Irving Square Presbyterian Church - Brooklyn, NY
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Irving Square Presbyterian Church

Weirfield Street, corner Wilson Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11221



Irving Square Presbyterian Church was organized in 1902, with early services held in a store on Central Avenue and Schaeffer Street. In 1904, a frame edifice was built on Weirfield Street at the northwest corner of Hamburg (now Wilson) Avenue.
               
M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2545 (1918)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 16 registers, 8 stops, 8 ranks


The following specification is from an "organ notebook" kept by Charles Sharpeger. Manual and pedal compasses were not given but are suggested below, as based on similar tubular-pneumatic organs built by M.P. Möller in that time.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed with Swell
8
  Open Diapason [unenc.?]
73
8
  Rohr Flute
61
8
  Gamba
61
4
  Octave (fr. 8' Op. Diap.)
8
  Dulciana
61
8
  Oboe Horn
SW
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon (ext. GT Rohr Fl.)
12
8
  Clarabella
73
8
  Gamba
GT
4
  Flute (fr. Clarabella)
8
  Dulciana
GT
8
  Oboe Horn
61
8
  Vox Celeste (TC)
49
    Tremolo  
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Bourdon
44
8
  Flute (fr. 16' Bourdon)
16
  Lieblich Gedackt (lo-press.)
       
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8'   Great to Great 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8'   Swell to Swell 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 4'    
         
Mechanicals
    Crescendo Indicator    
    Wind Indicator    
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell and Pedal Stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great and Pedal Stops
               
Pedal Movements
    Great to Pedal Reversible    
    Balanced Swell Pedal    
    Grand Crescendo Pedal    
               
Sources:
     Brooklyn Genealogical Info web site: http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     Sharpeger, Charles. Specifications of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 2545 (1918). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.

Illustration:
     Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Postcard, Series 69, No. 414 (c.1910).