St. Paul's Episcophal Church - Brooklyn, N.Y. (1944 photo: Brooklyn Daily Eagle; Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection)
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church

199 Carroll Street at Clinton Street
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231
http://stpaulscarrollst.org


Organ Specifications:
199 Carroll Street at Clinton Street (since 1866)
► III/46 Austin Organ Company, Op. 479-A (as of 2005)
► III/40 Austin Organ Company, Op. 479 (1914)
• III/ George Jardine & Son (c.1866)
Corner of Carroll and Hicks Streets (1850-1866)
• II/ Ferris & Stuart (1861)


St. Paul's Church was organized on Christmas Day 1849, under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Isaac P. Labagh. The original church edifice, built in 1850, consisted of a nave, tower, and spire. Transepts were added in 1852, making it cruciform, with a recessed chancel. The steady growth of the congregation rendered necessary a second enlargement of the building in 1860, which was effected by taking down the walls of the nave, supporting the roof with columns, and adding aisles, making an edifice sixty-eight feet in width, and ninety-four feet in length including the tower; and with accommodations sufficient for about seven hundred persons. The building was gothic in design, and the material brick, trimmed with freestone.

1866 view of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church - Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY  
In 1866, the present edifice was commenced. The style is gothic, and the architect is Mr. Richard M. Upjohn. The walls are of rough hewn blue granite, handsomely relieved with Newark and Ohio sandstone; and the interior columns are monoliths of brown stone, with massive pedestals, and elaborately carved capitals in Cleveland stone. The edifice has a front of seventy-five feet on Clinton street, and a depth of one hundred and forty-five feet, one side being on Carroll street. It is sixty-seven feet high in the nave, and will be surmounted by graceful spire one hundred and eighty-five feet in height; and will seat a congregation of one thousand people. The massive masonry of the aisles, nave and transept walls, the lofty gables filled with large windows of effective designs, the front porch with clustered columns of variegated stone elaborately carved; and the triple apses at the eastern end for chancel, sacristy, and organ chamber, with their highpitched, slated roofs, all serve to break and diversify the exterior, and reader the view picturesque and impressive.

  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Carroll Gardens - Brooklyn, N.Y. (1907 postcard)
  1907 Postcard
In the chancel there are five large windows, which have the figure of our Saviour as the Good Shepherd in the centre, and the Major Prophets in the other four, with symbols of the Holy Evangelists in the lower compartments. The roof is open timbered, and is highly adorned in polychrome, with blue panels, and gold and vermilion borders, while the clere-story walls are treated with Venetian red, ornamented with diaper work and the lower portion of the walls are left in quiet colors. The furniture of the church is of black walnut, with an eagle lecturn and a font constructed of stone and marble, adorned with sculptured heads and foliage, and standing upon a stone platform inlaid with a cross of encaustic tiles; the floors of the chancel, porches and tower are also paved with tiles of varied designs. The cost of the structure was $150,000. It was first opened for divine services on Sunday, the 19th of September, 1869, the Rt. Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, D.D., delivering an appropriate and congratulatory address, and administering the rite of confirmation.

Henry R. Stiles. History of the City of Brooklyn
           
 

Austin Organ, Op. 479-A (1914) - St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York
Austin Organ Company
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 479-A (1914), rev.
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 60 stops, 46 ranks




Much of the gallery organ originally sat in the front of the church, in the space occupied by the Grotto Chapel. It was moved, with major additions, to the balcony in 1914. A separate organ still exists under the altar floor, where it sits on an earthen floor and spoke through a large iron grate into the chancel. The chancel organ's pipework and swell boxes are in reasonably good condition, but the console has long since disintegrated. Following is the specification as of 2005.
               
