Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Brooklyn, NY (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
 
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(Roman Catholic)

255 North 5th Street at Havemeyer Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11211

Organ Specifications:
Present building (since 1870)
► III/30 Austin Organ Company, Op. 288 (1912); inst. (c.1930)
• unknown (c.1870)
First building (c.1863-1870)
• unknown


 






The Roman Catholic parish of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, was established in 1863. F.J. Berlenbach, Jr., designed the Lombardian Romanesque basilica in 1870.
             
  Austin Organ, Op. 288 (1912) in Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Brooklyn, NY (photo: Steven E. Lawson)
Austin Organ Company
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 288 (1912)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 35 registers, 30 stops, 30 ranks


The Austin organ now in the Church of the Annunciation was originally built in 1912 for St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Morristown, N.J. In 1930, St. Peter's installed a new Skinner organ (Op. 836), and the Austin organ was acquired by Annunciation Church.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, partially enclosed in Choir box
16
   Major Diapason
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Principal Diapason
61
4
   Harmonic Flute *
61
8
   Small Diapason
61
8
   Trumpet *
61
8
   Viole d'Amour *
61
 
    
8
   Claribel Flute *
61
    
* enclosed in Choir box
 
      
 
      
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
73
4
   Violina
73
8
   Open Diapason
73
16
   Contra Posaune
73
8
   Rohr Flöte
73
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Viole d'Orchestre
73
8
   Oboe
73
8
   Viole Celeste (TC)
61
8
   Vox Humana
73
8
   Echo Salicional
73
     Tremulant  
4
   Flauto Traverso
73
        
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Geigen Principal
73
8
   Quintadena
73
8
   Dulciana
73
4
   Flute d'Amour
73
8
   Vox Angelica (TC)
61
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Concert Flute
73
 
   Tremulant  
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
   Double Bourdon
32
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
16
   Open Diapason
44
8
   Gross Flute (fr. 16' OD)
—
16
   Violone
GT
8
   Flauto Dolce (fr. 16' Bdn)
—
16
   Bourdon
44
16
   Contra Posaune
SW
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8'     Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'     Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'
    Choir to Pedal 8'     Swell 16', 4', Unison Off
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'     Choir 16', 4', Unison Off
               
Adjustable Compositions
    Six adjustable composition pistons to control Great stops and couplers
    Six adjustable composition pistons to control Swell stops and couplers
    Six adjustable composition pistons to control Choir stops and couplers
    Six adjustable composition pedals to control Pedal stops and couplers
               
Accessories
    Balanced Crescendo Pedal, adjustable, not moving registers
    Balanced Swell Pedal
    Balanced Choir Pedal
    Great to Pedal Reversible
    Sforzando Pedal
               
Sources:
     Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
     Trupiano, Larry. Specification of Austin Organ, Op. 288 (1912).

Illustrations:
     Lawson, Steven E. Exterior; interior; Austin Organ, Op. 288 (1912).