Concordia English Lutheran Church
Brook Avenue and East 142nd Street
The Bronx, N.Y. 10454
Organ Specifications:
Brook Avenue and East 142nd Street (1918-?)
► II/8 Estey Organ Company, Op. 1321 (>1915)
Oak Terrace and Crimmins (1906-1918)
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Brook Avenue and East 144th Street (1905)
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Concordia English Lutheran Church was founded in 1905, worshiping
at Brook Avenue and East 144th Street in The Bronx. From 1906-1918,
the congregation was at Oak Terrace and Crimmins, and in 1918
it moved to Brook Avenue and East 142nd Street. At some point,
the church merged into St. John's Lutheran Church, forming Concordia-St.
John's Lutheran Church. |
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Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 1321 (1914)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 8 stops, 8 ranks
This organ was originally built for the J.P. Mueller
Residence in Brooklyn, but it is not known when the organ
was moved to Concordia Lutheran. The Estey Organ Company
Shop Order for Op. 1321, dated December
4, 1914, indicates that this organ was voiced on 4" wind pressure,
had a console of birch with a mahogany finish, and had
bronzed front pipes. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe (TC) |
49 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Great Unison Separation |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 4', 16', Unison Sep. |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Expression Pedal |
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Balanced Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order for Estey Organ, Op. 1321 (1914).
The Estey Pipe Organ website: www.esteyorgan.com
Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash. |
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