GALLERY ORGAN
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
   Violone [ext. PED]
5
4
   Octave
61
8
   Principal
61
4
   Harmonic Flute
61
8
   Major Flute [ext. PED]
17
2
   Super Octave
61
8
   Bourdon
61
 
   Mixture IV ranks
244
8
   Violoncello
61
 
   Chimes [Deagan 1914, no action]

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
61
2
   Flautino
61
8
   Diapason
61
1 3/5
   Tierce
61
8
   Rohrflöte
61
     Mixture IV ranks
244
8
   Viole d'Orchestre
61
16
   Basson
73
8
   Viole Celeste [TC]
49
8
   Trompette
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Basson [ext.]
—
4
   Fugara
61
4
   Clairon
61
4
   Flauto Traverso
61
     Tremolo [fan]  
2 2/3
   Nazard
61
        

     

     
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Geigen
61
8
   Trompette Heroique
PED
8
   Geigen Celeste [TC]
49
8
   Clarinet
61
8
   Concert Flute
61
8
   Horn
61
8
   Unda Maris [TC]
49
8
   Vox Humana
61
4
   Flauto d'Amour
61
 
   Tremolo [fan]  
2
   Piccolo
61
     Harp [no action]  

     

     
Positiv Organ [console preparation]

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
  
Bourdon
preparation
4
   Violone [ext.]
—
16
   Open Wood [unit]
56
 
   Gross Sesquialtera II rks
derived
16
   Violone [façade]
56
     Harmonics II ranks
derived
16
   Bourdon
32
    
Mixture III ranks
preparation
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
32
  
Contra Basson
preparation
8
   Open Wood [ext.]
—
16
   Bombarde
44
8
   Principal
44
16
   Basson
SW
8
   Violone [ext.]
—
10 2/3
   Basson
SW
8
   Gedeckt
SW
8
   Bombarde [ext.]
—
8
   Bourdon
32
8
   Basson
SW
4
   Open Wood [ext.]
—
4
   Basson
SW
4
   Principal [ext.]
—
        
               
CHANCEL ORGAN
(extant, not playable)
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
  Pedal Organ – 32 notes
8
   Open Diapason
61
16
   Subbass [ext. GT]
12
8
   Dulciana
61
  
8
   Muted Viol
61
        
         
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
       
8
   Melodia
61
        
           
Austin Organ Company
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 479 (1914)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 42 stops, 40 ranks
               
GALLERY ORGAN
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
   Major Diapason
61
4
   Octave Diapason
61
8
   Principal Diapason
61
4
   Harmonic Flute
61
8
   Small Diapason
61
8
   Harmonic Tuba [enc.]
61
8
   Major Flute
61

 
Chimes
25 tubes
8
   Violoncello
61

   

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
73
4
   Traverse Flute
61
8
   Open Diapason
73
2
   Flageolet
61
8
   Horn Diapason
73
16
   Posaune
73
8
   Stopped Diapason
73
8
  Cornopean
73
8
   Orchestral Viole
73
8
   Oboe Horn
73
8
   Viole Celeste
73
8
   Vox Humana *
73
8
   Echo Salicional
73
  Tremolo  
4
   Violina
73
    
* with separate box and tremolo

     

     
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Geigen Principal
73
2
   Piccolo
61
8
   Dulciana
73
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Concert Flute
73
  Tremolo

8
   Unda Maris [TC]
61
    
Harp
54 notes
4
   Flauto d'Amour
73
 
      

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
   Resultant Bass
—
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
16
   Open Diapason
44
8
   Gross Flute [ext.]
—
16
   Violone [façade]
32
8
   Octave Flute [ext.]
—
16
   Bourdon
44
      
               
Choir Room – 49 notes? [playable from choir manual]
8
   Open Diapason or Dictaphone [sic]
               
CHANCEL ORGAN
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
  Pedal Organ – 32 notes
8
   Open Diapason
61
16
   Subbass [ext. GT]
12
8
   Dulciana
61
  
8
   Muted Viol
61
        
         
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
        
8
   Melodia
61
        
           
  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Carroll Gardens - Brooklyn, N.Y. (photo: Brooklyn Daily Eagle; Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection)
  Photo taken in 1913
Previous organ:

George Jardine and Son
New York City (c.1866)
Mechanical action
3 manuals




Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
           
Organ in previous church located at corner of Carroll and Hicks Streets:

Ferris & Stuart
New York City (1861)
Mechanical action
2 manuals


Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     The Diapason, December 1913. Specification of Austin Organ, Op. 479 (1914). Courtesy Jeff Scofield.
     Stiles, Henry R. 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. 1867-70.

Illustrations:
     Brooklyn Daily Eagle photos from Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
     eBay.com: 1907 postcard of chancel showing rood screen.