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First A.M.E. Zion Church
54 McDonough Street at Tompkins Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Organ Specifications:
54 McDonough Street at Tompkins Avenue (since 1947)
• IV/ Allen Organ Company electronic
► IV/49 Ernest M. Skinner Company,
Op. 145 (1907)
Bridge Street and Mrytle Avenue (1905-1947)
• unknown
Fleet Street near Myrtle Avenue (1885-1905)
• unknown |
The First African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church of Brooklyn has worshiped since the 1940s in the former Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church.
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Allen Organ Company
Macungie, Penn.
Electronic tonal production
4 manuals
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Photo: Dave Schutt |
Ernest M. Skinner Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 145 (1907)
Electro-pneumatic action
4 manuals, 56 registers, 46 stops, 49 ranks
In 1907, Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston installed
a four-manual-and-pedal organ in Tompkins Avenue Church.
Skinner retained the existing case and 28 ranks from the
previous Midmer organ, and also installed an early example
of his Orchestral Oboe stop. The organ was played from
a four-manual drawknob console.
The organ was dedicated on March 2, 1908 by Clarence Eddy, who was then the organist and choirmaster of the church. Marcel Dupré presented his last American concert of 1937 on this organ, performing Bach's Fantasy and Fugue in G minor; the Allegro from Handel's Organ Concerto No. 10; Mozart's Fantasy in F minor; Sowerby's "Comes Autumn Time," and works of Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Reger, Russell, Schubert and Dupré.
As of 2006, the organ was extant but unplayable. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon (wood) |
61 |
8 |
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Erzähler |
61 |
8 |
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First Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Second Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Gross Floete (wood) |
61 |
16 |
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Ophecleide |
SO |
8 |
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Gedackt (wood) |
61 |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
SO |
8 |
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Gamba |
61 |
4 |
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Harmonic Clarion |
SO |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61
notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon (wood) |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
8 |
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First Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Second Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Violin |
61 |
8 |
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Spitz Floete |
61 |
2 |
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Flautino |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
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Solo Mixture III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
16 |
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Trumpet |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
61 |
8 |
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Voix Celestes |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
8 |
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Dulcet II ranks |
122 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Quintadena |
61 |
4 |
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Clarion |
61 |
8 |
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Gross Floete (wood) |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes,
enclosed with Solo
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8 |
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Diapason |
61 |
2 |
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Piccolo |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia (wood) |
61 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
61 |
8 |
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Unda Maris |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flute |
61 |
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Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes,
enclosed with Choir
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8 |
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Philomela |
61 |
4 |
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Harmonic Clarion (fr. 16') |
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16 |
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Ophecleide |
85 |
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Chimes |
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8 |
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Harmonic Tuba (fr. 16') |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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32 |
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Diapason (wood) |
54 |
8 |
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Gedackt (fr. 1st Bourdon) |
— |
16 |
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Diapason (fr. 32') |
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8 |
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'Cello (fr. Violone) |
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16 |
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First Bourdon (wood) |
42 |
16 |
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Ophecleide |
SO |
16 |
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Second Bourdon |
GT |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
SO |
16 |
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Violone (wood) |
42 |
4 |
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Harmonic Clarion |
SO |
8 |
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Octave (fr. 32') |
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Couplers
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Solo to Swell |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4' |
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Choir to Pedal |
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Solo to Choir |
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Solo to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Choir to Choir 16', 4' |
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Choir to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Solo to Solo 16', 4' |
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Solo to Great 16', 8, 4' |
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Combinations (All adjustable at console and visibly operating the stops)
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| Swell Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6-0 |
| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-0 |
| Choir Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-0 |
| Solo Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-0 |
| Pedal Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-0 |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Reversible Great to Pedal |
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Balanced Choir Pedal |
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Reversible Pedal for Swell Tremolo |
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Balanced Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Pedal |
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Sources:
Aeolian-Skinner Archives we site: http://aeolianskinner.organsociety.org/.
Stoplist of Skinner Organ, Op. 145.
"Dupre Recital Tonight," The New York Times (Dec 3, 1937).
Holden, Dorothy. The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1987.
Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
Stiles, Henry R. History of the City of Brooklyn. Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, The Town of Bushwick, and The Village and City of Williamsburgh. 1867-70.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification of Ernest M. Skinner organ, Op. 145 (1907).
Wong, Jai Lin. A History of Bedford-Stuyvesant. Excerpted on NYC Architecture Images web site: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/BES/BedStuy.htm
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle photos from Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Birk, Eric. Photo of interior.
Schutt, Dave. Console of Ernest M. Skinner organ, Op. 145 (1907). |
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