Our Organ

Mrs. Marie Schwartz made it possible for Transfiguration to commission one of the finest pipe organs recently built for a New York church. Designed and built by the C.B. Fisk company of Gloucester, Massachusetts, the Arnold Schwartz Memorial Organ (Opus 92) was finished and dedicated in 1988. It is a tracker, or mechanical-action organ, designed largely in the 18th century North German tonal style but with an extensive 19-century French Cavaillé-Coll typeswell division. This is an instrument eminently fit to perform the organ literature of all periods, as well as presenting and accompanying traditional Anglican liturgical music.


Specifications of the Arnold Schwartz Memorial Organ

C. B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 92, 1988

GREAT (manual I) SWELL (manual II)

16' Bourdon 8' Gambe

8' Prestant 8' Voix céleste

8' Spire Flute 8' Cor de nuit

8' Harmonic Flute 4' Spitzflute

4' Octave 2-2/3' {--Quinte

4' Rohrflute {--Sesquialtera II

2' {--Fifteenth 2' {--Doublette

{--Mixture V-VIII {--Fourniture III

8' Cornet V (from c1) 16' Dulcian

8' Trumpet 8' Trompette

8' Cromorne 8' Hautbois

BRUSTWERK (manual III) PEDAL

8' Stopt Diapason 16' Open Bass

4' Flute 16' {--Bourdon

2' {--Waldflöte 32' {--Bourdon

{--Double Cymbal III 8' Baarpijp

8' Regal 8' Bourdon

4' Schawm 4' {--Octave

{--Mixture IV

16' Trombone

N.B. Bracketed pairs of stops are each controlled by a single knob. Drawing the knob halfway brings on the first stop, drawing it fully brings on the second stop.

Couplers Great to Pedal Swell to Great

Swell to Pedal Brustwerk to Swell

Brustwerk to Pedal Brustwerk to Great

Zimbelstern with five bells from Whitechapel Foundry, England

Balanced Swell pedal

Tremulant affecting the entire organ

Wind Stabilizer

Combination action: Two pairs of adjustable combination pedals (On & Off for left-hand side; On & Off for right-hand side)

Direct mechanical action to both Stop and Key action

Keydesk: Built into the front of the organ case. Manuals CC-a3, 58 notes, naturals of grenadil, sharps of rosewood capped with bone. Pedals CC-f1, 30 notes.

Casework of quarter-sawn white oak with decorations in walnut and 23-karat gold leaf.