Organ: Grace Church in Newark

The organ at Grace Church in Newark was made at the workshops of Casavant Freres in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. The organ case, including its hand-carved pipe shades, is made entirely of quarter-sawn oak from New York State.

The organ has 49 ranks, with three manual divisions and a pedal division. It has 45 individual stops and a total of 2,703 pipes. The 16 foot Contrebasse as well as the twelve lowest notes of the 32 foot Bourdon were retained from the old organ previously installed in the gallery.

For the most part the playing action is mechanical. Some larger pipes on the manuals and pedal divisions are controlled by electropneumatic action. The stop action is electric, and the combination action uses a solid state capture system.

The natural keys on the manuals are covered with bone. The sharps are made of ebony. The pedal naturals are made of maple, with sharps of rosewood. The stops and couplers are controlled by wooden drawknobs with engraved bone faces.

 

Grand Orgue (Manual II)

Montre 16', Montre 8', Bourdon 8', Flute harmonique 8', Prestant 4', Flute 4', Doublette 2', Cornet III, Grande fourniture II-III, Fourniture IV-V, Doucaine 16', Trompette 8', Tremblant.

Recit (Manual III)

Flute majeure 8', Viole de gambe 8', Voix celeste (GG) 8', Principal 4', Flute a fuseau 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Quarte de nazard 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Plein jeu V, Basson 16', Trompette 8', Hautbois 8', Voix humaine 8', Tremblant

Grand Choeur (Manual I)

Bourdon 8', Trompette royale 16', Trompette royale 8', Trompette royale 4'

Pedale

Bourdon 32', Contrebasse 16', Montre 16', soubasse 16', Octavebasse 8', Bourdon 8', Quinte 5 1/3', Octave 4', Mixture IV, Contre bombarde 32', Bombarde 16', Basson 16', Trompette 8', Trompette royale 8', Clarion 4'

Couplers

Grand Orgue to Pedale 8', Recit to Pedale 8', Recit to Grand Orgue 16', Recit to Grand Orgue 8', Recit to Grand Orgue 4', Grand Orgue to Grand Choeur 8', Recit to Grand Choeur 16', Recit to Grand Choeur 8', Recit to Grand Choeur 8', Recit to Grand Choeur 4'

 

 

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