East Orange, New Jersey
Christ Church, Episcopal
L. C. Harrison & Co. 1891 3 manuals, 41 stops, 45 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 58 16' Bourdon 58
8' First Open Diapason 58 8' Open Diapason 58
8' Second Open Diapason 58 8' Viola 58
8' Viol de Gamba 58 8' Aeolina 58
8' Doppel Flute 58 8' Stopped Diapason 58
8' Melodia 58 8' Quintadena 58
4' Flute Harmonic 58 4' Octave 58
4' Principal 58 4' Wald Flute 58
2 2/3' Twelfth 58 2' Flageolet 58
2' Fifteenth 58 Dolce Cornet, 3 ranks 174
Mixture, 3 ranks 174 8' Vox Humana 58
8' Trumpet 58 16' Contra Fagotta 58
8' Cornopean 58
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Oboe and Bassoon 58
16' Lieblich Gedacht 58
8' Violon Diapason 58 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Dolce 58 16' Double Open Diapason 30
8' Concert Flute 58 16' Contra Gamba 30
8' Viol d'Amour 58 16' Bourdon 30
4' Flute Traverso 58 10 2/3' Quint 30
4' Fugara 58 8' Violoncello 30
2' Piccolo 58 16' Ophicleide 30
8' Bell Clarionet 58
"There are twelve thumb piston couplers placed between the
keyboards. There are four Mechanical Accessories, viz.: Tremolo
to Swell Organ, Bellows Signal, Motor, Wind Indicator. There are
eight Pedal Movements operating on the Manuals and Pedals, and
also a Balanced Swell Pedal.
"One very important and unique feature of this organ is that
there are no trackers in the whole instrument, it being built
with the Harrison Tubular Pneumatic Action which renders the
touch as light as that of a piano. There is none of the rattling
noise so notable in an organ built with tracker action, and,
although the console is reversed and the distance from the keys
to the windchests is not less than twenty-five feet, the response
is wonderfully prompt and the repetition as quick as could be
wished. The voicing of the various registers is particularly fine
and characteristic, and was done under Mr. Harrison's personal
supervision. The two bellows are very satisfactorily blown by a
Nash gas engine. The organ and motor complete are a gift from two
little girls, daughters of a member of the congregation."
--from "The Churchman" (January 30, 1892)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-09-28]