St. Andrew English Evangelical Lutheran Church

122nd Street and 111th Avenue
South Ozone Park (Queens), N.Y. 11420



St. Andrew English Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1915. Various sources show that the church was located at Ohio & Tuckahoe Avenues, later known as Lambert & Hawtree Avenues; today this location is the corner of 122nd Street and 111th Avenue.

By the 1970s, demographics of the area had changed and there were fewer Lutherans. In 1972, the councils of St. Andrew's, St. James' and St. Matthew's Lutheran churches came together for a series of meetings to outline and test plans for a co-operative parish. These meetings lasted for a year, during which a joint Sunday School was in operation at St. Matthew's for the children of all three congregations.

At the 1973 annual congregational meetings of all three churches, approval was given for the formation of "St. Andrew's-St. James'-St. Matthew's Co-Operative Lutheran Parish of Ozone Park and South Ozone Park." This was the first venture of its kind in Queens, though other churches had tried it in Brooklyn and in the Bronx. However, only three months after the founding of the Parish, it became painfully apparent that St. Andrew's could no longer meet its financial commitments to the co-operative parish due to its dwindling congregation. In a necessary but heart-rending decision, the congregation of St. Andrew's was disbanded, with its members transferring to one of the two remaining churches.

St. Andrew's building is now home to St. Luke United Presbyterian Church.

            
F. J. N. Tallman
Nyack, N.Y. (c.1889); reb. Midmer-Losh Organ Company (1935)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 10 stops, 10 ranks


The organ in St. Andrew's Lutheran Church was built c.1889 by F. J. N. Tallman of Nyack, N.Y. As this organ pre-dates the organization of the church, it is possible that the organ was acquired second-hand.

The following specification was recorded in April 1945 by Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service concern in the area. Mohr noted that the organ had 17 front pipes, and a ½ H.P. Orgoblo blower, although the organ was probably originally hand pumped. Mohr also noted that there was a "Reed Midmer card on it." Some sources show that the Midmer-Losh Organ Company worked on the organ in 1935, possibly only to install an electric blower.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
8
   Open Diapason
58
8
   Dulciana
58
8
   Melodia
58
4
   Flute Harmonic
58
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
8
   Stopped Diapason
58
2
   Piccolo
58
8
   Keraulophone
58
8
   Oboe
58
4
   Violina
58
  Tremulant
               
Pedal Organ – 26 notes
16
   Bourdon
26
   
               
Mechanicals
    Swell to Pedal   Full Organ Combination Pedal
    Great to Pedal   Balanced Swell Pedal
    Swell to Great   Bellows Signal
           
Sources:
     Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
     Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications (April 1945) of F. J. N. Tallman organ (c.1889). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
     St. James-St. Matthew's Lutheran Church web site: www.stjstm.org/
           
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