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Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church
266 Arlington Avenue, corner Elton Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11208
The Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church was established in 1889 and organized in May 1890. Lots were purchased on Arlington Avenue, near Elton Street, upon which a small frame church was erected in 1893. Within a few years the society had outgrown its building and made plans to build a larger structure on the corner lot, next to the first church. On April 15, 1905, the cornerstone was laid, and the completed edifice was dedicated a year later, on February 11, 1906. Designed by Henry Rutgers Marshall, the Romanesque Revival building was built of brownstone and was cruciform in shape. The facade included two open towers that flanked a large window above the entrance. A Sunday school building designed by William Compert was erected in 1916.
At an unknown time, the facilities were acquired by the Presbyterian Church of the Crossroads. |
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Felgemaker Organ Case (2012) |
A. B. Felgemaker
Buffalo, N.Y. – Opus 911 (1906)
Tubular-pneumatic? action
2 manuals, 19 stops, 18 ranks
For their new building, the congregation commissioned A.B. Felgemaker of Buffalo to build a new organ. An item about the dedication of the church in The New York Observer (Feb. 15, 1906) mentioned the organ:
"One of the features of the new edifice of which the congregation is particularly proud is the organ. The instrument cost $3,000, and Andrew Carnegie made its purchase possible through the donation of $1,500. The rest of the $3,000 was raised by the young people of the church."
Original specifications, now in the archives of the Tellers Organ Company in Erie, Penn., show that this Felgemaker organ was shipped on December 13, 1906. The organ weighed 13,860 pounds, and was set up by William Rapp and G. Schlette of Bronx, N.Y.
As of 2012 the organ case was extant (see photo above), but the console has been removed. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Doppel Floete |
61 |
8 |
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Viola di Gamba |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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 |
8 |
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Oboe and Bassoon |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste [TC] |
49 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Double Open Diapason |
30 |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
8 |
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Floete |
30 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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All couplers [off?] |
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Adjustable Combinations
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3 affecting Great and Pedal stops |
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3 affecting Swell and Pedal stops |
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Pedal Movements
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Piano combination for entire organ |
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Great to Pedal reversible coupler |
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Balanced Swell pedal |
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Balanced Crescendo pedal |
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Concave pedal board |
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Sources:
"Building of the Day: 266 Arlington Avenue," Brownstoner Inside and Out web site: http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/08/building-of-the-day-266-arlington-avenue/
"Christian Activities in New York," The New York Observer (Feb. 15, 1906).
Tellers, Aaron (Tellers Organ Company). Specifications of A.B. Felgemaker organ, Op. 911 (1906).
Illustration:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle photo (1906); Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Brownstoner.com. Case of A.B. Felgemaker organ, Op. 911 (1906). |
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