aeolian-skinner.trinity-church-on-the-green.new-haven.ct.us.1935 AEO-TRIN.NEW Subject: Specs Aeolian-Skinner Trinity-Church New-Haven US 1935 Date: 22-Dec-97 at 23:26 From: INTERNET:Karl-Josef.Ziegler@MZB.Uni-Magdeburg.DE, INTERNET:Karl-Josef.Ziegler@MZB.Uni-Magdeburg.DE Aeolian-Skinner.Trintity-Church-on-the-Green.New-Haven.CT.US.1935 op. 927 ------------------------------- Gallery Organ Great (wind pressure: 3.25" & 5": marked with *) Sub Principal 16 Principal 8 Diapason 8 Gemshorn 8 Bourdon 8 Octave 4 *Gemshorn 4 *Quint 2 2/3 *Super Octave 2 Tierce 1 3/5 Fourniture IV *Trumpet 8 *Clarion 4 Cimes (enclosed in Choir, 25 tubes) Swell (wind pressure: 5") Lieblich Gedeckt 16 Geigen Principal 8 Viole de Gambe 8 Viole celeste 8 Flute celeste II (8', celeste from tenor c) Stopped Diapason 8 Octave Geigen 4 Flute harmonique 4 Fifteenth 2 Plein Jeu VI Bombarde 16 Trompette 8 Oboe 8 Clairon 4 Vox humana 8 (prepared in 1935, installed in 1972) Tremolo Choir (wind pressure: 3.75) Contra Gemshorn 16 Spitzfloete 8 Dulciana 8 Unda maris 8 (from tenor c) Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Gemshorn 4 Lieblich Floete 4 Nazard 2 2/3 Piccolo 2 Tierce 1 3/5 Sesquialtera V (prepared on Console) Trompette 8 English Horn 8 Clarinet 8 Tremolo Tuba 8 (unenclosed, 13" wind) (horizontal, added 1978) Pedal (wind pressure: 5") Soubasse 32 Principal 16 Sub Principal 16 (transm. from GT) Violone 16 Gemshorn 16 (transm. from CH) Bourdon 16 (ext. from Soubassse) Lieblich Gedeckt 16 (transm. from SW) Octave 8 Flute ouverte 8 Gemshorn 8 (transm. from CH) Still Gedeckt 8 (transm. from SW) Quint 5 1/3 Super Octave 4 Flute harmonique 4 Blockfloete 2 (prepared on Console) Mixture IV (prepared on Console) Bombarde 16 Trumpet 8 Clarion 4 Chimes (transm. from GT) ------------------------------------ Chancel Organ as in 1935 revised by Aeolian-Skinner in 1949 further revised in 1957, 1962, 1976 Great (wind pressure: 4") Diapason 8 Flute triangulaire 8 Spitzfloete 8 Gemshorn 4 Fluegel Horn 8 Choir (wind pressure: 4") Viola 8 Dulciana 8 Unda maris 8 (from tenor c) Stopped Diapason 8 Lieblich Floete 4 Tremolo Pedal (wind pressure: 4") Bourdon 16 (ext. from CH Stopped Diapason) Viola 8 (transm. from CH) free standing console all Standard Couplers History: 1816 February 21st: Church consecrated (back) Gallery organ built by William Redstone from New York City 1845 new, two-manual organ built by Henry Erben 1866 new, three-manual organ built by E. G. G. Hook (op. 385) 1884 large, recessed chancel added 1891 Hook console reversed to see the choir 1906/7 church interior rebuilt 1907 new organ with electropneumatic action built by the Hall Organ Company from New Haven, (Gallery + Chancel Organ, new console; both cases are retained until today) 1935 new organ built by the Aeolian-Skinner Comp., reusing a few stops from the Hall Organ The church has a reverberation time of about 1-2 sec. Source: Great Organ Builders of America : a Retrospective, Vol. 1. The G. Donald Harrison