Taylor Organ
A Special Part of our Music and Worship
The Taylor Memorial Organ at Grace and St. Stephen's is recognized as one of the finest organs in the country. Built by the Welte Organ Company of New York, New York in 1928, the instrument was a gift of Mrs. Alice Bemis Taylor, who was “persuaded by the rector and organist that a splendid organ for Grace Church would be an addition to the community as well as a fitting memorial” to her husband, Frederick Morgan Taylor. For the most part, the specifications of the instrument remain intact from the original project.
The overall style of the instrument is American Romantic, meaning that the design creates a warm, rich sound with many orchestral colors, making it ideal for choral accompaniment as well as solo recitals. In 1998, the organ was selected for recognition as an instrument of exceptional historic merit by the Organ Historical Society.
The organ has four manuals (keyboards): Solo, Swell, Great and Choir (from top to bottom on the console); the façade pipes seen in the chancel and nave of the church are purely for decorative purposes. Every speaking pipe of the instrument is enclosed behind shutters, presenting the organist with many expressive possibilities.
In total, there are 55 stops and 3,994 pipes. The stoplist can be found here.
A very generous gift by a Grace and St. Stephen's parishioner has made possible the addition of an antiphonal division at the back of the church, which was completed by Schoenstein and Co. of San Francisco in July 2020. The case, in white oak, was made by New Holland Church Furniture, PA. This marvelous addition to the main organ was designed to complement the 1928 Welte both aurally and visually, and includes a harmonic tuba stop of great power.
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