quint 32 8   State Trumpet CE 4   Octave 32 8   Trompette harmonique SO 4   Spitzflöte 32 4   Trompette harmonique SO 4   Nachthorn 32 (4)   Chimes SO 2   Nachthorn [ext.] 12       The Chapel Organ                 Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, CT – Opus 1874 (1929, 1962) Electro-pneumatic action 2 manuals, 23 stops, 14 ranks A small two-manual organ with 11 ranks of pipes was installed by the Austin Organ Company behind an oak screen in the choir gallery of the chapel. The contract dated March 4, 1929 (fourteen months after the contract for the much larger organ in the church) shows that the organ cost $8,000. All of the pipes are enclosed in a single expression box. Two memorial stops, the Concert Harp and Chimes, were moved from the Möller organ, Op. 1808 (1914) in the Church of the Beloved Disciple on 89th Street. In 1962, Austin Organs reconfigured the original 1929 Austin organ to the following specification:                 Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Gedeckt 73 2   Blockflöte 61 8   Dulciana 73     Mixture III ranks 183 4   Principal SW 8   Trompette 61 4