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Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home
1485 Dumont Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11208
http://www.bumch.org/
Organ Specifications:
1485 Dumont Avenue (since 1976)
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920 Park Place at New York Avenue (1889-1976)
► II/6 Austin Organ Company, Op. 1263 (1924)
McDonough Street and Stuyvesant Avenue (1883-1889)
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The Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged was founded on May 10, 1883, by Methodist Church members to provide a comfortable residence for their "indigent" elderly. The first Home was situated on McDonough Street and Stuyvesant Avenue. As a result of the tireless efforts of some 200 women and men from virtually every Methodist Episcopal church in Brooklyn, the number of applicants for admission grew so large that expansion was essential. In 1889, a larger Home was built at 920 Park Place at the corner of New York Avenue. Around 1914, the facility was expanded to include Brown Memorial Chapel.
The changing needs of the elderly played a role in making the Home what it is today. In 1976, the Home moved to its present location – a modern, sunny four-story building – and took a new direction as a skilled nursing facility. The Home now welcomes all people regardless of religious preference, race, sex, age, handicaps, national origin, or source of payment.
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Austin Organ Company
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1263 (1924)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 9 stops, 6 ranks
The organ in Brown Memorial Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged was built in 1924 by the Austin Organ Company. Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service firm in the area, recorded the specifications on September 15, 1928 and April 4, 1961. Mohr indicates that the console was located at the back of the pulpit and that the organ was in the rear gallery. The organ was rebuilt (c.1962) by the Midmer-Losh Organ Company. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Stopped Diapason |
GT |
8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flute |
GT |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Great to Great 16', 4', Unison |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 affecting Full Organ (1-4 duplicated by toe studs) |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 affecting Great Organ stops and couplers |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 affecting Swell Organ stops and couplers |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Sources:
Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home web site: http://www.bumch.org/
"Minutes of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church," (Fifty-sixth Session, April 6-12, 1904. New York: Alfred Hodgetts and C. E. Barto, 1904.
Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications of Austin Organ, Op. 1263 (1924). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Brooklyn Daily Eagle post card of exterior.
Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home web site. Exterior of present facility. |
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