Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church
Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church - Brooklyn, N.Y. (courtesy Jonathan Bowen)
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144 St. Felix Street at Hanson Place
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217



Organ Specifications:
144 St. Felix Street at Hanson Place (since 1929)
► IV/46 Austin Organ Company, Op. 1685 (1929)
South Fifth Street, north of Driggs (1868-1929)
• IV/ Hook & Hastings Co., Op. 2462 (1923)
• III/44s Hook & Hastings Co., Op. 1735 (1896)
• II/20s Hook & Hastings Co., Op. 1318 (1886) – Sun. School
• III/43s Hook & Hastings Co., Op. 1303 (1886)
Hanson Place, near Flatbush Avenue (1857-1868)
• Reuben Midmer (1865)

               
Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church - Brooklyn, N.Y. (photo: Brooklyn Daily Eagle; Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection)  
               
Austin Organ Company    
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1685 (1929)
Electro-pneumatic action
4 manuals, 61 registers, 46 stops, 46 ranks 
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes (7" wind pressure)
16
  Double Open Diapason
61
2 2/3
  ^Twelfth *
61
8
  First Open Diapason
61
2
   ^Fifteenth *
61
8
  Second Open Diapason *
61
1 3/5
  ^Seventeenth *
61
8
  
Third Open Diapason *
preparation
   
Mixture V ranks *
preparation
8
   Doppelfloete *
61
     Mixture (draws ^ stops)
—
8
  
Gross Flute *
preparation
8
   Trumpet *
61
8
   Gemshorn *
61
4
  
Clarion *
preparation
4
   Principal *
61
     Chimes
EC
4
   Flute Harmonique *
61
    
* enclosed in Choir box
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed (7" wind pressure)
16
  Bourdon
73
2 2/3
  ^Nasard
61
8
  Open Diapason
73
2
  ^Flautino
61
8
  Stopped Diapason
73
1 3/5
  ^Tierce
61
8
 
Flauto Dolce
preparation
  Mixture (draws ^ stops)
—
8
  Salicional
73
16
  Fagotto
85
8
  Voix Celeste (TC)
61
8
   Cornopean
73
8
  
Viole d'Orchestre
preparation
8
   Oboe (fr. Fagotto)
—
8
  
Viole Celeste
preparation
8
  
English Horn
preparation
8
   Aeoline
73
8
   Vox Humana **
73
8
   Quintadena
73
4
   Clarion (fr. Fagotto)
—
4
   Flauto Traverso
73
    
Tremolo (valve)
4
   Violina
73
    
** sep. chest, box and tremolo
 
     
 
     
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed (7" wind pressure)
8
  Geigen Principal
73
2
 
Flautino
preparation
8
 
Viola da Gamba
preparation
1 3/5
 
Tierce
preparation
8
  Clarabella
73
8
 
Corno d'Amore
73
8
 
Flute Celeste
preparation
8
   Clarinet
73
8
  Dulciana
73
    Tremolo (valve)  
8
   Unda Maris (TC)
61
8
  
Harp (TC) *
61 bars
4
   Flute d'Amour
61
4
   Harp
—
2 2/3
  
Nazard
preparation
    * added c. 1945  
 
     
 
     
Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed (10" wind pressure)
8
  Stentorphone
73
8
   Tuba Mirabilis (fr. 16') *
—
8
  Philomela
73
4
   Tuba Clarion (fr. 16') *
—
8
  
Harmonic Flute
preparation
8
  
French Horn
preparation
8
   Gross Gamba
73
8
  
Orchestral Oboe
preparation
8
   Gamba Celeste
73
8
  
Bassoon
preparation
4
  Flute
73
 
 
Tremolo (electric)
16
  Tuba Profunda *
85
 
 
* 15" wind pressure
               
Echo Organ (floating) – 61 notes, enclosed (5" wind pressure)
8
   Gedeckt
73
4
   Flute
73
8
  
Viole Ætheria
preparation
8
   Vox Humana
61
8
   Dulciana
73
     Tremolo (valve)  
8
   Unda Maris (TC)
61
    
Chimes
25 tubes
 
     
 
     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
  Resultant
—
8
 
Gedeckt (SW)
preparation
32
  
Double O. Diap. (ext.)
preparation
8
  
Gamba (ext. CH)
preparation
16
  First Open Diapason
44
8
  
Dolce (CH)
preparation
16
  Second Open Diapason
GT
4
 
Flute (ext.)
preparation
16
   Bourdon
44
16
  
Tuba Profunda
SO
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
16
  
Trombone
preparation
16
  
Violone
preparation
16
   Fagotto
SW
16
  
Dulciana (ext. CH)
preparation
8
   Tuba Mirabilis
SO
8
   Octave (fr. 1st O.D.)
—
8
  
Trombone
preparation
8
   Flute (fr. Bourdon)
—
4
   Tuba Clarion
SO
               
Organ in previous church on South Fifth Street:

Hook & Hastings Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 2462 (1923)
Electro-pneumatic action
4 manuals


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
               
Organ in previous church on South Fifth Street:

Hook & Hastings Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 1735 (1896)
Mechanical action
3 manuals, 44 stops


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
               
Hook & Hastings Organ, Op. 1318 (1886) in Sunday School Room of Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church - Brooklyn, N.Y. (1908 postcard)
Organ in Sunday School of church on South Fifth Street:

Hook & Hastings Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 1318 (1886)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 20 stops



Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
               
Organ in previous church on South Fifth Street:

Hook & Hastings Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 1303 (1886)
Mechanical action
3 manuals, 43 stops


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
               

Organ in previous church on Hanson Place:

Reuben Midmer
Brooklyn, N.Y. (1865)
Mechanical action


An advertisement in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (July 10, 1865) for "A Grand Organ and Miscellaneous Concert" stated that Mr. C. Jerome Hopkins, "assisted by some of the best talent in the country," would give a concert on Monday Evening, July 10, 1865. Tickets were one dollar. The organ was built by Reuben Midmer, Organ Builder, of this city." Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
               
Sources:
     "A Grand Organ and Miscellaneous Concert..." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (July 10, 1865). Courtesy Dave Schmauch.
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.

Illustrations:
     Bowen, Jonathan: Drawing of exterior.
     Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: Brooklyn Eagle photo of interior.
     eBay.com: 1908 postcard of Sunday School room.