Our Organ

Trinity is blessed with a 3 manual, 42-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ, opus 1469, installed in 1967. It was a gift from Mr. Fred Newton, in memory of his wife, Rita. Mr. Newton himself had had an interesting career in engineering and law – he was the designer of the approaches to both the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels into New York City, and built the famous Lock Seven of the Erie Canal. He was 80 years old at the time of the organ’s installation, and did survive long enough to hear it played the summer it was installed.

Mr. Lawrence Salvatore was the organist and choirmaster at the time, and had extensive discussions with John Tyrrell, then president of Aeolian-Skinner, about the tonal design of the organ. It is firmly in the American eclectic style. One of its unusual features is a split Swell division, since the chamber of the organ is quite small. The Swell II division, able to be separated from Swell I, acts as a floating division – either part of the Swell, or an enclosed part of the Choir.

Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc
Year: 1967
Opus: 1467
No. manuals: 3
No. stops: 45
No. ranks: 43
No. pipes: 2,497

Swell2 (III)
16′ Erzahler 61
8′ Bordun 61
8′ Erzahler 12
8′ Kleinerzahler 49
4′ Koppelflote 61
2′ Blockflote 61
II Sesquialtera 122
8′ Krummhorn 61
4′ Krummhorn 12

Positiv (I)
8′ Holzgedeckt 61
4′ Spitzflote 61
2′ Octavin 61
1 1/3′ Nasat 61
III Scharf 183
8′ Bombarde GT

Pedal
32′ Resultant
16′ Contra Bass 32
16′ Bourdon 32
16′ Erzahler SW II
8′ Octave 32
8′ Bourdon 12
8′ Erzahler SW II
4′ Super Octave 32
4′ Bourdon 12
III Mixture 96
16′ Bombarde 12 GT
16′ Hautbois SW I
8′ Bombarde GT
4′ Schalmei SW I
Chimes