Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Jefferson Street near Knickerbocker Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11237




Holy Trinity English Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized about 1914. The church building was located on Jefferson Street, near Knickerbocker Avenue, in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. At some point, the congregation merged with Grace Lutheran Church, also in Bushwick, to form Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. This congregation disbanded in 1984.
             
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3334 (1922)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 20 registers, 11 stops, 11 ranks


The Memorandum of Agreement (Feb. 25, 1922) between M.P. Möller and Holy Trinity Church shows that Möller agreed to build an organ for a consideration of $4,650, plus another $350 to prepare and furnish the action for Chimes of 20 Notes that could be "reached by the Pedal 4' coupler." Möller provided a detached two-manual stop-key console, oak casing, and dull gold decorations. The organ was voiced on 5" pressure, and was to be ready for use on or before August 1, 1922.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Flute Traverse
73
8
   Stopped Diapason
73
4
   Octave
—
8
   Dulciana (1-12 fr. St. Diap.)
61
8
   Oboe
SW
8
   Doppel Flute
73
 
Chimes
preparation
8
   Viole d'Orchestre
73
        
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Violin Diapason
73
8
   Vox Celeste (TC)
61
8
   Gedeckt
—
4
   Flute
—
8
   Dolce
—
8
   Oboe
73
8
   Doppel Flute
—
8
   Vox Humana
61
8
   Viole d'Orchestre
—
        
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Bourdon
42
8
   Flute (fr. 16' Bourdon)
—
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt (lo-press.)
—
   
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal   Great 4'
    Swell to Pedal   Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Pedal to Pedal 4'
         
Adjustable Combinations
   
Great & Pedal Stops Pistons No. 1-2-3
Swell & Pedal Stops Pistons No. 1-2-3-4
         
Mechanicals
    Tremulant   Crescendo Indicator
         
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Pedal   Great to Pedal [Reversible]
    Grand Crescendo Pedal    
             
Sources:
     Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
     Trupiano, Larry. Memorandum of Agreement (Feb. 25, 1922) for M.P. Möller organ, Op. 3334 (1922).

Illustration:
     Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. 1946 photo of church exterior.