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Edgewood Reformed Church
(Reformed Church in America)
53rd Street and 14th Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219
Organ Specifications:
53rd Street and 14th Avenue (1902-1964)
► II/10 M.P. Möller, Op. 1088 (1910)
• Mason & Hamlin "parlor" organ
Cowenhoven's Lane (1868-1902)
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The Edgewood Reformed Church was established in 1863 as a mission of the New Utrecht Reformed Church and was known as the Edgewood House of Prayer. In 1868, the society built its first permanent church, described as "a quaint stone structure," on Cowenhoven's Lane; this location was later mapped as 54th Street and 14th Avenue. The mission was reorganized as the Edgewood Reformed Church in 1891 with the Rev. William Ten Eyck Adams serving as its first pastor.
On June 28, 1902, the cornerstone was laid for a new church that was built nearby on the corner of 53rd Street and 14th Avenue. Costing about $30,000, the three-story structure was built of Connecticut marble and featured a square crenellated tower over the corner entrance. After serving the community for just over 100 years, the Edgewood Reformed Church was disbanded in 1964.
Edgewood Reformed Church was located in Blythebourne (from the Scottish terms for "happy" and "home"), a formerly rural area of Brooklyn that was developed by Electus B. Litchfield in 1886. Due to the large influx of Eastern Europeans who settled in the area in the late 1800s, the neighboring development of Borough Park was expanded by Sen. William Reynolds and Blythebourne was eventually overtaken. Today, the only remnants of Blythebourne are Public School No. 105 ("Blythebourne School) and the Blythebourne branch of the post office. |
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M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 1088 (1910)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 11 stops, 10 ranks
The Ledger Book copy of the Letter of Agreement (Jan. 27, 1910) between M.P. Möller and the Edgewood Reformed Church states that Möller would build an organ "complete and ready for use on or before the 26th day of March 1910 positively." The organ was shipped on March 18, 1910. Möller built the casing of quartered oak wood and provided an extended console for the tubular-pneumatic organ. Möller left space behind the rear stop in the Swell box for the addition of a Vox Humana. The total cost of the organ was $2,100, less a $300 allowance for the existing Mason & Hamlin organ. |
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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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Melodia |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
4 |
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Rohr Flute |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
73 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe Gamba [labial] |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
8 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
42 |
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8 |
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Flute |
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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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Swell 4' |
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Mechanicals
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Tremulant |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Wind Indicator |
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Adjustable Combination Pistons
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Pistons No. 1-2 affecting Swell & Pedal stops |
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Pistons No. 3-4 affecting Great & Pedal stops |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
Brooklyn Genealogy web site: http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com
"Edgewood Church Anniversary," Brooklyn Eagle (July 30, 1894).
Forgotten New York web site: http://www.forgotten-ny.com/Alleys/utrecht/utrecht.html
Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in American (New Brunswick: 2000). Courtesy Russell Gasero.
"Laid the Cornerstone," Brooklyn Eagle (June 2, 1902:48).
"Record of Events – 1902," Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac (Vol. 18, 1903: 568).
Trupiano, Larry. Ledger Specifications of M. P. Möller Organ, Op. 1088 (1910).
"Will Erect a New Edifice," Brooklyn Eagle (Apr. 7, 1902).
Illustration:
eBay.com. Postcard (1907) of church. |
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