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All Souls Universalist Church
Ocean Avenue at Ditmas Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226
Organ Specifications:
Ocean Avenue at Ditmas Avenue (1905-1998)
► II/7 Estey Organ Company, Op. 296 (1905)
South 9th Street, near Bedford Avenue (1845-1905)
• Reuben Midmer & Sons
• II/25 Hall & Labagh |
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Estey Organ Company drawing (1905) |
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 296 (1905)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 7 stops, 7 ranks
The organ in the building on Ocean and Ditmas Avenues was built by the Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, Vermont, at a cost of $3,000. The factory specification indicates this was the firm's "Style A #6" model. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
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4 |
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Principal |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Salicional * |
49 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
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4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
61 |
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* notes 1-12 common with Stopped Diapason |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers
("the Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, couplers mechanical, all of the others are to be pneumatic.")
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Great |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Organ in church located at South 9th Street, near Bedford Avenue:
Reuben Midmer & Sons
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Unknown action
At an unknown time, Reuben Midmer & Sons, an organbuilding firm in Brooklyn, rebuilt or replaced the existing Hall & Labagh organ. No further information is available. |
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Organ in church located at South 9th Street, near Bedford Avenue:
Hall & Labagh
New York, N.Y.
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 25 stops
At an unknown time, Reuben Midmer & Sons, an organbuilding firm in Brooklyn, rebuilt or replaced the existing Hall & Labagh organ. No further information is available. |
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Sources:
All Souls Bethlehem Church web site: http://www.allsoulsbethlehem.org/
Estey Organ Museum Archives. Correspondence and Factory Specifications of Estey Organ, Op. 296 (1905). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1943). Exterior of All Souls Universalist Church and Parsonage. Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library.
Estey Organ Museum Archives. Drawing of interior of All Souls Universalist Church. Courtesy Larry Trupiano. |
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