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Redeemer–St. John Lutheran Church
939 83rd Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11228
http://www.rsjchurch.org/
Redeemer-St. John Lutheran Church was organized on June 1, 1975, following the merger of two congregations. In the 1960s and 1970s, many urban churches experienced declining membership as families moved to the suburbs. It was during this period that the two congregations began talks to merge into one. The former St. John German Evangelical Lutheran Church, founded in 1888, was formerly located on 84th Street near 16th Avenue in New Utrecht. St. John's congregation moved into the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, founded in 1925, and located on 83rd Street in the Dyker Heights area of Brooklyn. |
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Schantz Organ Company
Orrville, Ohio – Opus 1020 (1970)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 22 stops, 10 ranks
The present organ was built in 1970 by the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio. Both the Great and Swell divisions are enclosed, and all pipes are voiced on 3½" wind pressure. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
(3½" pressure)
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8 |
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Principal |
73 |
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Mixture II ranks |
122 |
8 |
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Gedackt |
73 |
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8 |
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Gemshorn |
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Great to Great 16 |
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4 |
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Octave (fr. Prin.) |
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Great to Great 4 |
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4 |
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Flute (fr. Ged.) |
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Great Unison Off |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
(3½" pressure)
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8 |
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Rohrflöte |
85 |
8 |
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Trompette |
73 |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
73 |
4 |
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Clairon (fr. Trpt) |
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Gemshorn Celeste (TC) |
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Tremulant |
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4 |
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Prestant |
61 |
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Swell to Swell 16 |
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4 |
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Waldflöte |
61 |
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Swell to Swell 4 |
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Nazard (fr. Rohr) |
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Swell Unison Off |
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Flautino (fr. Rohr) |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
(3½" pressure)
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Principal (ext. GT) |
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Super Octave |
GT |
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Rohr Bourdon (ext. SW) |
12 |
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Trompette |
SW |
8 |
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Octave |
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Clairon |
SW |
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Rohr Flöte |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8, 4 |
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Swell to Great 16, 8, 4 |
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Swell to Pedal 8, 4 |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Swell Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
| Pedal Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (toe) |
| General |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
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General Cancel (thumb) |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Expression Pedal for Great |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Expression Pedal for Swell |
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Sforzando Reversible |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Accessories
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Wind indicator light |
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Music rack light |
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Crescendo indicator light |
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Pedal keyboard light |
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Sforzando indicator light |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4725 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 14 stops, 8 ranks
The Factory Specification (June 3, 1926) shows that Möller's Op. 4725 for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer would have an attached two-manual stop-key console, casing of oak, and decorations in "Dell Gold Bronze." The entire organ was enclosed in one chamber, and its pipes were voiced on 5" wind pressure. Möller indicated that the organ would be completed by December 1, 1926. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Open Diapason |
61 |
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Flute d'Amour |
SW |
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Melodia |
73 |
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Oboe |
SW |
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Dulciana |
73 |
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Salicional |
73 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Stopped Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
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Vox Humana [sep. box] |
61 |
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Salicional |
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Tremulant |
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Flute Traverso |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.] |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8 |
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Great to Great 16, 4, |
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Swell to Pedal 8 |
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Swell to Swell 16, 4, Unison Sep. |
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Swell to Great 16, 8, 4 |
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Combination Pistons
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| Swell & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
| Great & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal (with indicator) |
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Sources:
Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
Mann, Timothy. Factory Specifications of Schantz Organ, Op. 1020 (1970).
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Redeemer-St. John Lutheran Church website: http://www.rsjchurch.org/
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 4725 (1925).
Illustration:
Redeemer-St. John Lutheran Church web site: exterior. |
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