Bushwick High School - Brooklyn, NY
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Bushwick High School Campus

400 Irving Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11227








Bushwick High School graduated its last class in 2006 and is now closed. Four small high schools now occupy the Bushwick Campus building:
  • The Academy of Urban Planning
  • The New York Harbor School
  • Bushwick School for Social Justice
  • Academy for Environmental Leadership
               
M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4203 (1925)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 38 stops, 31 ranks


In January, 1925, the M.P. Möller Company was awarded a $48,000 contract to build four identical pipe organs for four high schools in New York City. The organs were installed in Evander Childs High School (Op. 4202) in the Bronx; Bushwick High School (Op. 4203) in Brooklyn; and Bryant High School (Op. 4204) and Newtown High School (Op. 4205) in Queens.

The organ in Bushwick High School cost $12,450 and had a three-manual stop-key console of mahogany on a movable platform. Wind pressure for the entire organ was 5", except for the 16' Tuba, which was on 10" pressure.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, partially enclosed with Choir
8
   Major Diapason
73
8
   Clarabella *
73
8
   English Diapason
73
4
   Harmonic Flute *
73
8
   Gamba *
73
4
   Octave *
73
8
   Gross Flute *
73
8
   Tuba *
73
8
   Dulciana *
CH
    
* enclosed in Choir swell box
 
      
 
      
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
73
2
   Flautino
73
8
   Open Diapason
73
     Dolce Cornet III ranks [from 2' Flautino]
8
   Stopped Flute
73
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Salicional
73
8
   Oboe
73
8
   Vox Celestis [TC]
61
8
   Vox Humana *
61
8
   Aeoline
73
     Tremulant  
4
   Rohr Flute
73
    
* separate chest, box and tremulant
4
   Gambette
73
        
 
      
 
      
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Contra Dulciana
85
2
   Piccolo [harmonic]
61
8
   Geigen Principal
73
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Concert Flute
73
8
   English Horn
73
8
   Dulciana
—
     Tremulant  
8
   Viol Celeste
73
    
Concert Harp
49 bars
4
   Flute d'Amour
73
        
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
   Resultant
—
8
   'Cello
32
16
   Open Diapason
32
8
   Flute [Gross Flute]
GT
16
   Bourdon
32
16
   Tromba [ext. GT]
12
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8', 4'   Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Great 16', 4'
    Choir to Pedal 8', 4'   Swell 16', 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Choir 16', 4'
    Choir to Great 16', 8',4'    
               
Piston Combinations
   
Swell Organ Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5
Great Organ Pistons No. 1-2-3-4
Choir Organ Pistons No. 1-2-3-4
Pedal Organ Pistons No. 1-2-3
Full Organ Pistons No. 1-2-3-0 (toe)
When operating Pedal Pistons all stop action must automatically be cancelled (without affecting the position of the stop registers) thereby allowing the performer to prepare in advance while playing any combination desired which may be brought into operation at the desired moment by pressing Release Pistons.
               
Pedal Movements
    Crescendo-Sforzando Pedal   Balanced Choir and Great Pedal
    Balanced Swell Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
               
Accessories
    Wind Indicator  
    Crescendo Indicator  
               
Sources:
     Scofield, Jeff. M.P. Möller Opus List.
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 4202 (1925).

Illustration:
     Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Exterior (1915).