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Grace Reformed Church
Seventh Avenue and 54th Street
New York, N.Y. 10019
Grace Reformed Church was organized in 1885 and occupied the former Seventh Avenue Chapel of the Collegiate Church. The congregation disbanded in 1921. |
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Hillgreen, Lane & Co.
Alliance, Ohio – Opus 331 (1913)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 12 stops, 11 ranks
The Agreement (Mar. 28, 1913) between Hillgreen, Lane & Company and Joseph R. Duryee (pastor) for Grace Reformed Church, shows that Hillgreen, Lane would built a two-manual organ for a consideration of $2,000 plus the existing organ (valued at $500). Hillgreen, Lane provided a Key-Desk fitted with solid Mahogany for the Stop-Steps, Key-Slips, Name-Board and Key-Cheeks. The Stop Knobs had oblique faces, and the couplers were oscillating ivory tablets. A note in the Agreement states that "Preference is given for a mechanically operated swell." In the Oak case were decorated front pipes from the lower octaves of the Great Open Diapason and the Swell Violin Diapason. The organ was tuned to International Pitch (A = 435). Hillgreen, Lane indicated that the organ would be complete and ready for use on or about the 1st day of September 1913. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
(4" pressure)
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia (wood) |
61 |
8 |
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Viola di Gamba |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
(3½" pressure)
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Gedeckt (wood) |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes (4' pressure)
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16 |
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Bourdon (wood) |
30 |
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [ext. SW] |
12 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Great 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8' |
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Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Piston Combinations
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Great Organ Forte |
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Swell Organ Forte |
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Great Organ Mezzo |
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Swell Organ Mezzo |
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Great Organ Piano |
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Swell Organ Piano |
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Mechanical Accessories
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Coupler Cancel (piston) |
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Wind Indicator |
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Swell Tremolo (tablet) |
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Crescendo Dial |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Pedal – Great Organ |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Pedal – Swell Organ |
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All Organs Piano |
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Balanced Pedal – Crescendo and Diminuendo |
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Sources:
Gasero, Russell, ed. Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628–1992. New Brunswick: 2000.
Nickerson's Illustrated Church, Musical and School Directory of New York and Brooklyn. New York: Nickerson & Young, 1895.
Trupiano, Larry. Agreement (Mar. 28, 1913) for Hillgreen, Lane & Co. organ, Op. 331.
Illustration:
Nickerson's Illustrated Church, Musical and School Directory of New York and Brooklyn. Exterior (c.1895). |
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