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Labor Temple
(Presbyterian)
242 East 14th Street
New York, N.Y. 10003
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Labor Temple (1910-1924) |
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Labor Temple was founded in 1910 by the Rev. Charles L. Stelze of the Presbyterian Home Mission Board. The first Labor Temple occupied the former Fourteenth Street Presbyterian Church, located at 225 Second Avenue near Union Square, and built in 1851. Under Stelze's leadership, Labor Temple would be "entirely unsectarian, where every man, if he have a message, may give it expression, and if it be good it will receive attention."
On its opening day, Labor Temple was attended by five hundred members of labor unions, Socialist, Anarchists, and persons who took interest in labor matters and sociologists.
In 1924, developers built a new Labor Temple that fronted 14th Street on the site of the former church. Emory Roth designed the six-story building that included a chapel, an auditorium, and a gymnasium for the temple, and additional commercial space was provided and controlled by the developers. The Labor Temple disbanded in 1957, after which the building was used by the Presbyterian Church of the Crossroads and, later, Congregation Tifereth Israel. |
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Austin Organ Company
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1743 (1930)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 30 stops, 26 ranks
The following specifications were recorded in a notebook by Charles Scharpeger, an employee of the Louis F. Mohr Co., a longtime organ service concern. Scharpeger visited the Labor Temple on May 12, 1935. Pipecounts given below are suggested, based on Austin organs of that period. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes (partially enclosed with Choir?)
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8 |
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First Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
61 |
8 |
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Second Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Principal |
61 |
8 |
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Gross Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Tuba Harmonique |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Gemshorn |
73 |
2 2/3 |
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Nazard |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
2 |
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Flautino |
61 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
73 |
1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Cor d'Amour |
73 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste [TC] |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flauto Traverso |
73 |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
73 |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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8 |
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Unda Maris [TC] |
61 |
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Chimes |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
44 |
8 |
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Octave |
— |
16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
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Flute |
— |
16 |
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Gemshorn |
SW |
8 |
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Tuba Harmonique |
GT |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great to Great 16', 4', Unison Off |
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Choir to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison Off |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Choir to Choir 16', 4', Unison Off |
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Choir to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Organ in the original Fourteenth Street Presbyterian Church:
A. B. Felgemaker
Buffalo, N.Y. – Opus 700 (1899)
Mechanical action
3 manuals, 36 stops, 37 ranks
Original specifications in the archives of the Tellers Organ Company (successor to A.B. Felgemaker) indicate that this three-manual Felgemaker organ was shipped on November 21, 1899, and was setup by Henry Tellers and Scultetus. The organ weighed 10,500 pounds, the iron was an additional 800 pounds, and the frieght cost was $49.09. In 1930, the organ was moved to Crawford Memorial Methodist in the Bronx, where it was rebuilt and electrified by Clark & Fenton. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Double Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Octave Quinte |
61 |
8 |
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Viola da Gamba |
61 |
2 |
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Super Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Doppel Floete |
61 |
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Mixture 3 ranks |
183 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon (2 draws) |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Violina |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
2 |
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Flautino |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste |
61 |
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Dolce Cornet 3 ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Aeolina |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe and Bassoon |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Humana [in box] |
61 |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Geigen Principal |
61 |
4 |
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Concert Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
2 |
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Harmonic Piccolo |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
61 |
8 |
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Quintidon [sic] |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
30 |
16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
16 |
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Violone |
30 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
30 |
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Couplers and Mechanical Accessories
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great super octaves |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Great sub-octaves |
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Choir to Pedal |
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Choir to Great sub-octaves |
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Swell to Great |
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Tremolo |
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Choir to Great |
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Bellows Signal |
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Swell to Choir |
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Wind Indicator |
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Pedal Movements
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Forte Great with appropriate Pedal stops |
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Mezzo Great with appropriate Pedal stops |
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Piano Great with appropriate Pedal stops |
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Forte Swell with appropriate Pedal stops |
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Mezzo Swell with appropriate Pedal stops |
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Piano Swell with appropriate Pedal stops |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible Coupler |
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Balanced Crescendo & Full Organ Pedal |
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Electric motor |
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Extended console |
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Sources:
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Scharpeger, Charles. Specifications of Austin Organ, Op. 1743 (1930). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Tellers, Aaron (Tellers Organ Co., Erie, Penn.) Specifications of A.B. Felgemaker Organ, Op. 700 (1899).
Illustrations:
"14th Street and Union Square: A Preservation Plan," New York: Columbia University. Fourteenth Street Presbyterian Church exterior (c.1915) and Labor Temple exterior (c.1950). |
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