Henry Pilcher's Sons
Opus 1527, 1931
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
30 East 31st Street at Madison Avenue
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US
30 Ranks - 2,103 Pipes
Instrument ID: 17237 ● Builder ID: 2792 ● Location ID: 15686
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions27 Stops47 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
One of the early twentieth-century 'skyscraper churches,' the church was housed in the lower floors of the 15-story Roger Williams Hotel, named after the Rhode Island theologian and abolitionist who started the first Baptist Church in America; the organ was replaced by an electronic in the 1990's; the hotel is now the luxury Roger Hotel New York.
Database Manager on August 31st, 2011:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.
Database Manager on April 7th, 2005:
Identified through information in Volume VIII p. 46 of the Pilcher factory ledger and the list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below.
Database Manager on April 7th, 2005:
Original price: $20,000. With echo. Photo Archives 4111.
Webpage Links: Madison Ave. Baptist, New York City
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