Concord Baptist Church of Christ - Brooklyn, NY
  Concord Baptist Church of Christ
Convent Baptist Church of Christ - Brooklyn, N.Y. (Brooklyn Eagle Postcard)
  Concord Baptist interior
  Marcy Avenue Baptist Church - Brooklyn, N.Y. (Brooklyn Eagle Postcard)
Marcy Avenue Baptist Church
Concord Baptist Church of Christ

833 Gardner C. Taylor (Marcy) Avenue at Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11216
www.concordcares.org


Organ Specifications:
833 Gardner C. Taylor (Marcy) Avenue at Putnam Avenue
Present Building (since c.1954)
► IV/53 Austin Organs Inc., Op. 2388 (1962, 1974)
First Building (1888-burned 1952) – orig. Marcy Ave. Baptist
► III/28 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2376 (1925)
• III/ Reuben Midmer & Sons (<1917); enl. 1888 organ
• II/ Reuben Midmer & Sons (1888)
• George Jardine & Son (1888) – possibly Sunday School
165 Duffield Street at Myrtle Avenue
• unknown


Concord Baptist Church of Christ on Duffield Street- Brooklyn, N.Y.  
165 Duffield Street
 
The Concord Baptist Church of Christ was founded on May 18, 1847. An early church building was located at 165 Duffield Street at Myrtle Avenue.

Sometime in the 1920s, Concord Baptist acquired the former Marcy Avenue Baptist Church on Marcy Avenue between Putnam Avenue and Madison Street. Built in 1888, the Romanesque church and 200-foot-tall steeple were faced in brick laid with red mortar and trimmed with terra cotta. Adjacent to the 1,500-seat auditorium was a building containing a lecture room, parlour, library, nursery and kitchen on the ground floor, with Sunday School facilities for 2,000 on the floor above. Fire destroyed this building in October 1952.

Concord Baptist Church was rebuilt following the fire, and the present brick building was opened c.1954.
           
  Austin organ, Op. 2388 (1963) in Concord Baptist Church of Christ - Brooklyn, N.Y. (credit: Sebastian Glück)
  Credit: Sebastian M. Glück
  Austin organ, Op. 2388 (1963) in Concord Baptist Church of Christ - Brooklyn, N.Y. (credit: Sebastian Glück)
Austin Organs Inc.
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 2388 (1963)
Electro-pneumatic action
4 manuals, 58 registers, 42 stops, 53 ranks






The organ in Concord Baptist was built in 1963 by Austin Organs Inc. of Hartford. Dr. Robert S. Baker served as consultant for the specifications. An Antiphonal division was added in 1974.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
   Spitz Principal
61
4
   Nachthorn
61
8
   Principal
61
2
   Super Octave
61
8
   Bourdon
61
     Fourniture IV ranks
244
4
   Octave
61
     Chimes  

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Gedeckt
92
2
   Plein Jeu III ranks
183
8
   Geigen
68
16
   Fagotto
80
8
   Hohl Flöte
68
8
   Trompette
68
8
   Viole de Gambe
68
8
   Fagotto (fr. 16')
—
8
   Viole Celeste
68
4
   Clairon
68
4
   Principal
68
     Tremulant  
4
   Rohrflöte (fr. Gedeckt)
—
        

     

     
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Erzahler *
80
1 1/3
   Larigot
61
8
   Nason Flute
68
     Sesquialtera II ranks
122
8
   Erzahler (fr. 16')
—
8
   Krummhorn
68
8
   Erzahler Celeste (TC)
56
     Tremulant  
4
   Prestant
68
     Harp  
4
   Koppelflöte
68
8
   Trompette en Chamade
ANT
2
   Octavin
61
    
* Haskell basses
               
Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Orchestral Flute
68
8
   Trompette Harmonique
80
8
   Violoncello
68
4
   Clairon Harmonique (fr. 8')
—
8
   'Cello Celeste
68
     Tremulant  
8
   French Horn
68
        
               
Antiphonal Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes [added 1974]
8
   Montre
61
     Fourniture IV ranks
244
4
   Prestant
61
8
   Trompette en Chamade
61
2
   Doublette
61
        

