Advent-Gravesend Church - Brooklyn, N.Y. (Brooklyn Eagle, 1949)
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Advent–Gravesend Church

Avenue P and East 12th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11229
http://www.advent-gravesend.org




Advent Lutheran Church was organized in the season of Advent in the year 1908. The present building was begun in 1909 and the worship space used today was dedicated in 1929.

On January 8, 1979, the congregations of Advent Lutheran and Gravesend Reformed Churches were federated to form Advent–Gravesend Church. Services are held in the former Advent Lutheran Church.
               
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5655 (1930)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 16 stops, 9 ranks


This organ had a stop-key console, and was voiced on 3" wind pressure. The status of this organ was unknown as of 2008.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
4
  Octave [ext. Vln. Diap.]
SW
8
  Melodia
73
4
  Flute d'Amour [St. Diap.]
SW
8
  Dulciana
73
8
  Oboe
SW
8
  Salicional
73
   
Chimes
21 bells

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Violin Diapason
73
8
  Vox Celeste [TC]
61
8
  Stopped Diapason
73
4
  Flute Traverso [Melodia]
GT
8
  Dulciana
GT
8
  Oboe
73
8
  Salicional
GT
       

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Bourdon
32
       
16
  Lieblich Gedeckt [low-press.]
       
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal     Great to Great 16', 4'
    Swell to Pedal     Swell to Swell 16', Unison, 4'
    Swell to Great 16, 8', 4'      
               
Mechanicals
    Tremulant          
    Crescendo Indicator          
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting Great and Pedal Stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting Swell and Pedal Stops
               
Pedal Movements
    Great to Pedal Reversible      
    Balanced Swell Pedal      
    Grand Crescendo Pedal      
               
Sources:
     Advent-Gravesend Lutheran Church web site: http://www.advent-gravesend.org
     Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 5655 (1930).

Illustration:
     Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. 1949 photo of Advent Lutheran Church.