The Peabody Memorial Organ Details - St. Ann & the Holy Trinity

The Peabody Memorial Organ

Made by Ernest M. Skinner, 1925

The Peabody Memorial Organ is the third instrument to be installed since the church opened in 1847. The organ was designed by Louis Robert and built by Ernest M. Skinner as his Opus #524, the gift to the church from parishioner and financier George Foster Peabody in memory of his brother. The organ comprises 4,718 pipes, ranging from 2 inches to 32 feet in length, as well as 20 chimes and a 61-note celesta. In 1999, it was recognized by the Organ Historical Society as “An Historic Instrument of Special Merit”—the musical equivalent of Landmark status. It is the largest essentially unchanged E.M. Skinner organ in New York City. Over the years it developed many silent notes. The Chimes and Celesta do not play. Current restoration efforts are aimed at returning all of these elements to playable condition and to restore the instrument to its original splendor.

	GREAT ORGAN (II)
16’	Double Open Diapason	61
16’	Bourdon	61
8’	First Open Diapason	61
8’	Second Open Diapason	61
8’	Claribel Flute	61
8’	Wald Flute	61
8’	Viola Dolce	61
8’	Erzahler	61
4’	Octave	61
4’	Flute	61
2’	Fifteenth	61
	Harmonics II	122
	Mixture IV	244
8”	Trumpet	61

	CHOIR ORGAN (I)
16’	Gamba	73
8’	Diapason	73
8’	Concert Flute	73
8’	Dulciana	73
8’	Unda maris	61
8’	Viole d’Amour	73
4’	Flute	73
2 2/3’	Nasard	61
2’	Octavin	61
1 3/5’	Tierce	61
8’	English Horn	73
8’	Clarinet	73
	Tremolo
	Harp (61 bars)
	Celesta
	Chimes (20 tubes)

	PEDAL ORGAN
32’	Bourdon	68
16’	Diapason	44
16’	Violone	44
16’	Bourdon
16’	Echo Bourdon
16’	Gamba
10 2/3’	Quint
8’	Octave
8’	Gedeckt
16’	Still Gedeckt
8’	Stopped Flute
32’	Bombarde (wood)	56
16’	Trombone
16’	Posaune
8’	Tromba

	SWELL ORGAN (III)
16’	Bourdon	73
8’	Diapason	73
8’	Gedeckt	73’
8’	Hohl Flute	73
8’	Quintadena	73
8’	Salicional	73
8’	Voix Celeste	73
8’	Flauto Dolce	73
8’	Flute Celeste	61
4’	Octave	73
4’	Flute Triangulaire	73
4’	Gemshorn	73
2’	Flautino	61
	Cornet V	305
	Mixture V	305
16’	Posaune	73
8’	Cornopean	73
8’	Corno d’amore	73
8’	Vox Humana	73
4’	Clairon	73
	Tremolo

	SOLO ORGAN (IV)
8’	Gross Gedeckt	73
8’	Gross Gamba	73
8’	Gamba Celeste	73
4’	Orchestral Flute	73
8’	French Horn	73
8’	Tuba Mirabilis (20” w.p.)	73

	ECHO ORGAN (V)
8’	Chimney Flute	73
8’	Muted Viole	73
4’	Silverette	73
8’	Vox Humana	61

Total
4,791 Pipes
20 Chime tubes
61 Harp/Celesta bars

Controls
The five-manual and pedal console was constructed by Keats in 1970 and rebuilt by Randolph Organ Co. in 2005, and contains the following:

• 20 General pistons, 1-16 duplicated by toe-studs
• Unlimited levels of piston memory
• Sequencer with Forward/Back controls below each manual, duplicated by toe studs
• 8 Divisional Pistons for each manual and pedal
• 4 Coupler pistons
• Full Organ piston/toe stud
• 2 on/off toggles for Pedal 32′ stops
• 4 foot-pedal controls, arranged as follows, left to right: Choir Expression -Swell Expression -Solo/Echo Expression -Crescendo