Flatbush Church of the Redeemer (Lutheran-Presbyterian) - Brooklyn, NY
Flatbush Church of the Redeemer
(Lutheran–Presbyterian)

494 East 23rd Street near Foster Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226


Organ Specifications:
• Richard Walker (c.1973)
► III/28 M.P. Möller, Inc., Op. 4588 (1926)
► II/10 M.P. Möller, Inc., Op. 2123 (1916)
► II/10 Estey Organ Company – "Church Phonorium" model


Flatbush Church of the Redeemer (Lutheran-Presbyterian) - Brooklyn, NY  
The Flatbush Church of the Redeemer was organized in 1973 with the merger of the Flatbush Presbyterian Church and the Flatbush Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.

The combined congregations elected to worship in the stone Gothic building erected c.1916 for the Flatbush Presbyterian Church.
   
Richard Walker
Brooklyn, N.Y. (c.1973)
Electro-pneumatic key action


Sometime after Flatbush Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and Flatbush Presbyterian Church merged in 1973, the Aeolian-Votey organ (Op. 1673 (1929) from the Lutheran church was merged into the Möller organ by Richard Walker. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
   
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4588 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 42 registers, 26 stops, 28 ranks



From the February 1927 issue of The Diapason:
"The new three-manual organ in the Flatbush Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn was formally opened by Dr. Clarence Dickinson on Tuesday evening, January 18.  E. Harold DuVall is the organist and director of music at this church, his fourth position in this vicinity, having been previously successfully and successively at the Prospect Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church, the Baptist Church of the Redeemer and the Church of the Nativity. He has been at the present church for the last four years.  He is also organist at Temple Bethel, Manhattan Beach. Mr. DuVall, a former pupil of R. Huntington Woodman and Clarence Dickinson, will give the first of his third series of organ recitals on Feb. 3."
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
   First Open Diapason
61
4
   Octave (fr. 2nd OD)
—
8
   Second Open Diapason
73
4
   Flute (fr. Gr. Fl.)
—
8
   Grossflöte
73
8
   Tuba
61
8
   Dulciana
CH
    
Chimes
20 bells
8
   Gamba
73
        
               
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
85
2
   Flautina (fr. Bdn)
—
8
   Open Diapason
73
1 3/5
  Tierce (fr. Bdn)
—
8
   Rohrflöte (fr. Bdn)
—
     Mixture III ranks
183
8
   Viole d'Orchestre
73
16
   Fagotto
61
8
   Voix Celeste
73
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Aeoline
73
8
   Oboe
73
4
   Flute (fr. Bdn)
—
8
   Vox Humana
61
4
   Violina (fr. VDO)
—
     Tremolo  
2 2/3
   Nazard (fr. Bdn)
—
        
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Violin Diapason
73
8
   Unda Maris (TC)
61
8
   Concert Flute
73
4
   Flute d'Amour
61
8
   Flute Celeste (TC)
61
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Gamba
73
     Tremolo  
8
   Melodia
73
    
Harp
49 bars
8
   Dulciana
73
        
               
Echo Organ (console preparation only)
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Open Diapason
44
8
   Gedeckt (fr. Bdn.)
—
16
   Bourdon [unit]
44
16
   Trombone (ext. GT)
12
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
16
   Fagotto
SW
8
   Flute (fr. Op. Diap.)
—
8
   Tuba
GT
8
   Violoncello
GT
        
   
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2123 (1916)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 17 registers, 10 stops, 10 ranks


The Agreement (Mar. 8, 1916) between M.P. Möller and Flatbush Presbyterian Church shows that Möller would build a two-manual organ for the sum of $2,200 and the old organ. Möller indicated that the organ would be complete and ready for use on or before the 8th day of June 1916, or as soon after as possible. A note on the attached specification shows that the console was prepared for a third manual. Quartered oak was used for the case.
               
Great Organ(Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Open Diapason
73
4
   Octave (fr. OD)
—
8
   Dulciana
61
8
   Tuba
61
8
   Gamba
61
8
   Oboe
SW
8
   Rohr Flute
61
        
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
—
4
   Flute
—
8
   Dulciana
—
8
   Oboe
61
8
   Gamba
—
8
   Vox Humana
61
8
   Vox Celeste (TC)
49
     Tremulant  
8
   Clarabella
73
     Blank  
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
   Bourdon
30
        
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt (lo-press.)
—
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal   Great 16', 4'
    Swell to Pedal   Swell 16', 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'    
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 Affecting Swell & Pedal Stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 Affecting Great & Pedal Stops
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
  Balanced Grand Crescendo Pedal    
   
  Estey Organ Company "Church Phonorium"
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt.
Mechanical action
"Church Phonorium" model
2 manuals, 10 stops



When Flatlands Presbyterian purchased their first pipe organ, M.P. Möller's Opus 2123 in 1916, the Möller firm took the "old organ" in trade and sold it to St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Parkville, Brooklyn. The old organ was a "Church Phonorium" reed organ built by the Estey Organ Company. This model was available in two styles: "N 84" and "O 86" but it is not known which style was transacted. The two styles were identical except that the "O 86" had two additional stops: Great Trumpet and Swell Gamba.
               
Great Organ(Manual I) – 61 notes
16
   Bourdon  
8
   Trumpet  
8
   Diapason  
4
   Octave  
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
   Oboe  
8
   Gamba  
8
   Dulciana  
4
   Flute  
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
   Open Diapason          
16
   Stopped Diapason          
               
Mechanicals
    Swell to Great   Swell Tremolo
    Swell to Pedals   Bellows Signal
    Octave Coupler (GT)   Wind Indicator
    Great to Pedals   Great Forte
    Full Organ   Swell Pedal
   
Sources:
     The Diapason (February 1927). Stoplist of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 4588 (1926). Courtesy Jeff Scofield.
     The Estey Pipe Organ website: www.esteyorgan.com. Specifications of "Church Phonorium" model.
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     "2 Flatbush Congregations Unite for Survival," The New York Times (July 2, 1973).
     Trupiano, Larry. Electronic correspondence (Apr. 3, 2011) regarding the Richard Walker organ.
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Agreement (Mar. 8, 1916) for M.P. Möller organ, Op. 2123 (1916).
     Trupiano, Larry. M.P. Möller Agreement (c.1916) to move Estey "Church Phonorium" to St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Parkville, Brooklyn.

Illustrations:
     The Estey Pipe Organ website. "Church Phonorium" model.
     Flatbush Church of the Redeemer web site. Exterior and interior.