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Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
(Roman Catholic)
7201 15th Avenue at 72nd Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11228
http://olguadalupebrooklyn.org
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1906 church building |
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1908 church building |
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The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe was founded in 1906 in the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn. A simple frame structure with steeple was erected on 15th Avenue facing 73rd Street. In 1908, a larger church was built on the same site, and contained an impressive altar, statuary and ornate Stations of the Cross. Within a few years the church complex grew to include a rectory, convent and two school buildings. In 1933, the church building was completely destroyed by fire.
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2006 church interior |
A new church was designed in a neo-Italianate style and built on the same location. In 1973, a fire devastated the interior of the 1930s building, destroying or damaging many of its furnishings and windows. The church was soon rebuilt within the old walls, and included new stained glass windows and a new pipe organ. |
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Austin Organs Inc.
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 2594 (1975)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 24 stops, 24 ranks
Following the 1973 fire which destroyed the interior of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, a contract was awarded to Austin Organs of Hartford, Conn., for a new two-manual-and-pedal organ to be installed in the rebuilt church. The organ is installed in two enclosures which flank the rose window in the gallery. Dr. Rollin Smith dedicated the organ on March 28, 1976, playing "Prelude and Fugue in E-flat" by Bach; "Carillon de Westminster" by Vierne; "Now Thank We All Our God" by Karg-Elert; and "A Mighty Fortress" by Walther. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, partially enclosed
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Unenclosed: |
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Enclosed: |
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8 |
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Principal |
61 |
8 |
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Bourdon |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
61 |
4 |
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Nachthorn |
61 |
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Fourniture II-IV ranks |
196 |
8 |
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Trompete |
61 |
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| Chimes [Mayland] |
25 tubes |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Viola |
61 |
1 1/3 |
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Larigot |
61 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste [TC] |
49 |
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Sesquialtera II ranks |
122 |
8 |
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Rohr Gedeckt |
61 |
8 |
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Fagot |
61 |
4 |
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Principal |
61 |
4 |
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Rohr Schalmei |
61 |
4 |
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Koppelflöte |
61 |
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Tremolo [fan] |
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2 |
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Blockflöte |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Principal |
32 |
8 |
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Rohr Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Gedeckt [ext. SW] |
12 |
4 |
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Super Octave [ext.] |
12 |
8 |
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Octave |
32 |
16 |
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Posaune [ext. GT] |
12 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Swell to Great 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Swell Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Pedal Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (toe) |
| Entire Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 (thumb & toe) |
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Reversibles
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Swell to Pedal (thumb) |
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Great to Pedal (thumb & toe) |
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Full Organ (thumb & toe) |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Great Expression Pedal (with indicator lights) |
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Balanced Swell Expression Pedal (with indicator lights) |
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Crescendo Pedal (with indicator lights) |
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Anthony Porto & Son
Brooklyn, N.Y. (1932?)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 21 stops, 19 ranks
At an unknown time, but possibly in 1932, Anthony Porto & Son rebuilt the 1908 Reuben Midmer & Son organ, providing new electric action in the console and pneumatics at the chests. The specifications below are from the files of Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service concern in the area. Mohr indicates that the organ was a "Midmer 1932" but this probably in error as the Midmer ledger books do not show any sales or tuning activity for the church.
This organ burned with the church in 1973. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Octave |
73 |
8 |
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Viol d'Gamba |
73 |
2 |
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Super Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
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Chimes |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
73 |
8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Violina |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
2 |
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Flageolet |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Open Diapason |
44 |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
8 |
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Flute [from 16' Diapason] |
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Couplers
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Swell to Pedal 8' |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Great to Great 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Combinations
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| Swell Organ |
Pistons No. 1-2-3 (thumb) |
| Great Organ |
Pistons No. 1-2-3 (thumb) |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Sforzando Pedal Reversible |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Reuben Midmer & Sons
Merrick, N.Y. (1908)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 17 stops
The original organ in the present church was built in 1908 by Reuben Midmer & Sons of Merrick, N.Y. This organ had tubular-pneumatic action and 17 stops (Great 8, Swell 7, Pedal 2). An electric blower was installed in 1915. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
"Faith in the City: Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church,"The Daily News (Dec. 24, 2006).
Nelson, George. Organs of the United States and Canada Database, Seattle, Wash.
Our Lady of Guadalupe web site: http://olguadalupebrooklyn.org/
Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications (1932) of Reuben Midmer & Sons organ (c.1908) as rebuilt by Anthony Porto & Son. Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Trupiano, Larry. Electronic correspondence (10/5/2012) regarding first Reuben Midmer & Sons organ.
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Collection. Exterior.
Lawson, Steven E. Interior; Austin Organ, Op. 2594 (1975). |
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