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English Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
(Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod)
39 Covert Street, between Broadway and Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207
The English Lutheran Church of Our Saviour was founded on August 3, 1901, and was the first English speaking congregation of the Missouri Synod in Brooklyn. At some time, possibly around 1908 when the organ was installed, the congregation opened a brick Gothic church building on Covert Street, between Broadway and Bushwick Avenue.
The church closed at an unknown time, but the building is extant and used as a V.F.W. post. |
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J. W. Steere & Son
Springfield, Mass. (1908)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 11 stops, 11 ranks
The organ in Our Saviour's English Lutheran Church was built by J.W. Steere & Son of Springfield, Mass. A ledger book copy of the contract shows that Steere used "Weigle's Tubular Pneumatic System of organ action," and had a case (and organist's bench) of quarter-sawed oak with display pipes decorated in French Gold Bronze. The attached keydesk had draw stops placed in angled terraces, a roll top cover, and a concave pedalboard with radiating sharps. Wind was provided by an Orgoblo operating on 220 volts D.C. The contract was signed on September 14, 1908, and the organ was to be finished by December 1, 1908. Total price was $2190. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed in the Swell Box
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8 |
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Open Diapason [unenc.] |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Bourdon Bass |
12 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
16 |
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Bourdon Treble |
49 |
4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe and Bassoon |
61 |
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Salicional |
61 |
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Pedal – 30 notes
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers and Accessories (Oscillating Tablets)
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Swell to Great Unison |
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Great to Great Super Octave |
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Swell to Great Sub Octave |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great Super Octave |
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Total Coupler |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Tremolo |
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Wind Indicator |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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"Immovable Combination Pistons"
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| "Six Pneumatic Pistons on Ledge of Manual 1 – Great Organ" |
| Nos. 1-2-3 |
Supply Great Organ & Pedal with Piano, Mezzo-Forte and Forte Respectively |
| Piston "0" |
Release for the Same |
| Piston "On" |
To connect the Stop Action |
| Piston "Off" |
To disconnect the Stop Action |
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| "Four Pistons on Ledge of Manual 2 – Swell Organ" |
| Nos. 1-2-3 |
Supply Swell Organ & Pedal with Piano, Mezzo-Forte and Forte Respectively |
| Piston "0" |
Release for the Same |
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Pedal Movements
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Grand Crescendo-Diminuendo-Sforzando Pedal
operating on all stops in the organ. With Indicator. |
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Balanced Swell Pedal for Swell & Great Organs |
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Reversible Great to Pedal Coupler |
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All Stops of the Great Organ with the exception of the Open Diapason are to be enclosed in the Swell Box. |
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Sources:
"First English Lutheran Church In Brooklyn Has Silver Jubilee," The New York Times (Oct. 25, 1926).
New York Charities Directory (20th ed.). New York: Charity Organization Society, 1911.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification for J.W. Steere & Son organ (1908).
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Chancel (c.1920), exterior.
Stauterman, Henry (c.1920). Interior toward rear. Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
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