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Church of the Holy Innocents
(Roman Catholic)
279 East 17th Street at Beverly Road
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226
http://holyinnocentsbrooklyn.org
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The Roman Catholic Parish of the Holy Innocents was founded in 1909 to serve the Flatbush area of Brooklyn. Father William J. Costello was the first pastor. Property was acquired on East 17th Street at Beverly Road, where a temporary wooden chapel seating about 500 was erected. The site would eventually include a rectory and school.
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Brooklyn Eagle photo (1953) |
In 1922, plans were approved for the construction of a much larger church and rectory to be located on the same site. The 1,100-seat church was designed in the Late Gothic Revival style by Helme & Corbett, who were also the architects of St. Gregory's Church in Brooklyn. The massive square tower contains a set of 16 tubular tower chimes that were installed in 1923 and built by the J.C. Deagan Co. of Chicago.
Holy Innocents Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. |
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Skinner Organ Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 390 (1922); reb. Peragallo (2005)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 33 registers, 27 stops, 32 ranks
The Skinner organ, installed in 1922 at Holy Innocents Church, originally had
25 stops, 27 ranks, and 1,716 pipes. After 80 years of service, the organ
was in need of a major overhaul to replace worn leather, restore the mechanisms,
rebuild the console, and clean the pipes. With a major grant from the Joseph
G. Bradley Charitable Foundation of Philadelphia, the organ was rebuilt in 2005
by the Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Paterson, N.J. At this time, the organ
was enlarged to 27 stops and 32 ranks. Following is the current specification: |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Diapason |
61 |
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Mixture IV ranks * |
244 |
8 |
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Claribel Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Tromba (enc. in CH) |
61 |
8 |
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Erzähler |
61 |
8 |
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French Horn (enc. in CH) |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Bourdon |
73 |
4 |
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Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Diapason |
73 |
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Solo Mixture III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
73 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
4 |
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Octave * (orig. Aeoline 8') |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Concert Flute |
73 |
2 |
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Piccolo |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
4 |
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Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Tuba Magna ** (orig. Tremolo) |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Resultant * |
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Gedeckt (fr. 16' Bourdon) |
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16 |
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Diapason |
44 |
8 |
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Still Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
16 |
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Trombone |
44 |
16 |
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Echo Bourdon |
SW |
8 |
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Tromba (fr. 16' Trombone) |
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8 |
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Octave (fr. 16' Diapason) |
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* later addition |
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** Skinner rank added by Peragallo (2005) |
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Skinner Organ Company
Boston, Mass. –Opus 390 (1922)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 30 registers, 25 stops, 27 ranks
The original organ in the present building was built in 1922 by the Skinner
Organ Company of Boston. Skinner installed the organ in two 35-foot tall
oak cases flanking the large window in the gallery. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) –61
notes
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8
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Diapason |
61
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8
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Tromba (enc. in CH) |
61
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8
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Claribel Flute |
61
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8
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French Horn (enc. in CH) |
61
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8
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Erzähler |
61
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4
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Octave |
61
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Swell Organ (Manual III) –61
notes, enclosed
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16
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Bourdon |
73
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4
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Flute |
73
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8
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Diapason |
73
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Solo Mixture III ranks |
183
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8
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Gedeckt |
73
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8
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Cornopean |
73
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8
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Salicional |
73
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8
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Oboe |
73
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8
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Voix Celeste |
73
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8
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Vox Humana |
73
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8
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Aeoline |
73
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Tremolo |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) –61 notes,
enclosed
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8
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Concert Flute |
73
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2
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Piccolo |
61
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8
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Dulciana |
73
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8
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Clarinet |
73
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4
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Flute |
73
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Tremolo |
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Pedal Organ –32 notes
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16
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Diapason |
44
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Still Gedeckt |
SW
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16
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Bourdon |
44
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16
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Trombone |
32
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16
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Echo Bourdon |
SW
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Tromba |
GT
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Octave (fr. 16' Diapason) |
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Chimes |
GT
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Gedeckt (fr. 16' Bourdon) |
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Sources:
"A New Brooklyn Church: Holy Innocents Parish Will Have English Gothic Structure," The New York Times (May 28, 1922).
The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X, Vol. III. New York: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914.
Hays, Elizabeth. "Organ Regeneration: 310G Rehab for Church's Historic Instrument," Daily News (Aug. 1, 2004).
Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List (New Revised Edition). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
The Tower Bells Supersite: http://www.towerbells.org/
Walters, Tom. Current stoplist of Skinner Organ, Op. 390 (1922).
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (ca.1910); Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Interior and exterior of first church.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1953); Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Exterior of 1923 church.
E.M. Skinner brochure. Interior of 1923 church showing Skinner organ facade in gallery. Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Henderson, Jim. Exterior. |
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