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Here are the specifications of some of the instruments JP plays on a regular basis:

Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College/CUNY

Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Hall

The Maynard-Walker Memorial Organ

Bedient Pipe Organ Company 1991, op. 30 (III/35)

Major overhaul by Flentrop Orgelbouw 2006

Mechanical key and stop action
Temperament: 1/8 comma (eight slightly narrow fifths;

one Pythagorean third on D-flat)

Compass manuals: C-g’’’; pedals C-f’

 

HAUPTWERK (I)

 

Praestant

      16

b-flat'' double

Octava           

        8

b-flat' double

Hohlflöte

        8

 

Gamba

        8

 

Quinte

        5  1/3   

g'

Octava

        4

b-flat double

Rohrflöte

        4

 

Quinte + Terz

2 2/3-1 3/5  

half-way 2 2/3 only

Octava

        2

 

Mixtur

   III-IV

 

Trompete

      16

 

Trompete

        8

 

 

 

 

OBERWERK (II)

 

Quintadena

      16

 

Praestant

        8

C-G combined with Rohrflöte 8 

Rohrflöte

        8        

Octava

        4

 

Octava

        2

 

Sesquialtera

        II

 

Scharf

    II-IV

 

Dulzian

        8

 

 

 

 

BRUSTWERK (III)

 

Gedackt

        8

 

Blockflöte

        4

 

Gemshoorn

        2

 

Octava

        2 

 

Sifflet

        1 1/3

 

Zimbel

        II

 

Voce Humana

        8 

reed

 

 

 

PEDAL

 

 

Praestant

      16

C-B = Hauptwerk; C-E-flat = Subbass 16 + Octave 8

Subbass

      16

 

Octava

        8

 

Quinte

        5 1/3

 

Octava

        4

 

Mixtur

       IV

 

Posaune

      16

 

Trompete

        8

 

Cornet

        2

 

 

 

 

COUPLERS

 

 

HW + OW, Ped + HW, Ped + OW

 

 

 

ACCESSORY PEDALS

HW/OW mixtures on/off, HW/Ped reeds on/off

Tremulant (whole organ)

Emanuel Lutheran Church, Pleasantville, NY

Austin 1968, op. 2492 (II/14+8)

 

HAUPTWERK (I; C-c’’’’)

Erzähler         

   16

 

Principal          

     8

C–B Pedal, c–c’’’’ HW 4

Rorhflöte

     8

 

Erzähler

     8

 

Principal

     4

 

Waldflöte

     2

 

Mixtur

 II-IV

 

Krummhorn

     8

 

 

 

 

POSITIV (C-c’’’’)

 

Nasongedeckt

     8

 

Nachthorn

     4

 

Prinzipal

     2

 

Sesquialtera

     II

 

Zimbel

     II

 

Tremulant