Grace Baptist Church
5224 Sixth Avenue at 53rd Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11220
http://www.gbcbk.org
Grace Baptist Church was founded in 1886 as the West End Baptist Church, and a church was built on Forty-seventh Street in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn. In 1908, West End Baptist Church merged with the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, and the combined congregration was named Grace Baptist Church. The cornerstone for the present building was laid on September 7, 1913, and the new 500-seat church, of modified Gothic architecture with brick and limestone trim, was dedicated in 1914. |
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Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 1265 (1914)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 13 stops, 12 ranks
The Estey Organ Company Shop Order (July 1, 1914) shows that their Op. 1265 for Grace Baptist Church included oak woodwork and 17 bronzed front pipes. The organ was voiced on 4" wind pressure. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Violin Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe [TC] |
49 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt * |
18 |
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* 1-12 from SW Bourdon |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Great Unison Separation |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Combination Pistons
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Pistons No. 1-2 |
affecting Great and Pedal |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 |
affecting Swell and Pedal |
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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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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order for Estey Organ, Op. 1265 (1914).
The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
Glück, Sebastian. Specifications of Estey Organ, Op. 1265 (1914).
Grace Baptist Church web site: http://www.gbcbk.org/
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library. 1945 postcard of exterior.
Grace Baptist Church web site. Color exterior and interior. |
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