Holtkamp Organ Co. Job 1796 (1964)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York City: Manhattan, New York 10128
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
OHS Database ID 41905.
Status and Condition
The organ is no longer at this location, and is presumed destroyed, dispersed or relocated.
We received the most recent update on this organ's state and condition February 20, 2016.
Technical Details
Electric key action. Electric stop action.
Two manuals. 3 divisions. 21 stops. 21 registers. 30 ranks. 1540 pipes. Manual compass is 61 notes. Pedal compass is 32 notes.
The organ is at the front of the room, and some pipes are exposed. Non-traditional style console. The console is movable.
Stop keys above top manual. Balanced swell shoes/pedals, standard AGO placement. Adjustable combination pistons. AGO Standard (concave radiating) pedalboard. Combination action thumb pistons. Coupler reversible toe studs.
Notes
- Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Installed in a chamber on the left side of the auditorium. Able to be covered by a large sliding wooden panel when not in use. Dedicated by E. Power Biggs on December 18, 1965. (Database Manager. November 6, 2006)
- Updated through research conducted by Sand Lawn, courtesy of David Scribner. (Database Manager. August 16, 2009)
- Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. (Database Manager. November 7, 2009)
- Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. (Database Manager. October 29, 2010)
- Removed by Organ Clearing House in 2015 (Steven E. Lawson. February 20, 2016)
Online Documents
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Other Websites
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City. Photographs, description, stoplist.[Last accessed 2018-07-23.]
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Photographs
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| Stage, exposed pipes and console. Photograph via Steven E. Lawson 2002-09-09 |
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| Console and exposed pipes. Photograph via Steven E. Lawson 2002-09-09 |
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| Console. Photograph via Steven E. Lawson 2002-09-09 |
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| Exposed pipes. Photograph by Jeff Scofield 2002-09-09 |
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| Combination action setter panel. Photograph via Steven E. Lawson 2002-09-09 |
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Stoplist
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- . Source: Stoplist from the NYC AGO New York City Organ Project
New York, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Holtkamp Job 1796 1965 2/30 __________________________________________________________________ GREAT SWELL PEDAL 8' Copula 61 8' Copula 61 16' Coppel 32 8' Quintadena 61 4' Rohrflöte 61 8' Gedackt 32 4' Octave 61 2' Octave 61 4' Choralbass 32 4' Flute 61 1 1/3' Quinte 61 2' Octavin 32 2' Doublette 61 II Sesquialtera 122 IV Rauschpfeife 128 IV Mixture 244 III Scharf 183 16' Fagott 32 8' Schalmey 8' Krummhorn 61 4' Schalmey 32 [Received from Jeff Scofield December 2, 2019] - Click Here . Source: Stoplist from the NYC AGO New York City Organ Project Plain text; will open in a new window or tab.