JULIAN RHODES' DREAM ORGANS
Manual 32ft. stops are not common, and their utility is perhaps questionable. The following list contains all the examples that I am aware of.I have not included Spanish/Portuguese organs with divided Chamade Ranks, the top half of which is occasionally of 32ft. pitch. I have, however included stops that only run from tenor C or, in some cases, middle C.
This list includes only organs known to be extant or under construction at the time of writing.
Last update: 6 January 2001.
Abbatiale de Saint-Denis Grand-Orgue: Montre 32
Abbatiale de Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux Grand-Orgue: Bourdon 32
Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal Grand-Orgue: Montre 32
Boston University Symphonic Organ MA Swell: Waldhorn 32
Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth TX Grand-Orgue: Violonbasse (Péd) 32 &
" Contre Bourdon (Péd) 32;
" Récit: Contre Trombone 32
Cadet Chapel, West Point NY Hauptwerk: Dulciana (tc) 32
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Los Angeles CA Great: Prestant 32;
" Bombarde: Contre Bombarde 32
Chicago University IL Great: Violone (Ped) 32
Christian Catholic Church, Zion IL Great: Violone (elec) 32
City Hall, Portland ME Great: Sub Bourdon 32
Convention Hall, Atlantic City NJ Great: Sub Principal 32;
" Choir/Swell: Fagotto 32;
" Grand Great: Dulzian 32
Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles CA Great: Prestant 32 & Grand Bourdon 32 &
Contre Basson 32
Doncaster Parish Church Great: Sub Bass (tc) 32
Duke University Chapel, Durham NC (Aeolian) Great: Quintaton (tc) 32
Église Reformée, Reims Résonance: Bourdon 32
First Congregational, Beltiot WI Grand Resonance: Bourdonbass (tc) 32
Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia PA Great: Violone 32
Houston Second Baptist Church TX Great: Contre Bourdon 32
Jack Singer Hall,
Calgary Performing Arts Centre Grand-Orgue: Contre Bourdon 32;
" Récit: Contre Basson 32
Jakobikirche, Hamburg (Ost-Orgel) Hauptwerk: Pommer 32
Lake Avenue Congregational Church, Pasadena CA Grand-Orgue: Montre 32;
" Récit: Contre Basson 32
LDS Conference Center, Salt Lake City UT Great: Dulciana 32;
" Swell: Contra Fagotto 32
Los Angeles First Congregational Church CA Swell: Contra Waldhorn 32
Liverpool Cathedral Great: Contra Violone 32
Grace Church, Utica NY Grand-Orgue: Principal 32
Marie-Reine-de-Monde Basilique-Cathédrale,
Montréal Grand-Orgue: Bourdon 32
Marsh Chapel, Boston University MA Grand-Orgue: Bourdon 32
Melbourne Town Hall Great: Contra Trombone 32
Merseburg Dom Hauptwerk: Bordun (tc) 32
Metropolitan Church, Toronto Great: Contra Bourdon (tc) 32
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas TX Resonance: Prestant 32
Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City UT Swell: Contra Fagot 32
Mother Church of Christ Scientist, Boston MA Great: Quintade 32;
" Swell: Kontrafagott 32
Muscatine Wesley United Methodist IA Grand-Orgue: Bourdon 32
Neresheim Abtiekirche Hauptwerk: Bordon (tg) 32
Newcastle Cathedral Great: Subbass 32
Norwich Cathedral Great: Double Gedeckt 32
Notre-Dame Cathédrale, Paris Solo: Bourdon 32
Oakland First Presbyterian Church CA Great: Prestant 32
Oklahoma City First Baptist Church OK Grand-Orgue: Contre Bourdon 32;
" Récit: Contre Basson 32
Old South Church, Boston MA Great: Dulciana (Sw) 32
Passau Dom Hauptwerk: Grand Bourdon (tc) 32
Radio City Music Hall, New York NY Great: Double Lieblich Gedeckt (tc) 32
Riverside Baptist Church, New York NY Swell: Contre Gamba 32
RLDS Temple, Independence MO Résonance: Montre (Péd) 32;
" Bourdon (Péd) 32
Royal Albert Hall, London Great: Contra Violone 32
St. Bavo Kathedraal-Basiliek, Haarlem Groot-Orgel: Violon (tc) 32
St. Francois Lausanne Grand-Orgue: Dessus de Flûte 32
St. Ignatius, San Francisco CA Great: Principalbass 32
St. Eustache, Paris Grand-Orgue: Montre 32;
" Récit: Contrebasson 32
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Sioux Falls SD Great: Tromba Chamade (tc) 32
St. Leger, Lens Grand-Orgue: Bourdon 32 (prepared)
St. Mary, Melton Mowbray Great: Grave Gedeckt (tc) 32
St. Paul Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia PA Grand-Choeur: Quintade 32
St. Thomas, New York (East organ) Grand Choeur: Quintaten 32
Schwerin Dom Erstes-Manual: Bordun (tc) 32
Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh PA Choir: Bassoon 32
Sv. Trisvienibas Baznica, Liepaja Hauptwerk: Geigenprincipal (tg) 32;
" Brustwerk: Untersatz (tc) 32
Sydney Town Hall Great: Contra Bourdon (tc) 32
Wanamaker Store, Philadelphia PA Great: Sub Principal 32
Westwood UMC, Los Angeles CA Great: Dulciana (I-II)(Ch) 32
Winston-Salem First Baptist Church, NC Grand-Orgue: Principal 32
Woolsey Hall, Yale University Great: Violone 32
Xianghai Concert Hall Swell: Grand Ophicleide 32
DISCLAIMER
The information given above is, to the best of my knowledge, correct.
