Thomas H. Wood
1906
Originally Henry Erben (1840)
First Moravian Church
154 Lexington Avenue at 30th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US
17 Ranks - 835 Pipes
Instrument ID: 453 ● Builder ID: 6869 ● Location ID: 443
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STOPLISTS
| GREAT ORGAN🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Stop'd Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Gamba (bell)🛈 | |
| 4' | Octave🛈 | |
| 4' | Flute🛈 | |
| 2' | Fifteenth🛈 | |
| 8' | Trumpet🛈 |
| SWELL ORGAN🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Stop'd Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Dulciana🛈 | |
| 4' | Principal🛈 | |
| 4' | Rohr Flute🛈 | |
| 2' | Piccolo🛈 | |
| II | Cornet🛈 | |
| 8' | Oboe🛈 | |
| Tremolo |
| PEDAL ORGAN🛈 | ||
| 16' | Open Diapason🛈 |
| COUPLERS🛈 | ||
| Great to Pedal | ||
| Swell to Pedal | ||
| Swell to Great |
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (54 Notes)29 Note Pedal3 Divisions16 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1969 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
According to information from the New York City Organ Project website, the organ in First Moravian Church dates to 1840, when it was built by Henry Erben for the French Episcopal Church du St. Esprit, located at Franklin and Church Streets. The organ originally had a G-compass: manuals were GGG to f' (58 notes), and the pedal compass was CCC to C (25 notes). In 1863, the French church was sold at auction, and the Erben organ was bought by the Church of the Mediator, who had the organ moved and installed in their current building. Wood reworked the instrument so that it would have a manual compass of CC to f' (54 notes), and a pedal compass of CCC to E (29 notes). Total cost of the rebuild was $600. In 1969, the organ was rebuilt by Samuel O. Donelson of New York City. In 2015, Meloni & Farrier Organbuilders restored the organ to its original G-compass and replaced the Wood attached and projecting keydesk with a recessed keydesk.
Database Manager on November 15th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Connor Annable.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was Henry Erben (1840).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1969.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Bldg. was Ch. of the Mediator, Episcopal. Purchased by this congregation in 1869. Erben probably rebuilt a G-compass instrument. Rebuilt by Thomas H. Wood in 1907 ; restored Donelson 1969, 2-17rk, 16st. Manual compass originally GGG to f'(58 notes), ped. CCC to C (25 notes). Compass of Wood rebuild: CCC to f' (54 notes), ped. CCC to E (29 notes).
Webpage Links: New York City Organ Project - First Moravian
Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (1863) , Meloni & Farrier (2015) , Henry Erben (1840)
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