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Charles Ennis Residence

location unknown
Brooklyn, N.Y.


Dr. Charles Ennis was a noted organist and choirmaster who studied with Alexander McCurdy in Philadelphia and later received a doctoral degree from Columbia University. Dr. Ennis was for many years the area representative for the Estey Organ Company. He was organist and choirmaster in several area churches, including St. Paul's Church in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where he had installed Estey's Op. 3232 (1956); Christ Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where he sold Estey's Op. 3255 (1959); and All Angels Episcopal in Manhattan, where there was Estey's Op. 3261 (1960), the last organ built by the Estey Organ Company. Dr. Ennis had an apartment near St. Paul's Church in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and also maintained an apartment on West End Avenue in Manhattan. Dr. Ennis died in Vandalia, Mo., in May 2001, at the age of 83.
               
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 3256 (1958)
Direct-Electric key action
2 manuals, 25 stops, 8 ranks


This Estey unit organ was installed in Dr. Ennis' apartment near St. Paul's Church of Flatbush, Brooklyn.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
16
   Quintade
B
4
   Gedeckt
A
8
   Gedeckt
A
2 2/3
   Quinte
D
8
   Quintade
B
2
   Octav
C
4
   Principal
C
     Mixture II ranks (22 - 26)
E

 

     

 

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
   Gedeckt
A
2
  Gedecktflöte
A
8
  Quintade
B
1 1/3
   Octavquinte
D
4
   Principal
C
1
   Sifflöte
C
4
   Quintade
B
     Mixture II ranks (22 - 26)
E
2 2/3
   Quinte
D
        

 

     

 

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Pommer
F
4
   Gedeckt
A
8
   Gedeckt
A
2 2/3
   Quinte
D
8
   Quintade
B
2
   Principal
C
4
   Choral Bass
G
1 1/3
   Octavquinte
D
               
Mechanicals
    Crescendo Pedal       Tremulant  
               
Stop Analysis
       
Pipes
A
   Gedeckt
8 4 2
85
B
   Quintade (or Dolce)
8 4
73
C
   Principal
4 2 1
85
D
   Quinte
2-2/3 1-1/3
73
E
   Mixtur II ranks
(22-26)
122
F
   Pommer
16
24
G
   Choral Bass
4
    32
     
Total
494
               
Sources:
     Carnahan, John. Electronic correspondence (Mar. 7, 2011) regarding Charles Ennis.
     Estey Organ Company Museum web site: http://www.esteyorgan.com/
     Obituary. The American Organist (Vol. 35, [June?] 2001, p. 52).
     Trupiano, Larry. Electronic correspondence (Mar. 7, 2011) regarding Charles Ennis.
     Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of Estey Organ Company organ, Op. 3256 (1958).