Aeolian-Skinner Op. 927. Trinity Church on the Green, New Haven, CT. Peter Stoltzfus, organ. CD AV Recordings JAV 101. rec. May 1997. -------------------------------------------------------- aeolian-skinner.trinity.new-york.ny.us AEO-TRIN.NEW Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:38:03 +0100 From: Martijn Subject: Re: Aeolian Skinner Organ NY At 04:10 PM 2/25/97 +0200, you wrote: >>I have a CD that's probably the best recording I have ever heard. It is >>called "The Wedding Album" CD GRC 3848 performed by Anthony Newman on the >>Aeolian Skinner Organ at Trinity Church, New York City. I would very much >>like to know the names of the reeds used on the different tracks. How can I >come into contact with Anthony Newman, or obtain a list of the >>disposition, or any specifications of the organ ? >> >>Pieter Smit > I do not know anything about that recording but I know the stop list: GALLERY ORGAN Great, 61 notes Violone 16' Principal 8' Rohrbordun 8' Flute Harmonique 8' Erzahler 8' Principal 4' Koppelflote 4' Twelfth 2 2/3' Superoctave 2' Blockflote 2' Fourniture IV-V Cymbale III Sub Trumpet 16' Trumpet 8' Swell, 61 notes Lieblich Gedeckt 16' Principal 8' Gedeckt 8' Salicional 8' Voix Celeste 8' Flute Celeste II 8' Octave 4' Flute Harmonique 4' Octavin 2' Cornet III Plein-Jeu IV-V Cymbale II-IV Hautbois 16' Trompette 8' Hautbois 8' (extension) Menschenstimme 8' (=Vox Humana 8') Clairon 4' Tremulant Choir, 61 notes Spitzgamba 8' Rohrflote 8' Principal 4' Nachthorn 4' Nasat 2 2/3' Blockflote 2' Tierce 1 3/5' Mixture IV Tremulant Positiv, 56 notes (!) Quintaten 16' Preastant 8' Singend Gedeckt 8' Principal 4' Spitsflote 4' Principal 2' Larigot 1 1/3' Principal 1' Terz 4/5' Mixture IV Zimbel III Rankett 16' Krummhorn 8' Rohrschalmei 4' Tremulant Bombarde, 61 notes *Gamba 8' *Gamba Celeste 8' *Flute 8' *Clarinet 8' Grande Founiture V-VIII Cornet de Recit V Bombarde 16' Trompette 8' Clairon 4' Trompette Harmonique 8' (en chamade) *=enclosed in Choir box Pedale, 32 notes Untersatz 32' (extension) Violone 32' (extension great) Principal 16' Erben Principal 16' Bourdon 16' Violone 16' (Great) Lieblich gedeckt 16' (Swell) Principal 8' Spitsflote 8' Octave 4' Blockflote 4' Flachflote 2' Gross Sesquialtera II Fourniture III Scharf III Contre Bombarde 32' (extension) Bombarde 16' Hautbois 16' (Swell) Trompette 8' Clairon 4' (extension) Rohrschalmei 4' (Positiv) CHANCEL Hauptwerk, 61 notes Quintade 16' Montre 8' Bordun 8' Praestant 4' Waldflote 2' Mixture IV Recit, 61 notes Flute a Cheminee 8' Viole de Gambe 8' Voix Celeste 8' Flute Harmonique 4' Gemshorn 2' Cymbale III-IV Cromorne 16' Hautbois 8' Trompette 4' Tremulant Brustwerk, 61 notes Quintadena 8' Rohrflote 4' Octave 2' Zimbel III-IV Pedale, 32 notes Bourdon 16' Quintaton 16 (Great) Principal 8' Gedeckt 8' Choralbass 4' Mixture IV Cromorne 16' (Recit) Cromorne 8' (Recit) Aeolian Skinner Organ Company opus 408D Completed in 1970 regards, Martijn van der Horst. ------------------------------