However, organs change, are rebuilt or destroyed.
Please email me with any further information, either sins of omission or commission!
(And I know... even builder's leaflets can be in error.)
Here are some 'dead' manual 32fts., either prepared but never installed, removed when the organ was rebuilt, or destoyed with the organ.
Firstly some British ones:
Christchurch Priory Great: Sub Bourdon (tc) 32 Colston Hall, Bristol Great: Contra Bourdon 32 Ely Cathedral Great: Sub Bordun 32 Leeds Parish Church Great: Sub Bourdon 32 London Organ School Great: Dolce (mc) 32 Nottingham Mechanics' Hall (1849) Swell: Great Double Diapason (tc) 32 Peterborough Cathedral Great: Sub Bass (tc) 32 Queens College Chapel, Oxford Great: Contra Bourdon 32 St. Martin, Birmingham Great: Quintatön (tc) 32 St. Nicholas, Whitehaven Great: Quintatön (tc) 32 St. Olave, Southwark, London (1846) Great: Manual Untersatz or Sub Bourdon 32 Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge Great: Sub Bourdon (tc) 32
And some world-wide:
Atlantic City High School NJ Great: Contra Violone 32
Branch Street Tabernacle, Lowell, MA Great: Untersatz 32
Bremen Dom Hauptwerk: Bordun 32;
" Positiv: Bordun (tc) 32
Brussel Cathedral St. Gudule Grand-Orgue: Bourdon Discant 32
Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove CA Swell: Contre Gambe 32
Elmira NY Great: Contra Tibia Clausa 32
Oberlin College OH Great: Contra Bourdon (tc) 32
Claremont Colleges CA Great: Double Lieblich (tc) 32
Halberstadt 'Great Church' Hauptwerk: Contrafagott 32
Hill Auditorium, Michigan University Great: Contra Violone 32
Johannesburg Town Hall Great: Sub Bordun (tc) 32;
" Bombarde: Contra Trombone (tc) 32
Klosterkirche, Salem Hauptwerk: Bourdon 32
Magdeburg Dom (1606 H. Compenius organ,
according to Praetorius) Oberwerck: Principal grosser Untersatz (to 24ft. F)
Marienkirche, Loiz Hauptwerk: Bordun (tc) 32
Marienkirche, Lübeck Hauptwerk: Bordun 32
Marienkirche, Wismar Hauptwerk: Bourdon 32
Narbonne Cathédrale Grand-Orgue: Soubasse 32
Princeton University Chapel NJ Great: Quintatön (tc) 32
Riverside Baptist Church, New York NY Great: Manual Untersatz 32
St. Augustine, Gotha Hauptwerk: Bourdon 32
St. Jaques, Anvers Grand-Orgue: Montre 32
St. Martin, Tours Grand-Orgue: Montre 32; Bourdon 32
St. Moritz, Halle Hauptwerk: Bourdon 32
St. Nikolai, Leipzig Hauptwerk: Bordun 32
St. Paul, Frankfurt Hauptwerk: Untersatz 32
St. Paul, Toronto Great: Contra Bourdon 32
St. Sulpice, Paris Grand-Orgue: Montre 32
St. Thomas, New York (Adams organ) Grand Choeur: Principal 32
Stephansdom, Wien Erstes Manual: Untersatz 32
Stiftskirche, Stuttgart Hauptwerk: Bourdon 32
Ulm Münster Hauptwerk: Untersatz 32
...which shows that what America has gained, Europe has largely lost.