Emanuel Reformed Church

Glenmore Avenue at Crystal Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11208


The Emanuel Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, organized in 1897, was commonly known as the German-American Church and East New York Church. It was located on Glenmore Avenue at the corner of Crystal Street in the East New York area of Brooklyn. This congregation disbanded in 1908.
           
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 306 (1906)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 8 stops, 8 ranks


The following specifications were recorded (March 1922) by Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service concern in the area. At some point, this organ was moved to the German Reformed Church of Woodhaven, Queens.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
4
  Octave
61
8
  Dulciana
61
       
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Salicional
61
8
  Oboe [TC]
49
8
  Stopped Diapason
61
  Tremolo
4
  Flute Harmonic
61
       
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
  Bourdon
30
       
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal   Swell to Great
    Swell to Pedal   Swell to Great Octaves
               
Pedal Movement
    Balanced Swell Pedal      
           
Sources:
     The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
     Gasero, Russell, ed. Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628–1992. New Brunswick: 2000.
     Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
     Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications of Estey Organ, Op. 306 (1906). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.