First United Presbyterian Church

South 1st & Rodney Streets
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201





The First United Presbyterian Church was incorporated in 1849. A new church building, on the corner of South Ninth (Rodney) and Eighth (South 1st) Streets in the Eastern District (Williamsburg), was erected at a cost of about $30,000 and dedicated on May 6, 1860.

In 1914, this congregation merged or disbanded and the building was acquired by Talmud Torah, a Jewish society of Williamsburg.
           
George N. Andrews
Sangerfield, N.Y. (c.1860)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 17 stops, 19 ranks


There was an organ in First United Presbyterian that was built by George N. Andrews (1832-1904), who became a partner in 1859 with his father, Alvinza Andrews, in Sangerfield, N.Y., before moving to Oakland, Calif., in 1888. The date of his organ for First United Presbyterian is unknown, but it may have been contemporary with the opening of the building in 1860.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 56 notes
8
   Open Diapason
56
4
   Flute [TC]
44
8
   Melodia [TC]
44
2 2/3
   Twelfth
56
8
   St. Diapason Bass
12
2
   Fifteenth
56
8
   Viol di Gamba
56
8
   Trumpet [TC]
44
4
   Principal
56
8
   Cremona [TC]
44

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon Bass
12
8
   St. Diapason Treble [TC]
44
16
   Bourdon Treble [TC]
44
4
   Principal Bass
12
8
   Open Diapason [TC]
44
4
   Principal Treble [TC]
44
8
   Dulciana Bass
12
     Cornet 3 ranks [TC]
132
8
   Dulciana Treble [TC]
44
8
   Hautboy [TC]
44
8
   St. Diapason Bass
12
   
               
Pedal Organ – 20 notes
16
   Double Open
20
   
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Couplers &c
    Swell to Great   Tremulant
    Great to Pedal   Balanced Swell Pedal
    Swell to Pedal    
           
Sources:
     "Anniversary Celebration," Brooklyn Eagle (Apr. 11, 1899).
     "Brooklyn Intelligence," The New York Times (May 7, 1860).
     Fox, David H. A Guide to North American Organbuilders. Rev. ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
     Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications of George N. Andrews organ. Courtesy Larry Trupiano..
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     "Two Churches to Celebrate," Brooklyn Eagle (Apr. 7, 1899).