Pipe Organ Database

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Chester A. Raymond (1954)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 2400, 1917)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
150 E. Palisade Ave.
Englewood, NJ 07631 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 41301

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ is no longer extant; destroyed.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 66 ranks. 4,267 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 86 stops. 53 registers.
All:
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 86
  • Registers: 53
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Horseshoe style console.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys in horseshoe curves.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on June 08, 2014:

Updated through online information from David Macfarlane. -- Hook Op. 2400 was rebuilt by Ernest M. Skinner in 1946 prior to the Chester Raymond rebuild.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 10, 2009:

Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was a rebuild and enlargement of 1917 Hook & Hastings Op. 2400. Replaced in 1966 by Möller 4/66 Op. 10175.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> January 1955
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Chancel, Pipe Facades and Moveable Console (1950s): Church Archives Photograph; image courtesy of David Macfarlane.

Moveable Horseshoe Console (1950's): Photograph from the Church Archives; image courtesy of David Macfarlane.