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Church of the Holy Apostles
(Episcopal)
622 Greenwood Avenue, near Prospect Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11218
http://www.holyapostlesbrooklyn.com/
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles at 621 Greenwood Avenue between
East 7th Street and Prospect Avenue in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of
Brooklyn, New York City was built in 1891-92.
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Hillgreen, Lane
& Company
Alliance, Ohio – Opus 873 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 23 registers, 17 stops, 17 ranks
In 1926, Hillgreen, Lane & Co., of Alliance, Ohio, rebuilt
and electrified the existing organ that had been installed
in 1901. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61
notes
(3-1/2" wind)
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8 |
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Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Viola da Gamba |
73 |
8 |
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Tuba |
85 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
4 |
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Clarion (fr. Tuba) |
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8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
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Choir Pitch (in basement choir
Room; playable from Great)
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8 |
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Diapason (TC) |
49 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) I– 61
notes, enclosed
(3-1/2" wind)
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16 |
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Bourdon |
73 |
8 |
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Stopped Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Violetta (ext. PED) |
12 |
8 |
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Viole (ext. PED) |
41 |
4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Celeste (TC) |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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32 |
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Resultant Bass |
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16 |
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Viole Bass |
44 |
16 |
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Diapason |
32 |
8 |
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Violoncello (fr. 16') |
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16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
8 |
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Tromba |
GT |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Great to Swell 8' |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great to Great 16', UR, 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Swell 16', UR, 4' |
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Accessories
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Tremolo |
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Coupler Cancel |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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5 blank stop keys for additions |
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Combinations (mechanical action)
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Great & Pedal Stops |
4 pistons |
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Swell & Pedal Stops |
4 pistons |
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Pedal Movements
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Swell & Pedal Expression |
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Crescendo & Diminuendo Pedal |
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Great & Pedal Expression |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Unknown builder
1901
Mechanical or tubular action
2 manuals
The first pipe organ at Holy Apostles was used for the first time
on Christmas Day, 1901. The organ cost $1500; later on, an electric
motor
was
added
for $235. Specifications of this organ have not yet
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Sources:
Church of the Holy Apostles web site: http://www.holyapostlesbrooklyn.com/
Organ Historical Society Archives. Specification
of Hillgreen, Lane & Co. organ (1926). Courtesy Bynum Petty.
Illustrations:
Church of the Holy Apostles web site. Interior.
Wikimedia.org. Exterior (2013). credit: "Beyond
My Ken" |
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