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Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Clermont Avenue and Willoughby Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11205
Organ Specifications:
Clermont Avenue and Willoughby Street (1870-1935)
► II/29 Reuben Midmer & Sons (1902)
• Reuben Midmer & Sons (c.1869)
133 Carlton Avenue, near Myrtle Avenue (1845-1870)
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The eighth Methodist Episcopal church of Brooklyn was organized in September, 1844. During the following summer a small building was erected on Carlton Avenue, near Myrtle Avenue, and the church was known as Carlton-avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. After several years of increased membership, a new church edifice was erected in 1851. This building, located on the original site, was constructed of wood with a brick basement, and cost $5,000. Most of the materials used to construct the forty-two by ninety-seven foot building were acquired from the old York Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1866, property on Clermont Avenue was purchased, and a new building was completed in 1870 at a cost of $84,000. Bishop Matthew Simpson dedicated the church, and the new church was renamed in his honor.
In 1935, the Simpson congregation merged with the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, located on the corner of Clinton and Lafayette Avenues, forming a federated group known as the Clinton Avenue Community Church. |
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Reuben Midmer & Sons
Brooklyn, N.Y. (1902)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 28 stops, 29 ranks
The following specification was recorded by F.R. Webber, whose "Organ Scrapbooks" are in the possession of The Organ Historical Society Archives in Princeton, N.J. |
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Great Organ (Manual I)
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
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Octave |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
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Flute d'Amour |
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8 |
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Viola d'Gamba |
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2 2/3 |
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Octave Quint |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
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2 |
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Super Octave |
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8 |
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Doppel Flöte |
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Trumpet |
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8 |
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Melodia |
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4 |
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Clarion |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
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2 |
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Flageolet |
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8 |
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Salicional |
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Dolce Cornet, 3 ranks |
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8 |
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Aeoline |
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8 |
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Cornopean |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste |
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8 |
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Oboe |
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
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4 |
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Violina |
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Tremolo |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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Open Diapason |
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Lieblich Gedackt |
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Bourdon |
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Couplers
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell Unison Off |
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Reuben Midmer & Sons
Brooklyn, N.Y. (c.1869)
Mechanical action
The Brooklyn organbuilding firm of Reuben Midmer & Sons was chosen to build an organ for the new church building that opened in 1870. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
"Burned the Mortgages. Jubilee Services at Simpson Church, Brooklyn," The New York Times, March 20, 1893.
"Churches Propose Cadman Memorial," The New York Times, November 9, 1942.
"Final Services in Carlton-avenue M.E. Church, Brooklyn" The New York Times, March 28, 1870.
"Midmer Pipe Organs." Brooklyn: Reuben Midmer & Sons, Inc., c.1917. Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
"Simpson Church Jubilee. Fiftieth Anniversary of a Prosperous Brooklyn Parish," The New York Times, December 3, 1894.
Stiles, Henry Reed. History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh. Brooklyn: pub. by subscription, 1863.
Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of Reuben Midmer & Sons organ (1902). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Photos:
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Eagle Post Card, Series 3, No. 26. Exterior, c.1905.
"Midmer Pipe Organs." Reuben Midmer & Sons Organ (1902). Photo of organ case. |
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