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Ocean Parkway Methodist Church
Ocean Parkway at Foster Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230
Organ Specifications:
Ocean Parkway and Foster Avenue (1911-?)
► II/11 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2536 (1926)
• II/23 J.H. & C.S. Odell (date unknown)
Lawrence Avenue near Ocean Parkway (c.1892-1911)
• II/23 J.H. & C.S. Odell (date unknown) |
The Ocean Parkway Methodist Episcopal Church was originally known as Ridley Memorial M.E. Church, located on Lawrence Avenue near Ocean Parkway in Parkville. Electricity was introduced to the church in 1896, with twenty-two lights in the church and eleven in the lecture room. In 1902, the Epworth League of Ridley Memorial celebrated its tenth anniversary, so the church dates back to at least that time. In 1911, a new church was built at Ocean Parkway and Foster Avenue, two blocks north of the earlier location, and the church was known as Ocean Parkway Methodist Episcopal Church. This church no longer exists. |
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Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 2536 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 18 stops, 11 ranks
The Estey Organ Shop Order for their Op. 2536 shows that Estey provided a two-manual luminous-roller type console, and a case measuring 16 feet wide by 17 feet high in the center. The organ was voiced on 5" wind pressure. Notes indicate that the church seated 500. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
73 |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
97 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
— |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flauto d'Amour |
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8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
2 |
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Piccolo |
— |
8 |
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Voix Celeste [TC] |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
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Tremulant |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
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Bass Flute [Bourdon] |
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
8 |
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Flauto Dolce |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great to Great 4', Unison |
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Pedal to Pedal 4' |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison |
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Combination Pistons
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Universals affecting all stops and couplers |
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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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Balanced Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Reversible |
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J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City (date unknown)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 23 stops
At an unknown time, the church acquired an organ built by J.H. & C.S. Odell of New York City. The Odell Opus LIsts do not show an organ for this congregation, so it may be presumed that the organ was a second-hand instrument. Due to it having mechanical action, it seems possible that the organ was installed in the first building, and then moved to the 1911 building. In 1913, Reuben Midmer & Sons of Brooklyn installed an blower for this organ. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order for Estey Organ, Op. 2536 (1926).
"Epworth League Celebration," Brooklyn Eagle (June 28, 1902).
The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
"To Use Electricity," Brooklyn Eagle, December 16, 1896.
Trupiano, Larry. Electronic correspondence (8/29/2012) regarding Reuben Midmer & Sons adding blower (1913) to a II/23 Odell organ.
Illustration:
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: Exterior of new church (Nov. 12, 1911). |
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