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Andrews United Methodist Church
95 Richmond Street, near Etna Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11208
Organ Specifications:
95 Richmond Street, near Etna Avenue
Second building (1893-c.2010)
► III/22 M.P. Möller, Inc., Op. 3502 (1922)
• George Jardine & Son (c.1893)
First building (1851-1893)
• II/12 Hall & Labagh |
Andrews United Methodist Church was founded on April 29, 1851, when a small group residents, primarily farmers, from the hamlet of Union Place (the early name of Cypress Hills until the 1870s) met in the home of William Lindsay to discuss the formation of a Methodist Episcopal society. The new society was known as the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church of Union Place. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bridges donated a 75 by 100 foot lot on Rapelje (now Richmond) Street, between Ridgewood Avenue and Etna Street, and in September 1851 construction began on a modest frame structure. The basement was used as the first school in Union Place until P.S. 65 was constructed in 1870.
In July 1872, the society changed their legal name to Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, in honor of Bishop Edward Gayer Andrews (1825-1907).
In 1893, the old wooden church was razed and replaced with a new brick structure designed by church architect George W. Kramer of Akron, Ohio. The exterior is of orange brick with a three-story, square bell tower at one corner, with large rose windows on the front facade and one side. The interior is arranged on the "Akron Plan" — a popular progressive plan for Methodist churches of the era that was credited to and developed by Kramer. Also known as the "Akron Combination Church," the idea was to provide (usually) two tiers of Sunday School rooms that could be opened into a larger assembly room that could in turn be opened into the diagonally oriented, semi-circular auditorium. The church building was enlarged and improved in 1895 and enlarged again in 1923 when the congregation merged with the Williams M.E. Church. Also on the property is the original church parsonage, a two-story frame dwelling built in 1878-1879 in the Italianate style.
The building was sold c.2012 to the Ghana Wesley Congregation, although the remaining Andrews congregation continues to worship there.
In February 1992, the church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3502 (1922)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 25 stops, 22 ranks, 1,512 pipes
The Memorandum of Agreement (Oct. 6, 1922) between M.P. Möller and Andrews M.E. Church shows that Möller would build a new organ for the sum of $8,000 plus the old organ in the church. This organ was to have 25 stops and 22 ranks, all controlled by a detached three-manual stop-key console. The Factory Specification has a pencil note, "Strings to be 90% Tin." Möller indicated that the organ would be ready for use on or before July 1, 1923.
The Dedicatory Organ Recital took place on October 9, 1923, at 8:15 o'clock. Performing were Mr. Walter Wild, F.R.C.O.,
Organist, and Miss Edith Gaile, Soprano, as follows:
PROGRAM |
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Concert Overture in C |
Alfred Hollins |
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Largo from Symphony No. 5—From "The New World" |
Dvorak |
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Vocal—"Angels Ever Bright and Fair" |
Handel |
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Marche Funebre et Chant Seraphique |
Guilmant |
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Vocal—"With Verdure Clad the Fields Appear" |
Haydn |
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Nocturne |
Ferrata |
INTERMISSION |
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Allegro from First Trio Sonata in E Flat |
Bach |
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"The Answer" |
Wolstenholme |
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(a) "Before the Crucifix" |
Frank La Forge |
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(b) "O Divine Redeemer" |
Gounod |
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"Bells of St. Anne de Beaupre" |
A. Russell |
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Toccata from Fifth Symphony |
Widor |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
(6" wind pressure)
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Principal |
61 |
8 |
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Erzahler |
73 |
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Wald Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Doppel Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Tuba |
73 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
61 |
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* in Choir Box |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
(5" wind pressure)
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Bourdon |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
73 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
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Oboe |
73 |
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Gedackt |
73 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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Celeste [TC] |
61 |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
(5" wind pressure)
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English Open Diapason |
73 |
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Gamba |
73 |
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Clarabella |
73 |
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Flute d'Amour |
73 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
(6" wind pressure)
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Double Open Diapason |
44 |
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Octave Bass [ext.] |
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Bourdon |
44 |
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Bass Flute [ext.] |
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Lieblich Gedackt |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Choir to Swell 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4' |
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Choir to Pedal 8' |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Pedal Octave |
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Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Choir 16', 4' |
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Choir to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Mechanicals
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Swell Unison Cancel (in Key-jamb) |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Choir Unison Cancel (in Key-jamb) |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Swell Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Choir Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
| Pedal Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
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Piston Couplers
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Pedal to Manuals |
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Manuals to Great |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Choir & Great Pedal |
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Swell to Pedal Reversible |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Pedal |
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George Jardine & Son
New York City (c.1893)
Mechanical action?
The first-known organ for Andrews M.E. Church was built by George Jardine & Son of New York City. It seems likely that the organ's date is contemporary with the opening of the church building in 1893. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ in first building:
Hall & Labagh
New York City
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 12 stops
Hall & Labagh of New York City built an organ for the Union Place Methodist Episcopal Church, the familiar name of the Wesley M.E. Church of Union Place until the 1870s when the neighborhood adopted the name "Cypress Hills." Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
"Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church," The East New York Project: http://www.tapeshare.com/Andrews.html
"Andrews United Methodist Church Makes Historic Register." Unknown periodical (Spring 1992). Courtesy The East New York Project.
Dedicatory Organ Recital (Oct. 9, 1923). M.P. Möller organ, Op. 3502. Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Trupiano, Larry. Memorandum of Agreement and Specifications (Oct. 6, 1922) of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 3502.
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Exterior (1905).
New York Big Apple Images. Exterior (2013) (credit: Matthew X. Kiernan). Used by permission. |
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