Bethany Chapel
(Reformed Church in America)
Hudson Avenue, near Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
Bethany Chapel, a mission of the Reformed Church in America, was organized in 1869. A building was soon erected on Hudson Avenue, near Myrtle Avenue. In 1902, Bethany Chapel merged into the North Reformed Church to form Bethany Church. |
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Hook & Hastings Co.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 1352 (1887)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 7 stops, 7 ranks
This organ was built in 1887 by Hook & Hastings of Boston. The organ was later moved (c.1908) to the Roman Catholic Church of the Resurrection in Harlem. The specifications below are from an "organ notebook" kept by Larry Trupiano. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
58 |
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4 |
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Octave |
58 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Stop Diapason |
58 |
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8 |
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Stop Diapason Bass |
12 |
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8 |
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Viola [TC] |
46 |
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4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
58 |
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Pedal – 27 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
27 |
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Couplers
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Great and Pedal |
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Swell and Great Octave |
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Sources:
"Bethany Chapel's Anniversary," The New York Times, June 3, 1895.
Gasero, Richard L., ed. Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628-1992: Churches. New York: Reformed Church in America, 1992.
Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of Hook & Hastings Organ, Op. 1352 (1887).
Van Pelt, William T., comp. The Hook Opus List, 1829-1916 in Facsimile. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1991.
Illustration:
Sperr, Percy Loomis. Exterior. |
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