Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive at 122nd Street
New York City: Manhattan,
NY
10027 US
Organ ID: 34700
Updated by Burt Bluemer
Updated by Sam Cherubin, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Peter Batchelder.
Great 16-8-4\' reeds are reused from the previous Saint Thomas Church - Fifth Ave Swell organ (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 205-A (1956)). Bombarde 8\' Tuba Mirabilis is built by Trivo Co. Lowest 12 basses for 16\' Contra Tuba and 16\' Festival Trumpet are borrowed from the Pedal 16\' Ophicleide.
Updated through online information from Fr. Mark McGuire. -- This division was voiced by John Hendriksen.
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Addition of Grand Chorus in second gallery to existing Aeolian-Skinner organ. Combination action replaced by solid-state by Anthony Bufano in 1981; console overhauled in 1983 and 1994.
Console: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
Nave and Balconies: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
Chancel: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
Upper Balcony and Trompeta Majestatis: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
Nave Clerestory Windows and Triforium: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
Swell 32' Gambe Pipework: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
Flexible Wind Tubing for 32' Gambe: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
8' Tuba Pipework in Triforium: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
8' Festival Trumpet Pipework in Triforium: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
32' Bombarde Pipework: Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
Low C of 32' Bombarde (Glass window): Photograph by Samuel Cherubin. Taken on 2013-12-21
Gallery Austin console: Photograph by Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 1994-09-09
Aerial view of console from organ chamber: Photograph by Jeremy Wance via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project. Taken on 1994-09-09
Church interior: Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-02-20
Chancel and organ chambers: Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-02-20
Console: Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-02-20
Left stopjamb: Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-02-20
Right stopjamb: Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-02-20
Church interior to rear and horizontal trumpet: Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-02-20
Church exterior and tower with carillon: Photograph by Patrick E. Parris, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-02-20
