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Emmanuel Evangelical Church in 1931
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Emmanuel Evangelical Church
398 Melrose Street, near Flushing Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11237
Emmanuel Evangelical Church was organized in 1887 as the Melrose Street Mission of the Evangelical Association. The church building was located on Melrose Street near Flushing Avenue. In 1968, the congregation became a United Methodist Church, following the merger of the Evangelical Association, Evangelical United Brethren, and Methodist Episcopal denominations. The church closed in 1970. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3882 (1924)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 13 registers, 8 stops, 8 ranks
The following specification was recorded by Louis F. Mohr, an organ serviceman in the area. Mohr noted that the console was extended. Compasses and pipecounts were not given but are suggested below, based on similar Möller organs of the era. |
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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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Dulciana |
SW |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
SW |
4 |
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Flute Traverso |
SW |
8 |
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Viole d'Gamba |
SW |
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Chimes |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
73 |
4 |
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Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Dolce |
73 |
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Oboe |
61 |
8 |
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Viola |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste (TC) |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.] |
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Couplers (tilting tablets)
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8' |
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Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Adjustable Combinations (moving the draw knobs)
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great & Pedal Stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell & Pedal Stops |
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Mechanical Accessories
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Hook & Hastings Co.
Boston, Mass.
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 7 ranks
The first-known organ in Emmanuel was built by Hook & Hastings of Boston. It had mechanical action, and three stops each on the Great and Swell, plus one stop in the Pedal. As this organ does not appear on the Hook Opus List, the organ was probably acquired second-hand.
An article in the Brooklyn Eagle (Mar. 21, 1901) describes a musical event at the church:
A CHURCH ENTERTAINMENT
The musical portion of the congregation of the Emmanuel Evangelical Church, 398 Melrose Street, will give a concert to-night in the auditorium of the church. Some excellent talent has been secured. A unique feature of the entertainment will be the second part, consisting of a cantata, composed by H. Repp, director, and to be rendered by one hundred voices. This is to represent a chorus of birds responding to their leader, or priest, and is called "The Birdlings' Vesper Service." A. Van Guelpen will impersonate the priest. The Bluebird, Oriole and Canary Bird solos will be sung by the Misses S. Ober, K. Hering and L. Herter, and the Cat-bird duet by the Misses L. Reuber and L. Fehrs. The chorus parts will be rendered by the choir of the church, the junior choir and a chorus of about sixty little children alternately. Miss M. Repp will be at the piano and Miss L. Reuber at the organ. |
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Sources:
"A Church Entertainment," Brooklyn Eagle (Mar. 21, 1901).
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 M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 3882 (1924). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Trupiano, Larry. Electronic correspondence (July 13, 2012) regarding Hook & Hastings Co. organ.
Illustration:
Beals, A. Tennyson (1931), NYPL Collection. Exterior. |
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