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
   Contra Bourdon
56
4
   Choral Bass
32
16
   Contra Bass
32
4
   Spitzflöte
32
16
   Spitz Principal
GT
     Mixture III ranks
96
16
   Bourdon (fr. 32')
—
32
   Contre Bombarde (ext. SO)
12
16
   Gedeckt
SW
16
   Bombarde (ext. SO Tr. Harm.)
12
16
   Erzahler
CH
16
   Fagotto
SW
8
   Octave
32
8
   Trompette
SO
8
   Spitz Principal
GT
4
   Krummhorn
CH
8
   Bourdon (fr. 32')
—
        
           
  Estey Organ, Op. 2376 (1925) in Concord Baptist Church - Brooklyn, NY
Organ in first building at present address:

Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 2376 (1925)
Electro-pneumatic key action
3 manuals, 30 registers, 28 stops, 28 ranks



The Shop Order for the Estey Organ Company's Op. 2376 states that the organ for Concord Baptist Church was voiced on 6" wind pressure and had a three-manual Electric Luminous console with celluloid keys. Estey provided the case that included 17 bronzed pipes from the Great 1st Open Diapason. The organ was to be installed by August 15, 1925. In 1952, the church and organ were destroyed by fire.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
   1st Open Diapason
61
8
   Gemshorn
61
8
   2nd Open Diapason
61
4
   Flute Harmonic
61
8
   Viol d'Amour
61
8
   Tuba
61
8
   Gross Flute
61
    
Chimes
20 notes

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
73
4
   Flauto Traverso
73
8
   Open Diapason
73
8
   Oboe
73
8
   Salicional
73
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Aeoline
73
8
   Vox Humana
73
8
   Voix Celeste (TC)
61
     Tremolo  
8
   Stopped Diapason
73
        

     

     
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Violin Diapason
73
4
   Flute d'Amour
73
8
   Dulciana
73
2
   Piccolo [harmonic]
61
8
   Melodia
73
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Quintadena
73
     Tremolo  
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Open Diapason
44
8
   Octave (fr. 16' Open Diap)
—
16
   Bourdon
44
8
   Flauto Dolce (fr. Bdn)
—
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt [1-12 fr. SW]
20
8
   'Cello
32
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8'   Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Great 4', Unison Separation
    Choir to Pedal 8'   Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Choir 16', 4', Unison Separation
    Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'    
               
Combination Pistons
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great & Pedal Stops & Couplers
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 affecting Swell & Pedal Stops & Couplers
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Choir & Pedal Stops & Couplers
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting All Stops & Couplers
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Expression Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Balanced Choir Expression Pedal   Sforzando Reversible
    Balanced Crescendo Pedal    
           
Organ installed in Marcy Avenue Baptist Church

Reuben Midmer & Sons
Brooklyn, N.Y. (1888)
Mechanical action?
2 manuals, enlarged to 3 manuals (<1917)


The original organ in Marcy Avenue Baptist Church was built in 1888 by Reuben Midmer & Sons, who installed it in a rear corner of the balcony. Sometime before 1917, the organ was rebuilt and enlarged to three manuals by Reuben Midmer & Sons. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
           
Organ installed in Marcy Avenue Baptist Church

George Jardine & Son
New York City (1888)
Unknown action


This organ may have been installed in the Sunday School room of Marcy Avenue Baptist Church. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     Armitage, Thomas. History of the Young People's Baptist Union of Brooklyn. 1877-1889. New York: T.R. Jones, 1890: pp.296-297.
     Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order for Estey Organ, Op. 2376 (1925).
     "Ceremonies in the Marcy Avenue Baptist Church," Brooklyn Eagle (Oct. 1, 1888).
     Concord Baptist Church of Christ website: http://www.concordcares.org/
     "Description of the New Marcy Avenue Baptist Church," Brooklyn Eagle (Sept. 26, 1888).
      The Estey Pipe Organ website: www.esteyorgan.com
     Glück, Sebastian. Specification of Austin Organ, Op. 2388 (1963).
     "The Marcy Avenue Baptist Church. Description of the Edifice and Sketch of the Society," Brooklyn Eagle (May 16, 1887).
     "The Marcy Avenue Baptists Take Leave of Their Old Quarters," Brooklyn Eagle (Sept. 24, 1888).
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.

Illustrations:
     Armitage, Thomas. History of the Young People's Baptist Union of Brooklyn. 1877-1889. Duffield Street Church.
      Concord Baptist Church of Christ website.
     Estey Organ Company. Interior showing Estey Organ, Op. 2376 (1925). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
     Glück, Sebastian. Color photos (2017) of Austin console, Austin Antiphonal, church interior.